; and (iii) on April 17, 2020, asserted that both the Liaison Office of China in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council have the right to exercise supervision … on affairs regarding Hong Kong and the mainland, in order to ensure correct implementation of the Basic Law . (D) The National People’s Congress has passed laws requiring Hong Kong to pass laws banning disrespectful treatment of the national flag and national anthem of China. (E) The State Council of China released a white paper on June 10, 2014, that stressed the comprehensive jurisdiction of the Government of China over Hong Kong and indicated that Hong Kong must be governed by patriots . (F) The Government of China has directed operatives to kidnap and bring to the mainland, or is otherwise responsible for the kidnapping of, residents of Hong Kong, including businessman Xiao Jianhua and bookseller Gui Minhai. (G) The Government of Hong Kong, acting with the support of the Government of China, introduced an extradition bill that would have permitted the Government of China to request and enforce extradition requests for any individual present in Hong Kong, regardless of the legality of the request or the degree to which it compromised the judicial independence of Hong Kong. (H) The spokesman for the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress said, Whether Hong Kong’s laws are consistent with the Basic Law can only be judged and decided by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee. No other authority has the right to make judgments and decisions. . (10) Paragraph 3e of the Joint Declaration states, as reinforced by Article 5 of the Basic Law, that the current social and economic systems in Hong Kong will remain unchanged, as so will the life-style. . (11) On multiple occasions, the Government of China has undertaken actions that have contravened the letter or intent of the obligation described in paragraph (10) of this section, including the following: (A) In 2002, the Government of China pressured the