Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged the U.S. to stop intervening Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) affairs, which are China's internal affairs.
Geng Shuang, a spokesperson from the ministry, made this remark after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his county is concerned about the escalating violence in Hong Kong and urged the SAR government to bear primary responsibility for the violence.
The escalating violence is seriously endangering public safety, trampling on the rule of law and social order, challenging the bottom line of "One Country, Two Systems", and pushing Hong Kong to an extremely dangerous situation, said Geng.
Stopping the violence and restoring order is the primary task, he added, stressing that the central government strictly supports the HKSAR chief executive, the SAR government, the police and the judiciary.
On the same day, the Office of the Commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR also released a statement in a response to some Western politicians' groundless accusation against Hong Kong police.
The rioters have become the enemy of the whole society, said a spokesperson in the statement. With the firm supports from the central government, the SAR government is more determined to stop the violence.
Whenever the Hong Kong SAR government and the police are ready to bring the rioters to justice, some Western politicians will come out, pressure the SAR government and encourage the rioters under the guise of "calling for dialogue," said the spokesperson, adding that those politicians stand against the public opinion, the rule of law and justice.
The people of Hong Kong are demanding the restoration of the rule of law. The voice of the international community against violence is even louder, said the spokesperson.
China is strongly dissatisfied with and opposed to the European Union's remarks on the Hong Kong issue, spokesperson of Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Union said on the same day.
What's happening in Hong Kong now is far beyond peaceful demonstration. It is simply violence by a handful of extreme violent criminals against civilians, the spokesman stressed, adding the most pressing task in Hong Kong is to stop violence and restore order.
"The police in Hong Kong are protecting the life and property of Hong Kong residents and maintaining social order lawfully."
The spokesperson's speech came after EU called for police action to remain "strictly proportionate" in and around Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where a tense stand-off between radical protesters and police was continuing.
The statement addressed was a declaration by the European Commission's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on behalf of EU.