Don't pit 'One Country' against 'Two Systems'

The legal chief of Beijing's representative office in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has rebuffed insinuations that the central government is trying to "mainlandize" Hong Kong.

Speaking at a symposium in the city on Sunday, Wang Zhenmin, director of law at the Central People's Government Liaison Office in the SAR, rejected the notion that Beijing is not adhering to the principle of "One Country, Two Systems" and instead asserted it sincerely wants the policy to do well.

His comments come ahead of the 20th anniversary of the territory's return to the motherland, and at a time when certain forces with ulterior motives are trying to mislead the Hong Kong public by claiming "two systems" takes precedence over "one country".