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China’s state broadcaster urges Hong Kong’s youth to work with Beijing to make their city great
- ‘When you are on the right track, positive changes will occur’, overseas arm of CCTV says in YouTube video
- ‘Embracing the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong’s future will be better’, it says
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The overseas arm of CCTV, China’s state broadcaster, released a video on Tuesday urging young people in Hong Kong to embrace closer ties with the mainland for the sake of their future.
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The video by CGTN was released on YouTube on the day Beijing staged a massive National Day military parade to mark 70 years of Communist Party rule, and the protests in Hong Kong resulted in a teenager being shot in the chest.
Message to Hong Kong Youth: Shenzhen’s Success Could be Yours too, a 90-second film with English subtitles, features a montage of images showing the development of Shenzhen from a sleepy fishing village to a modern metropolis, with skyscrapers and an international airport.
“When you are on the right track, positive changes will occur,” the text said. “Embracing the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong’s future will be better.”
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The reference was to Beijing’s vision for an interconnected Pearl River Delta region in southern China, linking Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in Guangdong province as an economic and business hub in the mould of California’s Silicon Valley.
Last week, a Chinese diplomat in Hong Kong said economic development was the “top priority” for the city, and could be achieved through more engagement with central government initiatives like the Greater Bay Area plan.
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