"Be Water" (such as water gathering and dispersing) is the main protest strategy in the 2019 anti-amendment turmoil. It means that the protest is not limited by form, but must be flexible and flowing like water, both soft and strong, able to quickly adapt to all things, and to be able to Gather into a powerful force.
The eighth episode of the ten-part documentary "Hong Kong Returns" by Malcolm Clarke, two-time Oscar winner for Best Documentary Short, winner of 16 Emmy Awards, and internationally renowned documentary filmmaker "Be Water" was recorded with the theme of "Undercurrents"; however, he felt unusual for the so-called "no big stage" strategy, and lamented that the damage caused by the turmoil to Hong Kong was irreversible.
Ke Wensi once previewed in the seventh episode of "Hong Kong: The Covered Truth", and the next episode will show the audience how the "edited" information has evolved into a tool and weapon to trigger "riots".
Coming to the eighth episode with the theme of "Undercurrent", he first mentioned that the protesters continued to create chaos in the streets through the "Be Water" strategy, and then quickly moved to other places through the subway, but this was inevitably related to the protests. Disputes broke out among passengers in the carriage who did not approve of their actions.
The "Prince Prince Station Clash" on August 31, 2019 unfolded against such a background. After a street protest, the demonstrators fled the scene by subway as usual. During this period, they had an argument and physical conflict with passengers. Later, someone called the police. Athlon squad and riot police arrived.
Senior columnist Nury Vittachi described what happened that night: When the subway stopped at Prince Edward Station, the subway asked all passengers to stop, and some demonstrators changed their black clothes to other colors. The police arrested what they identified as demonstrators, but it looked like they were catching passengers.”
This scene was described by many media as an "indiscriminate attack", and there were indeed some affected citizens who came forward to say after the incident.
Nury Vittachi continued that at the scene of the incident, the police quickly realized that they had no way to bring the injured to safety, because there were many people surrounded by the subway outside, and these people even cried outside the station to the police not to kill; until the next day, online It began to spread wildly, "The reason why the police asked to close the Prince Edward Station is because they killed people in the station and wanted to destroy the evidence." Although the police have clarified in time and quoted the Hospital Authority's statement that it did not receive any deaths that night, but related rumors But the more and more spread, the slogan "721 does not see people, 831 kills people" is flying all over the sky.
"This is a perfect example! The strategy behind it was to take the demonstrators out of the story and put the police in the middle, so the demonstrators disappeared and the story became, the police beat up the passengers on the subway at Prince Edward Station." Nury Vittachi believes that many journalists don't realize that the incident has been "replaced", "but it's not the reporter's fault, their editor-in-chief and the media they work for are eager for a simple story that can earn attention - a heroic young man rebels against an evil empire. .” He mentioned that, for example, mainstream public opinion in Hong Kong has never been in favor of independence, “but Western reports seem to be like everyone in Hong Kong supports the radical pan-democratic faction and everyone wants to overthrow the government.” This kind of argument is one-sided. Pros and cons are combined.
Cowens described the "Prince Station conflict" as a thousand waves, igniting the most violent and destructive thoughts.
Looking at the increasingly radical and uncontrollable situation, he couldn't help but question: "Is this really a person from the bottom without a big platform, hoping to call for change through revolution? Or is it some more sinister trick? Maybe it is some kind of strategy, secretly Planning and orchestration.”
Geopolitical risk analyst Phill Hynes also expressed doubts about the agenda set by the demonstrators and the funding behind them.
First, he believed that the "attack on the police" was carefully planned by the demonstrators to make one demand "five demands are indispensable." Even if the then Chief Executive Carrie Lam later announced that amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance were shelved, the protest could continue; second, He pointed out that the protests involved financial assistance from the US Congress, but he did not show any evidence, but believed that the whole strategy was the same as the US policy toward China, "Using Hong Kong as a weapon to attack China and slander the Chinese Communist Party, they even prepared to sacrifice Hong Kong. The purpose is to restrain China... Hong Kong is just a pawn in this chess game."
"The so-called 'no big platform' is simply nonsense. The movement presents a highly organized, multi-layered leadership structure with different agendas." Phill Hynes believes that the anti-revision bill is just a "fuse". "The explosives are ready."
Ke Wensi is noncommittal: "If all this was arranged in advance, I have to say that the implementation was successful." But he is more concerned that "Once the wound is torn, there will be no chance of healing, repairing The case was shelved, but the damage was done, and things later spread into a slow-motion historic battle - to save the soul of Hong Kong."
In an exclusive interview with "Hong Kong 01" earlier, Ke Wensi bluntly expressed that he was angry that the European and American media simplified the anti-amendment turmoil into "a dispute between cowboys and aborigines". Thinking, I also hope that the Hong Kong people who have been torn apart for many times will let go of their prejudices and resolve conflicts.
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