MORE than 200 Chinese nationals among them the elderly, the
sick and children recently left Zimbabwe to either be with their families or to
go to school, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Guo Shaochun said yesterday.
Ambassador Guo dismissed speculation on social media that
the Chinese are leaving because of a spike in the number of Covid-19 positive
cases in Zimbabwe.
“Yes it is true that 218, not 200 Chinese left the country
recently for the sole reason that some are children going to school, some are
the aged over 60 and some are sick persons,” he said.
Of late, social media has been awash with unfounded reports
that Chinese are leaving the country due to an increase in Covid-19 cases in
the country. However, the ambassador said this was not true.
“In times of difficulties, we all want to be with our
families. This month, 218 Chinese nationals in special difficulties were
delighted to be able to embark on the journey home. It could not have happened
without the support of the Zimbabwean Government. We are enormously grateful,”
he said.
Turning to the issue of the recently introduced Hong Kong
Security Law, which has been welcomed as a step towards asserting the
sovereignty of the island that belongs to mainland China, the Ambassador said
some countries are bent on interfering in matters concerning independent states
because of selfish interests.
Ambassador Guo said Western countries, including Britain
that undemocratically controlled the island for 156 years, all the time
imposing governors, are reluctant to see China assert its authority.
According to Xinhua, people in Hong Kong are looking
forward to the early implementation of the law on safeguarding national
security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and hope the
new law will ensure Hong Kong’s long-term peace and order.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry recently stated that the new
national security legislation would enable Hong Kong citizens to better
exercise their legal rights and freedoms in a secure environment.
A survey by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
showed that 61 percent of the respondents believed the law would have either a
positive or no impact at all on their businesses over the long term.
Some experts have argued that the reason why some US
politicians have opposed the legislation is that what they care about is not
the freedom enjoyed by Hong Kong residents, but the “freedom” to do everything
they want to sabotage China’s national security. Herald
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