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Written by: Hu Jiaxin
2019-11-30 12:17
Last updated: 2019-11-30 12:17The anti-revision storm continued for nearly six months and has not stopped. Zeynep Tufekci, an international scholar who studies social movements and an associate professor at the University of North Carolina's School of Information and Library Science, said in a local video forum today that Hong Kong is one of the more enduring movements compared to the street protests in the past. She once visited Hong Kong and said that even if the young people participating in the front line were not sure if the protest would win, they were very engaged and insisted on petitioning the government. They believed that the government would not make retreats by making small concessions. She pointed out that she noticed that citizens, especially young people, had great distrust of the government. In the future, non-profit organizations and academic institutions would need to cooperate to become a bridge of communication.
Zeynep Tufekci, an international scholar who studies social movements and an associate professor at the University of North Carolina's School of Information and Library Science, has visited Hong Kong to observe the movement. She said that Hong Kong is one of the more enduring movements compared to the street protests in the past. (Zeynep Tufekci twitter)
At the same occasion, Zhong Tingyao, chairman and chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion Research, analyzed that some adults, especially the government, have serious misunderstandings about young people. They believe that young people participate in the struggle because of economic problems. In fact, young people are worried about Amending the legislation has caused Hong Kong to lose its freedom. Therefore, they went to the streets to fight for freedom. He pointed out that the world is setting off a trend of distrust between the government and the people, and the situation in Hong Kong is not unique. How to rebuild social trust in the future is a problem currently being addressed by governors.
1. Chung Ting Yiu (pictured right), chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion, believes that some adults, not even the government, misunderstand the reasons why young people fight on the streets. Pictured here is Zhong Jianhua, Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Social Sciences of PolyU. (Photo by Liao Yanxiong)
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