Officials condemn WSJ for Hong Kong editorial

The Commissioner’s Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region published a strongly-worded letter on March 21 criticizing the US newspaper the Wall Street Journal for claiming in an editorial that the new national security ordinance is “a giant leap backward” and will “lock Hong Kong people up”, as the new ordinance comes into effect.

The article also claimed that Hong Kong is “not enough” for having the “controversial” National Security Law for Hong Kong, and therefore comes a “sweeping” and “vague” new legislation.

A spokesperson for the office said the sensational accusation is just a “silver bullet” for the newspaper to catch readers’ eyes, saying such kinds of constant smears have deterred some businesspeople in the United States from visiting Hong Kong for the fear of being “locked up”.