In recent years, Hong Kong relations with the United States have been nervous.In the United States, there were cross -party members of the Parliated Parliament on Wednesday (7th) to send a letter to the Secretary of State Brills to oppose the United States' intention to invite the Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao, which was sanctioned by the United States to participate in the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization (APEC) meeting held in the United States at the end of this year.
Some interviewed scholars believe that the US President Biden is seeking re -election and may not be willing to annoy the members of the House of Representatives on this issue.However, even though the United States invited Li Jiachao to attend, Li Jiachao may not necessarily go to the meeting.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular press conference on Thursday (June 8) that this year's APEC host, the United States promised to fulfill the host duties, comply with APEC related rules and programs, and go to APEC member representativesMeeting will provide convenience.China believes that the United States will fulfill its commitments to ensure that all members of APEC, including Hong Kong, China, to attend the meeting smoothly.
Li Jiachao also said last week that the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation Organization is not affiliated with a certain country or economy, and any organizer must invite members to attend the meeting in accordance with organizational rules and habits.
APEC Leadership Summit will be held in San Francisco, USA in November this year.According to Reuters, four members of the United States Democratic and Republican Parliament co -signed to believe in the State Council on June 7, local time, quoting the US Deputy Secretary of State Sherman in February this year to reply to a committee of the Senate in writing in February this year that considering that China and the United States need cooperation, they need to cooperateIn order to stabilize the global macroeconomic and promote regional economic dialogue, the official tend to invite Li Jiachao to attend the meeting.
The joint letter of joint letters mentioned that Li Zhiying, the founder of Hong Kong One Media, and the Catholic Hong Kong Diocese of the Diocese of Hong Kong, Chen Rijun Cardinal and former Hong Kong Secretary -General Huang Zhifeng, etc.The United States invited a "infringement of human rights" by the US sanctions to insult them.
The joint letter pointed out that U.S. Secretary of State Brosky has determined that Hong Kong has lost a high degree of autonomy and no longer gives a special status of Hong Kong in accordance with the Hong Kong human rights and democratic bill. If Li Jiachao is invited to attend APECEconomy, illegal cases and Blint's judgment, urged the U.S. State Department to abandon Li Jiachao, so as not to release error signals to those who violate human rights around the world, and to avoid the representative units of "incomparable proportions" in APEC in APEC.
The U.S. State Department responded to Reuters that the United States looked forward to hosting the APEC conference, but the invitation list of the Economic Leaders' Meeting Week has not yet been finalized.
Liu Zhaojia, a consultant of the China Hong Kong and Macau Research Association, said in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that the United States will hold a presidential election at the end of next year.There are still unknown to attending APEC.
But Liu Zhaojia said that even if the US government invited Li Jiachao to attend the APEC, if he continued to adhere to the sanctions against Li Jiachao, he would not be exempted from him to attend the meeting. Li Jiachao may not necessarily go to the meeting.
He said: "If a meeting comes with a lot of criticisms in all aspects, saying that Li Jiachao tramples on human rights and democracy, etc., so he is difficult to go. Because APEC is not a decision -making organization, it is just a platform for different countries to discuss issues."
After the Hong Kong National Security Law came into effect in mid -2020, Li Jiachao, then Hong Kong Security Director, was accused of violently against people who resisted the National Security Law in the same year.Once anyone is sanctioned, it will not enter the United States if they are not exempted.