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martedì, luglio 15, 2003
Democrazia, che paura. Perchè la piccola Hong Kong sta diventando ogni giorno di più un grande problema per Pechino (e una grande speranza per un miliardo e duecento milioni di cinesi).
What they fear is a double effect," said Shi Yinhong, an international relations scholar at People's University in Beijing. "If the central government backs down, Hong Kong will be a base for subversive activities. At the same time, the Chinese public will conclude the Communist Party is not infallible, and that so-called people power can have an impact". Società aperta contro propaganda di regime. Instead, we're seeing two different ideas about what society should be like, and when you talk about a tussle of ideas, size doesn't matter much. We all know ideas can start small and go a long way, and the Hong Kong idea, while dominant in only a small part of China, represents the dominant idea in the global community. Qualcosa è sfuggito al controllo. The central government has concluded that its institutions in Hong Kong are far from effective. They couldn't successfully mobilize the pro-China forces and maintain the loyalty of the centrists," said one person in Beijing who has been consulted by the government. "At the same time, they underestimated the political strength and skill of the hostile forces, the democrats". Influenza democratica. But Hong Kong exerts a quiet influence on the mainland. More than 100 million people watch Hong Kong-based Phoenix Satellite Television, which was the only Chinese station to report the July 1 demonstrations, though it was only a one-minute segment heavy with interviews with government officials. More than 250,000 people pass through the Lo Wu border crossing every day, and nearly 7 million Chinese tourists visited Hong Kong last year. In addition, some groups in Hong Kong take funds into China to support dissidents. Many others try to make a difference by supporting people and organizations not under the complete control of the Communist government. In attesa del contagio. Han said people in China are angrier and more frustrated with the government than people in Hong Kong, but they are unable to stage large-scale demonstrations because the media cannot report protests and the police are quick to arrest organizers. "The environment created by the state is the key difference," Han said. "In China, there is a lot of fear. . . . In Hong Kong, it's completely different". P.S. Quando su un qualsiasi quotidiano italiano leggeremo un reportage di questo tipo, quello sarà un bel giorno per il nostro giornalismo. |
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