Chinese Leader Xi Jinping, traveled to Hong Kong on July 1, 2022, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of China’s takeover of Hong Kong in 1997. In his speech at the inauguration ceremony of the sixth chief executive of Hong Kong, Xi repeatedly mentioned “one country, two systems,” praising how “great” it is, but this received criticism from Hong Kong scholars.
Foreign ministers of the G7, and the High Representative of the European Union, issued a joint statement, describing that instead of electing a candidate, it has become the handpicking of the city leader. Its process is a continuation of attacking the dynamic system and fundamental freedoms of Hongkongers. The groups showed serious unified concerns about the erosion of civil rights and autonomy in Hong Kong.
