中国严厉谴责最近发生的暴力事件，该事件导致香港国际机场关闭两天，抗议者和警察发生冲突，美国海军试图停靠在这座动荡的城市，造成数人受伤。

　　周二，针对香港半自治政府长达数月的一系列示威活动爆发，抗议者追捕北京方面用来渗透该运动的可疑间谍和便衣警察。有一次，示威者袭击并拘留了一名记者来自中国执政党的小报环球时报中国国务院港澳事务办公室发言人徐鲁英周三表示“极大愤慨和强烈谴责”。

　　徐在一份声明中表示:“我们对这些类似恐怖主义的行为表示最强烈的谴责，并对受伤的大陆同胞和香港警察表示最深切的慰问。”他认为，这些行为“打破了法律、道德和人性的底线。”

　　“在众目睽睽之下公开犯下严重的暴力罪行令人震惊和不寒而栗，”她补充道。“他们的行为显示出对法治的极度蔑视，严重损害了香港的国际形象，冒犯了广大内地同胞。这种极其暴力的罪行必须依法受到严惩。”

　　香港的抗议活动始于今年早些时候，是为了回应一项提议的法案，该法案将允许被控在特别行政区犯罪的居民被引渡到中国其他地区接受审判。尽管香港行政长官林郑月娥(Carrie Lam)已同意暂停该法案，但抗议者要求完全废除该法案，并呼吁辞职、放宽选举法、加强政府问责制，以及从总体上加大与北京的距离。自1997年香港从殖民者英国(United Kingdom)手中回归后，北京方面声称对香港拥有主权，是“一国两制”框架的一部分。

　　然而，抗议活动变得越来越暴力，就在几天前，同样来自中国国务院港澳事务办公室的杨光也表达了与徐类似的情绪，以回应周末针对几个警察局的一起汽油炸弹袭击。他警告说，香港最近出现了动荡”已经开始显示出恐怖主义的迹象。"

　　与此同时，北京官员也越来越多地警告西方的外部影响，美国和英国的官员和政治家为示威欢呼。多家新闻媒体援引美国太平洋舰队副发言人指挥官内森·克里斯滕森(Nathan Christensen)周二的话说，中国拒绝两艘船只预定的港口访问。

　　圣安东尼奥-水陆两用运输码头美国海军绿色海湾号和Ticonderoga-级导弹巡洋舰伊利湖号据报道，克里斯腾森将在未来几周在香港停留，福克斯新闻、美国有线电视新闻网和彭博新闻社等媒体援引克里斯腾森的话说，“美国海军在成功访问香港港口方面有着悠久的历史，我们预计他们会继续下去。”

　　中国国防部前发言人、中国传媒大学媒体与公共事务学院院长杨宇军周三对《环球时报》表示，“香港的安全形势非常严峻”，并指着美国国务院上周发布的对这个问题重重的城市的旅游警告说，“美国要求军舰停靠香港与警告相矛盾，非常不合适。”

　　杨认为，“美国在香港动荡中扮演的角色”是显而易见的，称华盛顿的动机“非常可疑”中国外交大学国际关系学院教授李海东告诉记者环球时报“美国非常清楚正在发生什么，但仍试图派遣军舰前往香港支持混乱的制造者”，呼吁华盛顿“在中美关系遭受更严重和不可逆转的打击之前，停止干涉中国内政”

　　众议院议长南希·佩洛西、参议员米奇·麦康奈尔、参议员马克·卢比奥、众议员特德·约奥和民主党总统候选人贝托·奥洛克等美国政治家都表示支持香港的抗议活动。唐纳德·特朗普政府的高级官员，如副总统迈克·彭斯、国务卿迈克·庞贝和白宫国家安全顾问约翰·博尔顿也会见了反对派支持者，而一名美国驻香港外交官最近被拍到与当地参与示威活动的活动分子进行了秘密会面。

　　这种行为在北京遭到了严厉的批评。中国外交部发言人华春莹星期二召见了美国议员，称他们的评论“为世界提供了中国参与示威的新的有力证据”。

　　“他们忽视和歪曲事实，将暴力犯罪粉饰为争取人权和自由的斗争，并故意将香港警方的工作误解为暴力镇压，而警方只是在执法、打击犯罪和维护社会秩序，”华国锋表示，“他们甚至煽动香港居民与香港和中国中央政府进行对抗”。

　　特朗普本人声称，他“无法想象为什么”会卷入这场骚乱，但随后分享了与该事件相关的新闻文章，包括一篇强调抗议活动中出现美国国旗的文章。奥巴马还警告说，美国情报部门“已经通知我们，中国政府正在向香港边境转移军队”，因为网上流传的各种视频显示，中国军事人员聚集在香港以外的深圳市。

　　到目前为止，香港的安全问题一直由当地警方负责，但香港的中国驻军指挥官警告说，如果认为有必要，他的部队可能会进行干预。上月下旬，卫戍部队发布了一段详述“防暴”训练的视频这包括使用重型武器、坦克、军舰和飞机。

CHINA WARNS HONG KONG VIOLENCE WILL 'BE SEVERELY PUNISHED' AS U.S. NAVY TRIES TO VISIT

　　China has harshly condemned the recent violence that shuttered Hong Kong's international airport for two days as protesters and police clashed, leaving several injured as the U.S. Navy sought to dock in the restive city.

　　Tuesday's flare-up in what has been a months-long series of demonstrations against Hong Kong's semi-autonomous government saw protesters hunting for suspected spies and undercover cops used by Beijing to infiltrate the movement. In one instance, demonstrators attacked and detained a reporter from China's ruling Communist Party tabloid Global Times, drawing anger from the official outlet as well as "great indignation and strong condemnation" Wednesday from Chinese State Council Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office spokesperson Xu Luying.

　　"We express our strongest condemnations of these terrorist-like acts and express our deepest condolences to the injured mainland compatriots and Hong Kong police officers," Xu told said in a statement, arguing such actions have "broken the bottom line of the law, morality and humanity."

　　"It is shocking and chilling to openly commit serious violent crimes in plain sight," she added. "Their behavior shows an extreme contempt for the rule of law, seriously damaging Hong Kong's international's image and offending a vast number their mainland compatriots. Such extremely violent crimes must be severely punished according to the law."

　　Hong Kong's protests began earlier this year in response to a proposed bill that would allow residents accused of a crime in the special administrative region to be extradited to other parts of China to face trial. While Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has since agreed to suspend the bill, protesters have demanded it be scrapped entirely and have called for resignation as well as looser election laws, more government accountability and overall greater distance from Beijing, which claimed sovereignty over the city as part of a "one country, two systems" framework following a handover from its colonizer, the United Kingdom, in 1997.

　　The protests have grown increasingly violent, however, and Yang Guang, also from the Chinese State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, just days ago expressed a similar sentiment to Xu in response to a petrol bomb attack against several police stations over the weekend. He warned the recent unrest across Hong Kong "has begun to show signs of terrorism."

　　Meanwhile, officials in Beijing have also increasingly warned against external influence from the West, where officials and politicians from the U.S. and the U.K. have cheered on the demonstrations. Various news outlets cited U.S. Pacific Fleet deputy spokesperson Commander Nathan Christensen as saying Tuesday that China rejected a scheduled port visit by two ships.

　　San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie were reportedly set to stop in Hong Kong in the coming weeks and was Christensen was quoted in outlets such as Fox News, CNN and Bloomberg as saying that "the U.S. Navy has a long track record of successful port visits to Hong Kong, and we expect them to continue."

　　Yang Yujun, a former Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson and dean of the academy of media and public affairs at the Communication University of China, told Global Times on Wednesday, however, that "the security situation in Hong Kong is very severe" and, pointing to the State Department's issuance last week of a travel warning to the troubled city, said "the U.S. request to have warships stop by in Hong Kong is contradictory to the warning and very inappropriate."

　　Yang argued that "the role the U.S. has been playing in the turmoil in Hong Kong" was obvious, calling Washington's motives "highly suspicious." Li Haidong, a professor at the China Foreign Affairs University's Institute of International Relations, told Global Times that the "U.S. knows perfectly well what is happening, but still tries to send warships to Hong Kong to back up the creators of chaos," calling on Washington to "stop interfering in China's internal affairs before China-U.S. relations suffer an even more serious and irreversible blow."

　　U.S. politicians like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Mitch McConnell, Senator Marc Rubio, Representative Ted Yoho and Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke have expressed support for the protests in Hong Kong. Top members of President Donald Trump's administration such as Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House national security adviser John Bolton have also met with opposition supporters, while a U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong was recently caught on camera meeting with local activists participating in the demonstrations.

　　Such actions have been met with deep criticism in Beijing. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying called out U.S. lawmakers Tuesday, saying their comments "provided the world with new and powerful evidence on the country's involvement" in the demonstrations.

　　"By neglecting and distorting the truth, they whitewashed violent crimes as a struggle for human rights and freedom, and deliberately misinterpreted the work of Hong Kong police as violent repression when the police were only enforcing the law, fighting crimes and upholding social order," Hua argued, saying "they even incited the Hong Kong residents to engage in confrontation" with the Hong Kong and central government in China.

　　Trump himself claimed he "can't imagine why" he was being implicated in the unrest, but then shared news article relating to the story, including one highlighting the presence of U.S. flags at the protest. The president also warned that U.S. intelligence "has informed us that the Chinese Government is moving troops to the Border with Hong Kong" as various videos circulating online showed Chinese military personnel amassing at the city of Shenzhen, just outside of Hong Kong.

　　Security in Hong Kong has so far been handled by the local police force, but the commander of the Chinese military garrison in the city has warned his troops may intervene if deemed necessary. Late last month, the garrison released a video detailing "anti-riot" training that included the use of heavy weaponry, tanks, warships and aircraft.