June 4 1989. The day nothing happened

In the run-up to the Tiananmen Square crackdown’s 20th anniversary this year, a feisty debate took place last week at the University of Hong Kong. Exchange students from the mainland discussed the events that took place on the 4th of June 1989 together with *cough* well-informed and critical students from Hong Kong. The Chinese from the motherland contributed with predictable statements and questions such as: ‘Not a drop of blood was spilled in Tiananmen,’ and ‘Why were some men of the People’s Liberation Army killed by the students if it was a ‘peaceful’ demonstration?’

What’s a bit more disturbing however, is that some Hong Kong students apparantly have rather similar views. How else can we interpret the rejection of City University student Harry Chan Kai-fung ’s plan to write a piece about the crackdown? Deemed not important enough by his student union. In addition, student union president Ayo Chan Yi-ngok of the University of Hong Kong was recently urged to apologise for claiming that one of the Tiananmen protest leaders was a nutty ‘runaway student leader.’

Well, the above behavior does fit nicely with growing pro-China sentiments in Hong Kong. So.. whatever you think that happened, it didn’t. Just move along now folks.

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12 Apr, 2009 | Johnny Mountain | China, Politics

  • sds
    sucks
  • Gaz
    And for the young generation in HK that seem to love China so much (without even travelling anywhere except shanghai and beijing!) well, it's no great secret that HK is going downhill disturbingly fast, again, they are the ones who are going to have to deal with all the self-inflicted problems later, the only difference is they have had a excellent chance to educate themselves about these things, mainlanders have not.
  • Gaz
    I would expect better from mainlanders that are bright enough to come and study in HK. Its sad that the majority of the country are exactly the same and come out with the same political line on every issue. What's the point in having a brain if you refuse to use it?
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