#EditorialColumn #May17
Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
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If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity.
By monitoring the naming of the coronavirus, the reporting of the pandemic, and the mentioning of the ROC (Taiwan), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims that censorship is needed to "protect the feelings of its 1.3 billion people" in the PRC (hereinafter referred to as China). Contrary to its "peaceful rise", PRC has demonstrated its hypersentivity and fragility in international situations especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hong Kong, by practising the "One Country Two Systems" policy, is supposed to steer clear of this path. However, the Education Bureau has adopted CCP's hypersensitivity and started to act as a censor in Hong Kong. Jonathan Spence's short excerpt regarding the Opium Wars in The Search for Modern China was deemed "toxic" by pro-Beijing media, which sought to portray such misinterpretations with misdirection. However, one short academic discussion regarding this topic would reveal the crux of the matter.
Two weeks later, a battle of historical ideologies ensued once more, this time regarding the topic of "whether Japan's positive influence on pre-CCP China outweigh the negatives between 1900 and 1945" addressed in this year's History Paper in the DSE public exam.
By convention, these kinds of open-ended questions only require the students to utilize the given sources, data, historical ideologies, or "the feelings of the Chinese people", to critique Japan's damage upon China, which indirectly legitimizes the opinion that Japan should continually pay reparations to China, meeting the Party's patriotic ideals. This also provides an opportunity for future patriots to train their critical thinking, for in theory, patriotism should be done with reason and logic, unlike the type of patriotism to which the chauvinistic Red Guards or the recent Wumaos and Little Pinks contribute.
For those who wish to establish further ties with China, be warned.
A redux version of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and the Cultural Revolution is coming in the form of a populist authoritarianism with Chinese characteristics. This tsunami is awaiting for your allegiance and service for its 1.3 billion people. The destructive power of Cultural Revolution is still propagating in China, and this time the wave is extending to all around the world.
After Chinese netizens fanatically criticized "Wuhan Diary", it is clear that the Chinese people believe that they have won the battle against the Wuhan Pneumonia: everything has returned to normal in its chauvinistic glory, and now that national pride has returned to the Chinese people, they should once again begin the struggles that defined the Cultural Revolution. Let it be noted that CCP-styled Marxism is still a compulsory subject for Chinese university students.
For those who still believe they can establish tie with China, remember that for CCP, enough is not enough.
"Le vent se lève! ... il faut tenter de vivre!" (The wind rises ... One must try to live).
[Editor's note: Originally from Paul Valéry's poem "Le Cimetière Marin", the line has been adapted to become the title of the animated film The Wind Rises. The film explores the pain one experiences when reflecting upon history.]
#TheWindRises #CCP #CulturalRevolution #Beijing #Censorship
Is China Removing the Last Thin Line in "One Country Two Systems"?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20820
Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
Image
If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity.
By monitoring the naming of the coronavirus, the reporting of the pandemic, and the mentioning of the ROC (Taiwan), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims that censorship is needed to "protect the feelings of its 1.3 billion people" in the PRC (hereinafter referred to as China). Contrary to its "peaceful rise", PRC has demonstrated its hypersentivity and fragility in international situations especially during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hong Kong, by practising the "One Country Two Systems" policy, is supposed to steer clear of this path. However, the Education Bureau has adopted CCP's hypersensitivity and started to act as a censor in Hong Kong. Jonathan Spence's short excerpt regarding the Opium Wars in The Search for Modern China was deemed "toxic" by pro-Beijing media, which sought to portray such misinterpretations with misdirection. However, one short academic discussion regarding this topic would reveal the crux of the matter.
Two weeks later, a battle of historical ideologies ensued once more, this time regarding the topic of "whether Japan's positive influence on pre-CCP China outweigh the negatives between 1900 and 1945" addressed in this year's History Paper in the DSE public exam.
By convention, these kinds of open-ended questions only require the students to utilize the given sources, data, historical ideologies, or "the feelings of the Chinese people", to critique Japan's damage upon China, which indirectly legitimizes the opinion that Japan should continually pay reparations to China, meeting the Party's patriotic ideals. This also provides an opportunity for future patriots to train their critical thinking, for in theory, patriotism should be done with reason and logic, unlike the type of patriotism to which the chauvinistic Red Guards or the recent Wumaos and Little Pinks contribute.
For those who wish to establish further ties with China, be warned.
A redux version of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion and the Cultural Revolution is coming in the form of a populist authoritarianism with Chinese characteristics. This tsunami is awaiting for your allegiance and service for its 1.3 billion people. The destructive power of Cultural Revolution is still propagating in China, and this time the wave is extending to all around the world.
After Chinese netizens fanatically criticized "Wuhan Diary", it is clear that the Chinese people believe that they have won the battle against the Wuhan Pneumonia: everything has returned to normal in its chauvinistic glory, and now that national pride has returned to the Chinese people, they should once again begin the struggles that defined the Cultural Revolution. Let it be noted that CCP-styled Marxism is still a compulsory subject for Chinese university students.
For those who still believe they can establish tie with China, remember that for CCP, enough is not enough.
"Le vent se lève! ... il faut tenter de vivre!" (The wind rises ... One must try to live).
[Editor's note: Originally from Paul Valéry's poem "Le Cimetière Marin", the line has been adapted to become the title of the animated film The Wind Rises. The film explores the pain one experiences when reflecting upon history.]
#TheWindRises #CCP #CulturalRevolution #Beijing #Censorship
Is China Removing the Last Thin Line in "One Country Two Systems"?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/20820
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#EditorialColumn #May17
Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
"If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity."
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Cultural Revolution 2.0: From Hong Kong Limited Edition to World Edition
"If Sense And Sensibility has represented the 18th-Century British society, 21st-Century China has its own adaptation: Censor and Hypersensitivity."
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