OREANDA-NEWS. Back in February, representatives of the authorities of some countries began to make statements inciting a wave of discontent among the Hong Kong population about the upcoming draft law on extradition. This was announced on Monday by Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kahn.  “There are many facts that indicate that the authorities, as well as the politicians of some countries, began to come out with inciting statements from the very moment that the Hong Kong administration began work in February on amending the law on extradition”, he said on a regular basis press conferences.

According to the diplomat, the international community should refrain from careless statements when assessing the situation in Hong Kong, since these are the internal affairs of China. Lu Kahn also stressed that mass protests in this special administrative district "don't mean that the majority is against the extradition law".

The authorities of Hong Kong on Saturday suspended for an indefinite period the consideration of the bill on extradition, which caused open discontent of the local population. The demonstrators demand once and for all to abandon the planned innovation, the purpose of which is to set up a mechanism for issuing to mainland China for judicial investigation of those suspected of violating the laws of the PRC or wanted. The driving force behind the protests was youth and students.

Hong Kong is a former colony of Great Britain, and since July 1, 1997, a special administrative region within the PRC. For 50 years (until 2047) this place was guaranteed autonomy in all areas except defense and foreign policy. This form of interaction between Hong Kong and the mainland was called "One country - two systems". Hong Kong has the status of a free port, has its own monetary unit, its own executive, legislative and judicial (based on English law) system, and also has an independent immigration and tax policy.