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As far as I remember it was mainly the Chinese side that framed the HK democracy movement as secessionist.
by ginko 5y ago
As far as I remember it was mainly the Chinese side that framed the HK democracy movement as secessionist.
- mytailorisrich 5y agoI'm saying this in general, not specifically about the democracy movement but about depiction in the media. In the media HK is almost always presented as "HK v China" like it's somehow a different country. This is an obvious rhetorical trick, IMHO. Now, regarding those protests, when demonstrators are filmed waving the HK colonial flag, the Union Jack, or the Star spangled banner they are handing a big stick to the central government to label them secessionists and puppets of foreign influence. Edit: Right now on the BBC there is an article titled "HK's year under China's controversial law", which makes it sound like HK is being occupied by a foreign country...