China's Foreign Ministry on Friday said that certain unidentified people in the United States are try to destabilizing its autonomous territory, Hong Kong. The accusation comes after the U.S. State Department expressed concern over the eroding autonomy of Hong Kong in a recently released report.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang categorically said that Hong Kong is an integral part of China and no other nation has a right to interfere in its internal affairs.

"We also remind the United States that certain people on the U.S. side have always wanted to disturb Hong Kong, disturb its socio-economic development, disturb the normal order of its residents' lives, and even use the Hong Kong issue to interfere in China's internal affairs," Lu said at a news briefing.

He warned U.S. that such efforts will prove to be futile, adding that it will make Chinese people all the more alert.

The United Kingdom transferred the sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China in 1997, marking the end of Britain's 156-year rule over the island. The transfer of sovereignty hinged on the condition that Hong Kong's unique way of life and its legal system would remain unchanged for at least 50 years.

However, since 1997, China has been criticized by the international community for incidents in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong had witnessed full blown protests in 2014 after China had refused to grant complete democracy to the island.

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