Hong Kong version of the National Security Law ‧524 | The most intense battle in the four months after the epidemic is difficult to compare with the momentum of the anti-revision law last year

Political situation

Author: Sha Banshan

2020-05-25 00:56

The National People's Congress is reviewing the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law", which is aimed at crimes such as subverting state power, splitting the country, committing terrorist activities, and interference by external forces. The incident caused a fierce response in Hong Kong society. Netizens initiated a parade on Hong Kong Island this afternoon (24th) against legislation. About a thousand people gathered in Causeway Bay this afternoon. During the period, people blocked traffic and threw debris at the police. And fire water cannon cars to disperse the crowd.

The anti-revision movement that broke out in June last year has been nearly a year ago. Since the beginning of February this year, it has been affected by the epidemic. Large-scale demonstrations have been significantly suspended. Yesterday can be said to be the most intense battle in the past four months. Compared with the peak period of sports, the scale and momentum are obviously different. In addition to the substantial decrease in the number of participants, the scale of demonstrators' destruction has also decreased.

Compared with the previous "resistance" actions since the outbreak, today's campaign is the most intense, but from the perspective of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" as a shocking bomb, the strength of the counter-legislation "parade" is relatively relative. low.

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The "524" parade was the announcement of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" by the central government. It was the first large-scale "parade" event in Hong Kong that explicitly opposed legislation (Note: no notice of non-objection was not applied to the police). It is regarded as one of the weather vane of the trend of social movement last year.

Compared with the many sporadic protests since the outbreak in February this year, the scale of the anti-Hong Kong version of the National Security Law "parade" is the most noticeable, mainly in three aspects: first, the number of people, and the netizens have launched many actions in the past four months However, most of the participants are sparse, and the maximum is not more than a few hundred. What we saw on the scene was about 1,000 to 2,000 people. The second is the fighting method. It is no longer "singing" and "shopping" in shopping malls as in the past. Instead, it smashed the "blue shop" glass window, destroyed traffic lights, and blocked roads and other fierce means, and the police also made corresponding force, including the deployment of water gun cars, the launch of multiple tear gas bombs, and large-scale search, etc., which constituted a rare in recent months. The large-scale offensive and defensive battle screen; the third is the battlefield. This time the demonstrators once planned to move from Causeway Bay to the heart of the West Admiralty Government Headquarters. The strength of the stock has been rare in the past few months, and all reflect the intensity of this "parade."

However, compared with the "Hong Kong version of the national anthem law", which is a "nuclear bomb-level" political shock news, the "524 March" response can be said to be relatively low, and it is more difficult to compare with the anti-amendment incident last year. Last June 9th, a large-scale demonstration of the anti-revision movement held by the Democratic Front announced that the organizer had reached 1.03 million people, and the police said 240,000 people. Even if the police announced the number of people, it was more than 100 times the number of participants this time.

The people who participated in the 69 march on that day included celebrities from various sectors. In addition to members of the political community, there were also founders of One Media, Li Zhiying, singers He Yunshi and Huang Yaoming, etc. However, during the rally, no celebrities were present to support them. The only high-profile ones are the Democratic Party Yin Zhaojian, Lin Zhuoting, People's Power Tan Dezhi and some district councillors.

No big platform as push hands online promotional time is short

Of course, this may be related to mobilization conditions. The mass march on June 9 was promoted by the Democratic Front. Half a month ago, a high-profile press conference was held in conjunction with democratic parliamentarians. Massive publicity announcements were distributed on the Internet day after day. The pan-Chinese people also encouraged the people to participate During the parade, for example, the New League Fan Guowei distributed leaflets in public housing, Zhu Kaidi and Hu Zhiwei and others held an "anti-send bicycle cycle" in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon to appeal to the public to take to the streets.

The "5.24" anti-Hong Kong version of the National Security Law Parade was not led by a large platform. It was initiated by netizens through social platforms such as "Lian Deng" and "telegram", and the promotion time was only a few days.

However, political circles generally believe that the sudden surge of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic has severely impacted the economy of Hong Kong, threatened the lives and livelihoods of the psychological high wall, and blocked the huge wave of political waves caused by the anti-revision laws.

It is known that the police have studied and ruled in the Anti-Amendment Movement that there are about two thousand of the most radical "dragers" demonstrators. In the past year, the police arrested at least 8,000 people at various demonstration sites. It is reasonable to conclude that most of the brave factions have been included, which greatly reduced the main force of the struggle. At the same time, the police are becoming more and more mature in responding to the demonstrators' deployment, and they act more quickly. Once there is a conflict between the police and the civilians, the rapid dispersal strategy is adopted. Therefore, although there were still sporadic black people blocking roads and throwing bricks in this "5.24" parade, they were all broken up in a very short time, making it difficult for the demonstrators to gather.

Some netizens are planning to launch a siege on the Legislative Council on May 27. The "anti-national anthem" and the "anti-Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" attacked the two issues. Whether the "524 March" is just a warm-up, or it has been full of energy, and it will be unveiled later.

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