From readers: 'Patriots administering Hong Kong' justified

Valéricky

I've been to HK several times. During my visits, I saw nothing but a prosperous metropolitan area and hard-working people. Traditional Chinese culture and the modern culture are both respected, and the Cantonese cuisine there is absolutely tempting. I absolutely adore the city, but never had I imagined the city would have gone through such terrible damage caused by those instigators of HK unrest.

No system is 100 percent flawless, and it's is clear that there is still much that needs to be improved in HK's political and social systems. However, let's not forget that the idea of patriots governing HK was brought up even BEFORE China's resumption of exercise of sovereignty over HK, and it is the essence of "one country, two systems".

I highly doubt that those so-called "free world" countries would allow a person who doesn't support his/her own country to run the government. Thus the idea or practice of patriots governing HK shall not be negotiable -- it is written in the Constitution of the PRC and the Basic Law of HKSAR.