Hong Kong’s Urumqi Memorial Protest Threatens National Security Signs of Color Revolution

“Highly organized action against the central government…don’t get involved” warns

Amid a small protest in solidarity with China’s “zero corona” protests in Hong Kong, the authorities suggested a response, saying it was an act that threatened national security.

According to Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK on the 30th, Hong Kong Security Secretary Chris Tang appeared in the Legislative Council (Parliament) on the 30th and told reporters, “The protest in memory of the victims of the Urumqi fire in China is a sign of revolution a color that threatens national security.”

The color revolution refers to independence movements and democratization movements that took place around the world in the 2000s, including the former Soviet Union, such as Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution,” Georgia’s “Rose Revolution,” and Iran’s “Green Revolution.”

“What happened on some university campuses and on the streets, under the guise of commemorating the victims, was aimed at the Chinese central government and tried to incite others,” Tang said.

“The slogans shouted by the protesters include words like ‘revolution, dictatorship’ and ‘resignation of leader’, which can go against the National Security Law.” I saw them there,” he said.

He then claimed that some of the people who caused the social unrest in 2019 also participated in the recent protests, and that some protesters planned the protests through social media, such as the “anti-China” site.

“I must speak up and take action to prevent what happened three years ago from happening again,” said Tang, refusing to participate in the protests, which could violate the National Security Law.

He said universities have a responsibility to prevent campuses from becoming mob centers again.

Earlier, on the 27th, about 10 students at the University of Hong Kong and about 100 students at the Chinese University of Hong Kong staged an empty protest on the 28th.

In order to resist the authorities’ censorship, protesters protested with blank paper such as A4 paper without any slogans written on it, and the hashtag ‘blank paper revolution’ ran on social media (SNS).

In Central, Hong Kong, on the evening of the 27th, about 50 people brought flowers and candles to commemorate the victims of the Urumqi fire.

According to the Hong Kong Myungbo, on the 29th, about 10 students gathered at the University of Hong Kong and staged an empty protest.

In addition, after receiving a report that about 10 people had gathered near Mongkok, the police sent to the location questioned the citizens and wrote down the personal information of 7 people.

In Hong Kong, large-scale anti-government protests against the extradition bill in 2019 have been intense for more than half a year, and the police have arrested more than 10,000 people in connection with the protests.

However, after China enacted and directly enforced the Hong Kong National Security Law the following year, gatherings and demonstrations in Hong Kong disappeared.

The recent protests in Hong Kong in solidarity with China’s “zero corona” protests are small in scale, but they attract attention as they are the first people to gather after the enforcement of Hong Kong’s National Security Law.

Most of the protests are known to be attended by students from mainland China or residents of Chinese origin.

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