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#2. The Sun
Published on Jul 3, 2019
Boris Johnson, who could be Britain's prime minister by the end of the month, said on Wednesday (July 3) he backed the people of Hong Kong every inch of the way and cautioned China that the "one country, two systems" should not be cast aside.

Britain has repeatedly pressed China to honour its commitments to protect freedoms in Hong Kong after police fired tear gas to disperse protesters rallying in the former British colony against a now-suspended extradition bill.

Hong Kong has been rocked in recent weeks by the largest protests in China since crowds demonstrated against the bloody suppression of pro-democracy activists in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square in June 1989.

"The people of Hong Kong are perfectly within their rights to be very sceptical, very anxious about proposals for extradition to the mainland that could be politically motivated, that could be arbitrary and could infringe their human rights," Johnson told Reuters in an interview.

"So yes I do support them and I will happily speak up for them and back them every inch of the way," the former foreign secretary said. "And I would stress to our friends in Beijing that the 'one country, two systems' approach has worked, is working and should not be cast aside."

Late on Monday (July 1), hundreds of protesters in the territory besieged, and broke into, the legislature after a demonstration marking the anniversary of its 1997 return to Chinese rule.

The turbulence in Hong Kong was triggered by an extradition bill critics say will undermine Hong Kong's much-cherished independent judiciary and give Beijing powers to prosecute activists in mainland courts, which are controlled by the Communist Party.

On Brexit, Johnson, who has pledged to leave the European Union on Oct. 31 with or without a deal, said he did not think the British parliament would stop Britain from leaving even if there was no divorce agreement.

"What I want is a sensible Brexit that is supported by both sides of the channel but we have got to come out by October 31 and get it done, get it done by then at the latest," Johnson, 55, said.

"Don't forget we are staring down the barrel now of political extinction, the Conservative Party, it is very difficult situation unless we get this thing over the line."

He is vying with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt for the top job. The results of a vote by around 160,000 members of the Conservative Party on who should be their leader and next prime minister will be announced on July 23.

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BRITS --- HONG KONG-Boris backs Hong Kong people "every inch of the way"

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