Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, May 7 Question: Instigation, brainwashing and tearing-one of the retrospects of Hong Kong revision
Xinhua News Agency reporter
In 2019, an unprepared law storm hit Hong Kong. With the intervention of external forces, protracted and severe violence hit the cornerstone of the rule of law, endangered the safety of the people, severely damaged the economy and people's livelihood, challenged the bottom line of "one country, two systems", and seriously endangered national sovereignty, security, and development interests. Looking back at the whole process, many "questions of truth" haunted people's hearts--
The amendment was originally intended to deal with the legal issues related to the transfer of murder suspects to Taiwan. Why is it that some Hong Kong citizens are "out of focus"?
The Hong Kong society has always been proud of the rule of law. Why are some citizens extremely harsh on law enforcers and tolerant of silence for the evil of black violence?
How have some Hong Kong citizens been misled and stepped into a well-designed trap?
Trick one: long-term bewitching, inciting fear
In February 2018, Hong Kong resident Chen Tongjia allegedly fled back to Hong Kong after killing his girlfriend in Taiwan. Because there was no criminal judicial assistance arrangement and transfer of fugitive offender agreement between Hong Kong and Taiwan, Chen could not be transferred to the place where the crime occurred. In order to maintain the rule of law and justice, and block legal loopholes, the Hong Kong SAR Government proposes to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance.
"The proposed amendments of the SAR Government are aimed at improving the legal system, displaying justice, in line with the principles of human rights protection, and with sufficient legal justification to help Hong Kong avoid becoming a 'fugitive paradise'." Hong Kong lawyer Huang Yinghao said.
However, the opposition and radical forces in Hong Kong have "watched" this opportunity to promote various radical struggles since June 2019. After the SAR Government has repeatedly stated that the work of amending laws has been completely stopped, they continue to use "anti-amendments" as a guise, intensifying their violence and escalating until they openly advocate "Hong Kong independence", surround and attack the central government agencies in Hong Kong, and insult The national flag, national emblem and regional emblem challenge the national sovereignty and the "one country, two systems" principle bottom line.
The world-famous "Pearl of the Orient", for a time, the dark clouds crushed the city, and the storm was like a storm.
Ye Liu Shuyi, a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the former Secretary of the Security Bureau of the Special Administrative Region, revealed that Li Zhuming and Chen Fang Ansheng, who took the lead in countering the amendments, as early as 20 years ago, a urged the SAR Government to discuss an agreement with the Mainland to transfer fugitives. The Chief Secretary for Administration of the SAR Government has promised to amend the law as soon as possible.
Playing the “changing face” so much in spite of the “slapping face”, the drunkard who apparently made troubles clearly did n’t mean drinking. They knew that many people in Hong Kong did not know much about the laws and judicial systems in the Mainland, so they used various means to create rumors, raise alarmism, and create social panic.
"I will be arrested back to the mainland and jailed on the charge of" necessary ". I was convinced of this during that time." Hong Kong video blogger Zeng Kaiqi said, "When many people say this is a" good dark "moment, You will wonder if what they said makes sense. "
Although it is not known how the revision of the "Fugitive Offenders Regulations" has anything to do with himself, Zeng Kaiqi at the time wanted to participate in the parade, and he also reposted the misrepresentation on the social media platform. She confessed: "When the demonstration started, I was relatively 'yellow'."
The storm seems to be accidental, but it is not accidental. Looking back at history, we can see the long-term "management" of the manipulators and those behind them.
"Since the reunification, Hong Kong's special status has been regarded as a happy land by foreign politicians and anti-China forces with ulterior motives. They used the system differences between Hong Kong and the mainland to incite Hong Kong people to fear communism and destroy the relationship between the mainland and Hong Kong." The chairman and the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Dong Jianhua, admitted that their fundamental purpose is to make Hong Kong a battlefield for international games, a base against the central government, and a chess piece to contain China.
After 1997, the Hong Kong opposition, cultivated by the US and Western forces, had long cooperated with the "master", distorted the interpretation of "one country, two systems" and the Basic Law, and weakened the national identity of Hong Kong compatriots. From the opposition to the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law in 2003, to the implementation of the "National Education Division" in 2012, and the illegal "occupation of the middle" that lasted 79 days in 2014. Before the storm broke out, the unrest in Hong Kong society already existed and rose in waves.
What caused Zeng Kaiqi to go astray was that the anti-China chaotic Hong Kong forces once again provoked and instigated the existing fears of some Hong Kong citizens. Covering affair and logic, selling anxiety and panic, stealing professional legal issues into political pseudo-propositions for "marketing" ... The series of tricks may seem crude, but it does affect some Hong Kong citizens with a single source of information and unknown truth.
From the beginning of the storm to the ravages of tyranny, anti-Chinese politicians in the United States and the West have continually jumped out to endorse and endorse the Hong Kong opposition. The media in the United States and the West have clamored for the opposition in Hong Kong and created momentum, trying to mislead Hong Kong society with fear.
The former US Consul General in Hong Kong, Tang Weikang, has repeatedly discredited that the legal framework, reliability and credibility of mainland China are very different from those of Hong Kong. The amendments will also halt the international business community ’s investment in Hong Kong and affect the confidence of the international community in Hong Kong.
The last Hong Kong Governor Patten Kang has repeatedly revised the big words about the "Fugitive Offenders Ordinance". He claimed that the amendment was to remove the "firewall" between Hong Kong and the Mainland, to expose the public to the risks of the mainland's legal system, and to jeopardize Hong Kong's status as an international trade center.
"When the media and the teachers and friends around me have always said that the mainland is poor and lacks human rights and freedom, we gradually develop a sense of superiority, feel happy to live in Hong Kong, and fear that Hong Kong will become an ordinary city in the mainland. Uniqueness. At this time, everyone will have a fear, some inexplicable fear! "Zeng Kaiqi said.
Trick 2: Distorting facts and spreading errors
"I previously criticized the Hong Kong police and replaced the backgrounds of Facebook and Weibo's personal homepage with yellow ribbons." Hong Kong citizen Liang Kemin didn't care about politics, but he didn't really know what happened in Hong Kong. What affected his position was communication. medium.
Liang Kemin said: "We usually get information from the Apple Daily and some popular online media that support the opposition, and think that we know the truth." When the Internet is full of comments against the SAR government, "opposition" becomes reasonable As it should be.
In this turmoil, the anti-China chaotic Hong Kong forces used their polar values to inculcate wrong values into the society, clamoring for citizens to participate in radical activities, so that street violence continued to escalate, from smashing and burning to murder and murder, which caused Hong Kong to suddenly fall into violence. 3. A horrible and dire situation.
Li Zhiying, who has been arrested twice since February this year, is the behind-the-scenes gangster and the biggest gold lord of the anti-China chaos. The media such as the Apple Daily, which he controls, have made rumors and incited street violence. Scolded as the biggest source of chaos in Hong Kong society.
"A lie has become the truth thousands of times." Chen Jinyun, a member of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, said bluntly that the anti-China and Hong Kong forces used media resources to create rumors and make things quite "successful."
In Hong Kong's public opinion field, there are a lot of negative reports about the Mainland and attacks on the SAR government. Some extreme media have deviated from the facts and maliciously attacked the central government for a long time. They advocated "Hong Kong independence" and "local self-determination" and other split speeches.
Amidst the storm of revision, anti-China chaotic Hong Kong forces used new online forums and social software such as "Liandeng" and "Telegram" to create rumors to deceive the public, abet violence, and engage in illegal mobilization. It is understood that the opposition publicity team produces an average of hundreds of various anti-propaganda pictures and dozens of videos every day to encourage and organize street violence.
"The public opinion environment in Hong Kong is very open, and overseas media are also very active in Hong Kong." Chen Zhihao, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Youth Current Critics Association, said that overseas opposition forces used this to deeply intervene and influence the Hong Kong public opinion field.
In the storm of revision, various false news and online rumors have emerged in an endless stream, demonizing the SAR government and the police force to form cyber violence that echoes street violence. Statistics show that as of the end of 2019, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data of Hong Kong has received and actively discovered more than 4,000 cases of "bottom line" and cyberbullying. Among them, police officers and family members are the most affected groups, accounting for up to 36%, about 30% of the public cases who expressed their support for the government or the police were “started”.
On how to discredit the police, Zeng Kaiqi lamented that "they can't do everything one by one." "Every rally they produce and circulate a picture, regardless of whether it is true or not." She said that the most serious smear is the accusation against the police without evidence. In the absence of any evidence, they bite and rumor.
People died at the Metro Prince Station, a woman was shot blind, a pregnant woman was rude, and a girl from CUHK was sexually assaulted ... Rumors continue to emerge. The old ones are constantly falsified and clarified, while the new ones are constantly being produced and fermented.
As rumours of indiscriminate fabrications were continuously exposed, Liang Kemin gradually saw the "disinformation" of some Hong Kong media. "I began to wake up and found that much of the information I had obtained in Hong Kong about the Mainland was biased."
In the storm of revision, the Hong Kong opposition continued to instill distorted and wrong values such as "unlawful" and "civil disobedience" in an attempt to fool the public with specious fallacies.
Chen Jinyun said: "They interpreted these concepts as" romantic and beautiful "as panacea to solve the hardship of people's livelihood and social contradictions, in order to win people's hearts." Some Hong Kong people are deeply confused.
Trick 3: Stimulate the populism and tear the society
"We will not accept mainlanders" and "blue silk and dogs are not allowed to enter." In the storm of revision, the anti-China chaotic port forces concocted the concept of the so-called "yellow economic circle", which is not only ridiculous, but also reveals the evil of human nature.
The Hong Kong opposition has manipulated the populism, created confrontation and tearing, and incited Hong Kong people to hate the mainland and to hate the country, so as to collide with "one country, two systems" for a long time.
"The characteristic of this populism is that the differences in economy, culture, habits and ideology under the" two systems "have risen to the contradiction between" one country "and the localities." President of the Hong Kong Federation of Educators Huang Junyu analysis said.
Chen Zhihao also pointed out that shortly after the beginning of the revision of the law, the theme evolved into "anti-China", and a large amount of negative information about the mainland appeared on the Internet and the media. Obviously, it was to arouse some citizens' resentment against the mainland, causing a new wave of so-called "land" Hong Kong conflict ".
Since its return, Hong Kong has maintained its status as an international financial, shipping, and trade center, and has been rated by many international organizations as one of the world ’s freest economies and most competitive regions. But there is no need to admit that problems such as disparity between the rich and the poor, unfair distribution, solidification of interests, and weakened social mobility have also plagued Hong Kong. Dissatisfaction with poor housing, weak security, and difficult employment have caused dissatisfaction, and some policies have not been widely "arrived." All interest groups in Hong Kong, especially the grassroots, are hardly satisfied with the "sense of gain" of some Hong Kong people.
The anti-China chaotic Hong Kong forces have linked Hong Kong ’s long-standing economic and social deep-seated structural contradictions to “one country, two systems”, constantly creating political prejudice, social prejudice, and ethnic prejudice, inducing some citizens to turn their resentment into hatred, pointing to the SAR government, central government The people in the mainland then point to "one country, two systems."
"The opposition distorts the facts, provokes people's dissatisfaction with the mainland and 'one country, two systems', and their confusion about the future of Hong Kong." Ye Liu Shuyi pointed out that the anti-China chaotic Hong Kong forces understand that in order to obtain political benefits, they must provoke fear and hatred.
Li Huiqiong, chairman of the Hong Kong Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, believes that there are indeed some deep-seated problems in Hong Kong, and we must resolve to resolve them and make comprehensive plans and long-term plans. Some young people in Hong Kong are used by those with ulterior motives, and are involved in the political vortex. It is heartbreaking to oppose "patriotic" and "love Hong Kong".
"There is no country in a country. I hope that these young people, while receiving national education, will understand the reality of the country's continued development and improvement of people's livelihood, and strive to find development opportunities in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and gradually change their minds. "Li Huiqiong said.
Liang Kemin and Zeng Kaiqi are both "post-90s". Liang Kemin bluntly said that some young people in Hong Kong blamed the problem on the mainland, but did not see that the mainland was just a way out. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is an opportunity worthwhile for the younger generation of Hong Kong, and it is a stage where they can display their talents and pursue their dreams.
"The education in Hong Kong is wrong." Zeng Kaiqi believes that the crux of the problem lies in the failure of education. The general courses have amplified the negative news in the Mainland and the contradictions with Hong Kong.
"The student is a piece of blank paper, and he will accept what he says." Zeng Kaiqi, who sees the truth, said, "As a Hong Kong person, I always hope that Hong Kong will become better, I hope a storm will make more Many people wake up. "