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A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson responded by accusing the Canadian government of being “hypocritical and weak.”

Cong said for China the Hong Kong and Xinjiang issues are not about human rights, “they are internal affairs about which China brooks no interference from the outside.”

He cautioned Canada about accepting asylum-seeking “violent criminals” from Hong Kong. “If Canadians care about the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong, including the 300,000 Canadian passport holders there, they should support efforts to fight violent crime to make sure the one country, two systems is constantly and comprehensively implemented in Hong Kong,” he said. “I suggest people here take an objective and fair view of what is happening in Hong Kong, and make sure not to interfere in China’s domestic affairs.”

When one reporter asked Cong if he had raised the fate of the quarter-million Canadians living in Hong Kong as a threat, he said simply, “That is your interpretation.”

Cong’s pitch is that Canada and China can “work to strive to open more bright prospects,” if only the Meng “grave political incident” can be resolved.

But he is wrong. No amount of smooth diplomatic phrases — like a cuttlefish squirting out ink, in Orwell’s words — will rekindle fondness for a regime that so blithely engages in intimidation, blackmail and abduction.

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