China’s Public Security Ministry labels Hong Kong democracy activists ‘foreign proxies’
Video published on official Weibo account accuses Occupy Movement leaders Joshua Wong and Benny Tai of acting on behalf of overseas forces
China’s Ministry of Public Security has published a video that depicts Hong Kong as a base for “colour revolutions” and labels two prominent figures of the city’s universal suffrage movement, Joshua Wong Chi-fung and Benny Tai Yiu-ting, as proxies for foreign forces.
The ministry posted the video with a title “Who wants to topple China the most?” on its official Weibo microblog last Thursday. It has circulated on Youtube since at least late September although it’s unclear who made it or originally uploaded it.
The ministry’s move comes after Hong Kong’s chief executive said he would not seek a second term, triggering a guessing game over which senior officials could marshal the support of the city’s 7.2 million inhabitants and the backing of the leadership in Beijing.
The video, which runs more than seven minutes, is composed of short clips and photos along with text and an unidentified narrator. It argues that the countries and movements involved in the “Arab Spring” that swept North Africa and the Middle East beginning in 2010 ultimately led to turmoil and despair.
It warned Hong Kong was being used as an operational base to stage such a “colour revolution”, with foreign forces, particularly the United States, using universal suffrage leaders as proxies.
