Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Chinese state media has urged authorities to take a "tougher line" against protesters in Hong Kong who vandalised state-run Xinhua news agency and other buildings at the weekend, saying the violence damaged the city's rule of law.
[...] In an editorial, state-backed China Daily newspaper criticised the "wanton" attacks by "naive" demonstrators, adding, "They are doomed to fail simply because their violence will encounter the full weight of the law."
Police fired tear gas at black-clad protesters on Saturday and Sunday in some of the worst violence in the Asian financial hub in weeks, with metro stations set ablaze and buildings vandalised.
Violence also erupted on Sunday after a man with a knife attacked several people and bit off part of the ear of a pro-democracy politician. Two of the victims are reportedly in critical condition, according to reports.
The past five months of anti-government protests in the former British colony represent the biggest popular challenge to President Xi Jinping's government since he took over China's leadership in late 2012.
Protesters are angry at China's perceived meddling with Hong Kong's freedoms, including its legal system, since the Asian financial hub returned to Chinese rule in 1997. China denies the accusation.
The widely-read Global Times tabloid on Sunday condemned the protesters' actions targeting Xinhua and called for action by Hong Kong's enforcement agencies.
"Due to the symbolic image of Xinhua, the vandalizing of its branch is not only a provocation to the rule of law in Hong Kong, but also to the central government and the Chinese mainland, which is the rioters' main purpose," it said.
On Friday, after a meeting of China's top leadership, a senior Chinese official said it would not tolerate separatism or threats to national security in Hong Kong and would "perfect" the way it appointed the city's leader.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 06 2019, @04:26PM (1 child)
Something on this topic I've come to realize is that media reporting is useless. You need complete, in context footage. And you need to seek things out rather than passively consuming media.
For instance this [rt.com] is a video from today. There was just an overt and seemingly professional assassination attempt of a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker. I say professional since it was seemingly quite well planned and executed, even though it failed. He provided a bouquet as a distraction + occupying his target's primary arm, disarms any concern with flattery and harmless doofus outfit, and casually pretends he's looking for his phone for a selfie. Then notice right before he grabs his knife he double checks to ensure the politician is looking away and then grabs his knife and aims straight for the heart with a long wind up for penetration) attempt to assassinate a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker. So are we left to choose between ear biters (assuming this is even what happened, which without complete in-context video is not really a given) or heart stabbers?
This is not really an attempt to get into a tit-for-tat so much as to emphasize that we're seeing a pretty distorted view of what's happening in Hong Kong ( and I suspect the world at large ). Had this law-maker been in favor of the West/protesters, this would be a breaking news front-page story on every single US mainstream outlet. Some would likely even begin hinting at using it as a justification for more direct "intervention" in China. But because the guy who was killed was of the wrong political opinion it's going to be, at most, a side-note where the sites will put up an article and then bury it. E.g. here [nytimes.com] is the NYTimes coverage of it. Clearly not worthy of the frontpage unlike articles such as, literally, "Why Donald Trump Hates Your Dog." [nytimes.com] Amazing what trash our media has turned into.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 06 2019, @05:16PM
Yep, when you control the news you can literally get away with murder.