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BEIJING,Oct.6 -- Incumbent and former politicians of different countries have expressed their disapproval of the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong,saying that the protesters are "unrealistic" and western media reports on the demonstration "biased."
Charles Powell,who served as private secretary to then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher when Britain agreed to return Hong Kong to China,said on Sunday he did not believe the protest would make a change.
Singapore's Foreign Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam said Saturday in an interview with Singapore-based Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao that many reports on Hong Kong made by the Western media were untrue and biased to China.
They have intentionally ignored a fact that Hong Kong had never implemented a democratic system under the British rule for some 150 years,he said,adding that Beijing's plan has granted Hong Kong much more democratic space than what Hong Kongers got in the times of British-ruled Hong Kong.
Even though a little anti-Mainland sentiment appeared in Hong Kong,the central government is still generous to Hong Kong,he added.
Jeff Bader,who ran Obama's first term White House East Asia policy,told the Washington Post that for Beijing,there is no room for compromise on issues such as Chinese stability and the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
He also mentioned that millions of Hong Kongers will not support or tolerate the protest that grinds the city to halt for days.
BEIJING,Oct.6 -- Incumbent and former politicians of different countries have expressed their disapproval of the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong,saying that the protesters are "unrealistic" and western media reports on the demonstration "biased."
Charles Powell,who served as private secretary to then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher when Britain agreed to return Hong Kong to China,said on Sunday he did not believe the protest would make a change.
Singapore's Foreign Minister Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam said Saturday in an interview with Singapore-based Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao that many reports on Hong Kong made by the Western media were untrue and biased to China.
They have intentionally ignored a fact that Hong Kong had never implemented a democratic system under the British rule for some 150 years,he said,adding that Beijing's plan has granted Hong Kong much more democratic space than what Hong Kongers got in the times of British-ruled Hong Kong.
Even though a little anti-Mainland sentiment appeared in Hong Kong,the central government is still generous to Hong Kong,he added.
Jeff Bader,who ran Obama's first term White House East Asia policy,told the Washington Post that for Beijing,there is no room for compromise on issues such as Chinese stability and the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
He also mentioned that millions of Hong Kongers will not support or tolerate the protest that grinds the city to halt for days.