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HONG KONG, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) — The government of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday strongly opposed and condemned groundless accusations by some foreign governments and entities against the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) on the qualification of members of the HKSAR Legislative Council (LegCo). Such accusations were aimed at undermining the relationship between the central government and the HKSAR under “one country, two systems,” an HKSAR government spokesperson said in a statement. The spokesperson described the accusations as flagrant interference that breaches the basic guiding principles of international relations. As…
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