But China’s national interest is to ensure that Hong Kong remains a first-rate city, modern and open. Pulling Hong Kong down, in the name of patriotism, can only impede the advance to modernity that all of China needs to become truly great.
中国的国家利益就是要保证香港仍然是一个一流的，现代且开放的城市。以爱国的名义把香港降格只会阻碍现代化的进程——而这一进程正是中国变得真正强大所急需的。