外交政策雜誌（FP）的資深編輯James Palmer，在Twitter上寫道
https://twitter.com/BeijingPalmer/status/1198814005126676481
so according to state media contacts, Beijing genuinely thought they were going to win big in the elections today, to the point of having pre-written the stories
according to state media contacts 根據私下與官媒接觸
Beijing genuinely thought they were going to win big in the elections today 北京當局堅信他們會在香港今天的區議會選舉中大勝（指親中的建制派）
to the point of having pre-written the stories 所以預先寫好了勝選的宣言