 Hu Xijin, editor in chief of the "Global Times", published an opinion piece on Sina Weibo, in which he said that the use of the "extremist slogan" "liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time" by "radical protesters" in Hong Kong causes people to think of colour revolutions and the Hong Kong independence movement.In August 2019, a Xinhua News Agency opinion piece thought that the term "liberate" demonstrated the "political conspiracy" of "radical figures" in Hong Kong, "severely challenging the baseline of 'one country, two systems'".In 2016, the Registration and Electoral Office considered "liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time" to be a "fundamental breach" of Article 1 of the Basic Law.