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Angry Nationalists Don’t Sell China’s Message
Targeting Hong Kongers instead of persuading them is a dangerous course.
AUGUST 30, 2019, 12:05 PM
Counter-protesters wave Chinese flags in the Place Saint Michel, central Paris, as they oppose demonstrators gathering to support protests in Hong Kong, on August 17, 2019. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
China analysts have always hoped that the next generation would bring change, especially as the elite headed overseas. But that’s not looking very likely. On Aug. 17, a group of Chinese students in their patriotic Ferraris, McLarens, Porsches, and Aston Martins adorned with five-starred flags, ran their dragsters alongside a pro-Hong Kong rally in Toronto, calling the Hong Kong protesters “poor garbage.”
The previous day, a shouting match erupted at a pro-Hong Kong rally at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. In response to chants of “Hong Kong, Stay Strong,” mainland Chinese students countered in unison, “Cao ni ma bi”—an obscene Chinese insult that’s made its way into the Urban Dictionary.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/30/angry-nationalists-dont-sell-chinas-message/#
Targeting Hong Kongers instead of persuading them is a dangerous course.
AUGUST 30, 2019, 12:05 PM
Counter-protesters wave Chinese flags in the Place Saint Michel, central Paris, as they oppose demonstrators gathering to support protests in Hong Kong, on August 17, 2019. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
China analysts have always hoped that the next generation would bring change, especially as the elite headed overseas. But that’s not looking very likely. On Aug. 17, a group of Chinese students in their patriotic Ferraris, McLarens, Porsches, and Aston Martins adorned with five-starred flags, ran their dragsters alongside a pro-Hong Kong rally in Toronto, calling the Hong Kong protesters “poor garbage.”
The previous day, a shouting match erupted at a pro-Hong Kong rally at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. In response to chants of “Hong Kong, Stay Strong,” mainland Chinese students countered in unison, “Cao ni ma bi”—an obscene Chinese insult that’s made its way into the Urban Dictionary.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/30/angry-nationalists-dont-sell-chinas-message/#