In the second round of the Asian Rugby Sevens Series held in South Korea on Sunday (13th), in the final match between the Hong Kong team and the South Korean team, the 2019 anti-extradition law demonstration song "Glory to Hong Kong" was mistakenly played before the start of the tournament. Playing it as the Chinese national anthem has caused international controversy. The Hong Kong police will investigate whether it violates the "National Anthem Law" or the "National Security Law."
Liu Yongsong, a professor of the Department of Physical Education, Exercise and Health at HKBU, analyzed that the incident occurred during political activities such as the G20 summit, which is a sensitive time. Whether there is a conspiracy theory depends on how it is interpreted.
He also pointed out that in the past 20 to 30 years, the wrong national anthem has been played at sports ceremonies from time to time. The Olympic charter has guidelines on how to open and award awards. International competitions should use this as a model.
As for the reactions of the athletes and team leaders, he gave an example that the old Russian national anthem was wrongly broadcast in a game. The players and coaches immediately snatched the microphones and sang the new version of the national anthem in unison.
Liu Yongsong said on a radio program this morning (15th) that sports have always been an important and sensitive political propaganda tool in the past. This incident happened during the G20 summit, the mid-term elections in the United States, and the ASEAN summit has just ended. He described it as "time sensitive." , Whether there is a conspiracy theory depends on how it is interpreted.
Liu also said that in the past 2 to 30 years, the wrong country's time has been broadcast in different sports ceremonies from time to time, which led to major conflicts afterwards. Dissatisfied; when the famous Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang participated in the World Championships to win the prize, the organizer mistakenly took "China" for "Chile" and played the Chilean national anthem by mistake.
He thought the latter was understandable, and the assembly immediately corrected it and arranged for Liu Xiang to accept the award again.
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He pointed out that even if it is a university athletics event, it is impossible to just find someone to "press a system". There must be an emcee following up the rehearsal. He thinks that South Korea's Qilan's mistakes are incomprehensible and need to be investigated.
He said that the Olympic Charter clearly lists the procedures for the opening ceremony and awards ceremony, such as the broadcast of the national anthem by the organizer and the raising of the national flag.
As for how the athletes should respond, Liu Yongsong gave an example that the Kazakh athletes did nothing when they played the wrong insulting song foolishly; the Russian athletes and coaches reacted quickly when the old version of the national anthem was played wrong and took away the conference The microphone sang the new version of the national anthem simultaneously.
He believes that the Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism can optimize the guidelines in this regard. He thinks that Russian athletes respond appropriately and the practice is ideal, but they must arrange training for athletes in advance.
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