【明報專訊】Xia Baolong, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of China's State Council, delivered a speech at a seminar, claiming that "anti-China people" who are bent on "destabilising Hong Kong and Macao" will "never cease to give up this villainous thought". "Anyone who dares to challenge the bottom line of 'One Country, Two Systems' and who dares 'oppose China, disrupt Hong Kong and Macao' at any moment will surely be punished severely", said Xia. Xia's hard-line rhetoric highlights the central government's belief that the confrontation with "anti-China forces that disrupt Hong Kong" will be a long-term struggle.