Lanying KOL opens up an alternative "international line" to tell overseas "Chinese stories" in English

A group of establishment activists active on the Internet met with the media today (28th) and announced the establishment of the "China Story" KOL Alliance, which aims to "tell the story of China" to the world. The goal is to "bring the right situation in Hong Kong, China The story spread widely on different social media.”

The platform will strengthen the current affairs commentary and interview work on social platforms and media in English, identify some potential audiences in foreign countries who have not had the opportunity to reach in the past, present the voice of the establishment, and change the current situation where the opposition completely dominates the Western approach to China. , To open up an alternative "international line" in response to the trend of public opinion in Hong Kong.

A group of establishment factions active on the Internet established the "Chinese Story KOL Alliance", aiming to "tell the Chinese story well" to the world.

(Photo by Zhang Haowei)

In line with the main theme of "Telling a Chinese Story"

The conveners of the alliance include Li Zijing, Central Committee Member of the New Democratic Party, Lin Lin, former District Councillor of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of China, Chen Yingxin, former District Councilor of the Federation of Trade Unions, Yang Zhean, Member of the Central and Western District of the Liberal Party, and Zhang Yali, representative of the Chinese Women's Federation.

Members also include former District Councillors Chen Jiapei and Gan Wenfeng of the New Democrats, He Jingkang, founder of SaveHK, and Li Chaoyu, vice chairman of the Economic and Democrats United Youth Committee.

Li Zijing said that since the "black storm" incident in 2019, there have been a lot of propaganda against the establishment, and there have been "reasonable inexplicable" situations. So last year, the "KOL100" campaign was launched to balance the previous online voices and believe that action "Several success", the number of subscribers and traffic on the local network has been rising steadily, and it has been able to compete with Huang Ying.

He pointed out that with the implementation of the National Security Law and the improvement of the electoral system, the public opinion atmosphere has returned to calm. However, there are still many public opinion environments that are unfavorable to China in the world. The West willfully discredit the situation in China. Some claims are "no target and groundless", such as People who have never been to Xinjiang claim that there is genocide in Xinjiang, claim that the new crown pneumonia is leaked by the Wuhan laboratory, and so on.

Therefore, Li believes that the establishment camp "should start to speak more on the international platform", echoing President Xi Jinping's request to "tell China's story well and spread China's voice well."

He pointed out that Hong Kong is a place where Chinese and Western cultures converge and it is easier to get in touch with Western people. Therefore, it is possible to develop these public opinion platforms to balance the voices of some absconding overseas opposition figures such as Luo Guancong, Xu Zhifeng and others. "People know that there are many Hong Kong people. It doesn’t look like Qu (the opposition) is watching.”

In terms of specific actions, Li Zijing said that the members will establish their own Twitter platforms. At present, most of the members of the alliance have already existed, but the number of followers still needs time to "follow behind"; he is more actively contributing and interviewing local and overseas English media; Social platforms such as YouTube publish fragments of commentary on current affairs in English, etc.

There is no uniform style, and members want to complement each other

Chen Yingxin pointed out that the alliance will cross the political party boundaries and gather young people from different organizational parties and professional backgrounds to counter the voices of "Huang Zhengcun" colluding with foreign forces overseas, hoping to "tell the truth and oppose smearing" on an international platform. Say yes Hong Kong story.

She also mentioned that the alliance may not have a unified political spectrum or style. Different members can show their strengths and complement each other, and speak out when necessary.

Lin Lin also mentioned that there will be voices on different platforms in the future, frankly confessing that the degree of slander against China by Western politicians and individual foreign media in the past is very dissatisfactory. Everybody knows."

Yang Zhean added that many members of the alliance have experience of studying abroad and have an international perspective. He chose to return to Hong Kong for development because he "has a fire" about the situation in Hong Kong and hopes to "explain the situation Hong Kong is really facing" to foreigners. For example, in the 2014 occupation incident, many British friends did not know why Hong Kong people would occupy the streets. As a result, they were easily "driven" by the mainstream Western media and did not have a deep understanding of Hong Kong issues.

Chen Yingxin received cake blessings

At the end of the event, Chen Yingxin said that she received the cake from the supporters. She showed the cake to the reporters. The words "China Story KOL Alliance" were written on the top, and she said with a smile: "I don't know how to give it away. Where am I going (event venue)?"

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