2024-03-21 12:20:42
Perhaps many people have forgotten that 10 years ago today, a major political storm broke out in Taiwan, which not only severely impacted cross-strait relations, but also fueled the radical wave in Hong Kong, intensifying the two major turmoils of “Occupy Central” and the Black Riots. The “Sunflower Movement” of the Legislative Yuan and Executive Yuan. I talked about this incident with a friend in the political circle, and both of them still remember it vividly. They believed that the extreme independence forces took the opportunity to spread the “radical virus” to Hong Kong, which brought three major poisons, drove a large number of rebellious teenagers into fanatical mass movements, and finally led to Great disaster. Never forget the past, and be the teacher of the future. We must learn from it carefully.
Ten years ago, the “Sunflower Student Movement” broke out in Taiwan. Radical students occupied the Legislative Yuan for 585 hours to oppose the cross-strait trade in services agreement. This movement spread the “radical virus” to Hong Kong, brought three major poisons, and intensified two unrests.
This movement was not an accident, but an “explosion” caused by the intersection of radicalism and Taiwan independence craze. On March 18, 2014, Taiwan’s radical student organization “Black Island Youth Front” joined forces with “independence” groups to strongly prevent the government from passing the “Cross-Strait Services Trade Agreement”. To this end, they raided the Legislative Yuan at 9 o’clock that night and occupied the proceedings. hall. A large number of pre-planned demonstrators shouted for support outside the Legislative Yuan to build momentum.
They continue to occupy the Legislative Yuan. The Ma Ying-jeou government does not want the conflict to escalate and hopes to resolve it through dialogue instead of using force to drive them away. The students gained momentum and became even more arrogant. They expanded their actions and occupied the Executive Yuan, the central government body, five days later. Although the police expelled them the next day, the occupation of the Legislative Council continued. The students did not evacuate until Legislative Yuan Chairman Wang Jinping promised to establish a “cross-strait agreement supervision system” and suspend the agreement that was originally planned to be passed.
After the radical students performed a great show, the Democratic Progressive Party “harvested” the results. Tsai Ing-wen took advantage of the situation in the 2016 election to defeat Ma Ying-jeou with a high vote and ascended to the presidency. Taiwan also shifted from “peace with China” to “pro-American and anti-American”. “, until today.
At the same time, high-spirited student movement leaders and “independence” members are also actively exporting the “radical virus” to Hong Kong. The day before the occupation ended, a group of student representatives from the Hong Kong Federation of Students were arranged to go to Taiwan to “observe” the student movement.
One of the Hong Kong students told the media that the Taiwanese students occupying the Legislative Yuan have strong organizational skills and are worth learning from the “Occupy Central” movement. Now we should actively think about “how to make Hong Kong the next Taiwan and shake up those in power.”
Soon after, student leaders who led the “Occupy Central” movement, such as Luo Guancong and Zhang Xiuxian, were invited to Taipei to discuss with those involved in the Sunflower student movement and exchange struggle experiences. Lin Feifan, the flag-bearer of the Occupy movement, sent an inciting message to radicals participating in “Occupy Central” during his visit to the United States, saying that Beijing had rejected the demand for universal suffrage and “Hong Kong people have no other choice but to fight to save themselves.” Another leader, Chen Weiting, wanted to go to Hong Kong to stir up trouble, but was refused entry.
The Sunflower Movement not only injected fuel into Occupy Central, but its influence also extended to the 2019 Black Riot. It has brought three major harms to Hong Kong: 1. The movement has become dominated by radical students. Traditional pan-democratic bosses have lost their leadership roles and have no choice but to step aside, and the democratic movement has begun to derail. In the later stages, even the student leaders found it difficult to control the overall situation and were led by the radical masses. Finally, the situation completely lost control and was beyond control.
During the 2019 black riots in Hong Kong, radicals occupied the Legislative Council and wreaked havoc. To a certain extent, they were inspired by the Sunflower student movement.
2. Replace rational dialogue with violent attacks. The Sunflower Movement captured both houses and successfully forced the government to back down. This experience was highly contagious to radical students in Hong Kong. A student federation leader who was observing the event said that “Occupy Central” should not be delayed any longer and needs an explosion point. . During that time, a group of full-gear radicals did force their way into the Legislative Council with violence, but were forced to retreat because they could not break down the door.
By 2019, the violence finally broke out. Radicals stormed the Legislative Council and wreaked havoc. At that time, someone spray-painted the words “Sunflower HK” on the wall, as if to say to Taiwan’s radical student leaders at that time: “We have done it too.” .”
The third poison is the rise of “independence” thoughts, heading in the direction of separation and opposition from mainland China, and setting “Hong Kong independence” as the goal. After the Sunflower Movement broke out, some “independence groups” commented that it would intensify Hong Kong people’s sentiments for autonomy and even independence. In fact, the “independence faction” had already taken action in this regard. Between 2016 and 2017, Luo Guancong, Zhou Yongkang, Huang Zhifeng, etc. were successively invited to Taiwan to communicate with leaders of the “independence faction” such as Times Force to discuss how to Strive for full autonomy, and the other party has also sent people to Hong Kong to teach “resistance experience.”
Therefore, at the peak of the “Black Riot”, the demands put forward by the radicals went far beyond “withdrawing the extradition bill”, but strived for near-independence autonomy and greater power to govern, which was no different from “Hong Kong independence” .
The Sunflower Movement happened ten years ago. Although the past is over, lessons must be learned. Just like the “anti-epidemic”, we should also be fully prepared against “radical viruses” in order to prevent society from suffering “serious diseases”. This In terms of legislation, I believe Article 23 legislation can play a certain role.
Tokito Monogatari
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The Hong Kong government has rushed to complete the 23 pieces of legislation because foreign forces are gearing up and ready to take action. The longer the night, the more dreams there will be. It is better to do it quickly to prevent them from gathering greater opposition and increasing variables. Under this situation, it is expected that foreign governments and organizations have opened fire one after another, but it is also interesting to take a closer look at the background of those who launched the bombardment. According to the information I searched, most of these organizations are “behind-the-scenes players” in the unrest in Hong Kong. They have formed a tight network with the hawks in the US and UK political circles and Jimmy Lai, and they have been stirring things up behind the scenes.
Looking at the list of foreign organizations that have stood up and “fired”, the first thing I saw was the American “Human Rights Watch.” The background of this so-called NGO is not simple, and it also has a certain connection with Hong Kong. It turns out that its director of global initiatives, Minky Worden, was a senior assistant to Democratic Party Chairman Martin Lee before and after Hong Kong’s return and became his go-between with U.S. officials.
Human Rights Watch, an American NGO that criticized the Article 23 legislation, has global advocacy director Minky Worden who was once an assistant to Democratic leader Martin Lee. It is accused of having close ties with the US government.
Afterwards, she returned to the United States and first served as the Communications Director of Human Rights Watch. She was soon promoted to the Director of Global Initiatives. She continued to maintain contact with Hong Kong’s pro-democracy groups. In 2012, she helped arrange visits by pan-democratic figures such as Martin Lee, James To, and Lee Cheuk-yan. The United States met with a group of government and political party figures, only two years after the 2014 “Occupy Central” movement.
Her husband is Gordon Crovitz, the former publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Both this man and the newspaper’s senior executive, Mark Wilson, are familiar with Jimmy Lai, so the newspaper later became Lai’s “close ally.”
Regarding the background of Human Rights Watch, it is said that its “big sponsor” is Soros, a tycoon known for his anti-communism. Esquivel, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, once signed a letter to Human Rights Watch with 131 scholars, saying that its members have a complex and close relationship with the U.S. government and often align with official diplomatic interests. From this point of view, it is not surprising that the organization bombarded 23 pieces of legislation.
The British political organization “Hong Kong Watch” that rushed out to open fire this time has become even more infamous and has been constantly mentioned in Jimmy Lai’s trial. Rogers, the founder of this organization, played politics in the name of human rights. He had intervened in the “Occupy Central” movement as early as 2014 and advocated independence for Xinjiang and Tibet. Therefore, he was refused entry by the Hong Kong government in 2017.
In that year, he met Li Zhiying through the introduction of Martin Lee. After that, the two became more and more entangled, and established a link between Li Zhiying and British hawkish politicians, becoming a channel for these politicians to interfere in Hong Kong politics. In 2020, Patten, the last governor of Hong Kong, became the sponsor of the “Hong Kong Watch”. He and Lai were old friends before the return, and thus formed a force in the British political circle. On the one hand, he undermined the normal relations between China and Britain, and on the other hand, he stirred up trouble in Hong Kong. anti-government sentiment and forced the British government to impose sanctions on Hong Kong.
Rogers, the founder of “Hong Kong Watch” who also loudly opposed the Article 23 legislation, has been involved in Hong Kong’s political movement since the “Occupy Central” movement in 2014, forming a “Hong Kong Chaos Alliance” with British hawkish politicians and Jimmy Lai.
Recently, Rogers has continued to actively connect with Hong Kong people’s organizations in exile overseas, waiting for opportunities to cooperate with the remaining radicals in Hong Kong, Mali, to cause chaos again. The Article 23 legislation is precisely to establish a defense line against this threat. Rogers naturally trumpeted his opposition and pushed for further foreign sanctions on Hong Kong.
Among the organizations launching attacks this time is an overseas Hong Kong organization, the “Hong Kong Democratic Council” established in the United States. Its members can be said to be a “gathering of wanted criminals”, including Zhu Mumin, one of the founders and the son of Pastor Zhu Yaoming, and Luo Guancong, who has fled to the UK. The current executive director is another wanted criminal, Guo Fengyi.
This organization also has a strange relationship with the US government. It held a “Hong Kong Summit” in Washington a few years ago. Participants included the “National Endowment for Democracy”, known as the “second CIA”, and the well-known anti-China , former Secretary of State Pompeo and Senator Rubio who had personally met with Jimmy Lai. It’s self-evident what kind of organization this organization is.
The above-mentioned foreign organizations that are eager to attack the Article 23 legislation reveal that they are all the “behind-the-scenes players” who have been messing up Hong Kong stalls after uncovering the NGO veil. They have taken action this time, which just proves that this law was enacted in a timely manner. If it is not By building a strong defense line, the “players behind the scenes” will play more aggressively.
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