[patriots] Massive Protests Rock Hong Kong

From: "Chris Pead" <cpead@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Patriots JGroup" <patriots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 22:08:50 +0100
Massive Protests Rock Hong Kong As Citizens Reject 'Fake Democracy'
Controlled By Communist China




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong is currently being rocked by massive protests for democracy and
freedom, where police have responded with unjustified violence. Twitter hash
tags #HongKong and #OccupyCentral are currently being used for the event,
and a live video feed of the protest is available at this anonymous news
site <http://www.anonsweden.se/?page_id=6268> . 

 According to AFP, which has covered the story, police began aggressively
firing tear gas into crowds of protesting students, even though the crowds
were entirely peaceful. As AFP reports
<http://news.yahoo.com/school-students-join-hong-kong-democracy-protests-035
127218.html> : 

This is unbelievable. This is a peaceful protest and the police are the ones
using violence," said demonstrator Jade Wong. "The level of police violence
here is just like mainland China, it was never like this before. 

The communist Chinese regime quickly confirmed that it would use force to
suppress what it deems to be "illegal" protests: 

Beijing "firmly opposes all illegal activities that could undermine rule of
law and jeopardise 'social tranquility' and it offers its strong backing" to
the Hong Kong government, a spokesman for China's Hong Kong and Macau
affairs office was quoted by the Xinhua news agency as saying. 

Note that both Communist China and the United States Government now use
escalated, militarized force to suppress protestors and squash free speech
<http://www.naturalnews.com/046461_police_militarization_ferguson_alternativ
e_media.html> . In fact, the government's reaction to these protests in
China has so far been less aggressive than police actions used in America at
recent protests such as Ferguson, Missouri
<http://www.naturalnews.com/046545_police_militarization_ferguson_civil_unre
st.html> . America's federal "free speech zones" smack of the kind of
communist iron fist crackdown we might normally expect to see in places like
China.

Occupy Central joins the protest

In response to the government violence perpetrated against peaceful
protesters, the pro-democracy group Occupy Central has accelerated the
launch of its civil disobedience campaign which was originally scheduled to
begin on October 1, AFP reports: 

The group had sparked months of heated debate in the city of seven million
over its plan to bring Hong Kong's financial district to a standstill with a
mass sit-in. On Sunday they appeared to have come close to reaching that
goal. 

Hong Kong's leader, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, told a press conference
his administration was "resolute in opposing the unlawful occupation actions
by Occupy Central". 

"Unfortunately, it appears as if the Communist Party is completely unwilling
to compromise on the question of politics," reports The Nation. [3]
"Beijing's vision for Hong Kong <http://www.naturalnews.com/Hong_Kong.html>
is to follow in the path of other hyper-capitalist authoritarian states such
as Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Since many of the problems
in Hong Kong -- gaping inequality, crony capitalism, astronomical housing
prices and an exclusionary political system -- are also rampant just across
the border in mainland China, it is not difficult to guess the source of
Beijing's deep anxiety."

China breaks its promises, suppresses freedom of speech

Hong Kong was promised semi-autonomy as part of its transition to Communist
China control in 1999, but the Chinese regime has broken its promises and
now treats Hong Kong citizens as "subjects" with no special rights, just as
citizens in mainland China are treated by the communist government there. 

As The Nation is now reporting: [3] 

...at the end of this August, the National People's Congress did just what
many democracy <http://www.naturalnews.com/democracy.html>  activists in
Hong Kong have feared, ruling that there would be no civic nomination for
chief executive elections in 2017. Rather, all candidates must first be
approved by a nomination committee of political and economic elites, most of
which are directly selected by Beijing. 

 AFP also adds: 

 Last month Beijing said that it would allow elections for Hong Kong's
leader in 2017, but would insist on vetting the candidates -- something
demonstrators have decried as "fake democracy". 

 (I wonder what will happen when the American people one day realize they
are also living under a fake democracy, too?) 

 All these protesters will, of course, be labeled "anti-government" by the
communist regime, as I have recently explained in an important article
refuting the
<http://www.naturalnews.com/047037_anti-government_Health_Ranger_Mike_Adams.
html> "anti-government" slur as it is used even in the United States against
those who are critical of government abuses of human freedom. 

 Here are some images from the live stream of the protest: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources for this article include: 

[1] http://news.yahoo.com/school-students-join-h...
<http://news.yahoo.com/school-students-join-hong-kong-democracy-protests-035
127218.html>  

 

[2] http://news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-financial-fi...
<http://news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-financial-firms-brace-disruptions-protests-
intensify-154150852--sector.html>  

 

[3] http://www.thenation.com/article/181591/why-...
<http://www.thenation.com/article/181591/why-hong-kongs-occupy-central-movem
ent-has-beijing-very-very-scared> 

 

 

Kind regards,

 

Chris

 



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