Re Hong Kong, Australian Senator Rex Paterson lambasted China’s criticism of the PRC claims that allowing democracy activist Ted Hui refuge in Australia amounts to “interference in China’s internal affairs.” Paterson said:” I have to say, to put it politely, that’s a fairly expansive definition [and] a fairly extraterritorial definition of domestic affairs,” he said. “Why should the Australian government hand over control of its immigration policy to any foreign government, the Chinese government included?”