Chinese commentator Yu Yen rebukes Hong Kong Governor Patten for continuing to refer to Hong Kong as an international asset and seeking international support for his constitutional package . Yu Yen says that Britain 's continued insistence on this designation threatens China 's sovereignty over Hong Kong . Yu Yen asserts that because the Chinese government understands Hong Kong , it was able to advance the policy of " one country , two systems " and allow Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy . Other cities , Tokyo , New York , and London , are international cities but that does not change their sovereignty . Britain , he believes , is unwilling to return Hong Kong to China .
Chinese commentator Yu Yen rebukes Hong Kong Governor Patten for continuing to refer to Hong Kong as an international asset and seeking international support for his constitutional package. Yu Yen says that Patten's continued insistence on this designation denies China's sovereignty over Hong Kong. Yu Yen asserts that because the Chinese government understands Hong Kong, it was able to advance the policy of "one country, two systems" and allow Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy. Other cities, Tokyo, New York, and Paris, are international cities but that does not change their sovereignty. Britain, he believes, is unwilling to return Hong Kong to China.