the white paper reasserts its "comprehensive jurisdiction" over the territory. "the high degree of autonomy of the hksar [hong kong special administrative region] is not full autonomy, nor a decentralised power," it says. "it is the power to run local affairs as authorised by the central leadership." it also stresses that "loving the country is the basic principle for hong kong's administrators," who also have a responsibility to safeguard "the country's sovereignty, security and development interests and [to ensure] the long-term prosperity and stability of hong kong." it also asserts the necessity "to stay alert to the attempt of outside forces to use hong kong to interfere china's domestic affairs, and prevent and repel the attempt made by a very small number of people who act in collusion with outside forces to interfere with the implementation of 'one country, two systems' in hong kong."