Of China mainland press to see Hong Kong in Chaos, if there not back soon “rule of law” prevail. The recent brutal violence against peaceful protesters is not mentioned.
At the beginning of the recent wave of protest in Hong Kong, the state-controlled media on the mainland barely reported about it. In the meantime, the issue is also there, observing, but with a different focus than in the Western press. The described brutal attacks by thugs from is not mentioned to the underworld milieu on demonstrators, without the police intervened in the party media. Instead, some counter-demonstrations given more space, as well as the Encroachments of the sides of the pro-democracy protesters. The rule of law in Hong Kong – which many critics see since a long time due to Beijing’s interference threatened – threatened from this point of view exclusively by the Beijing critical of the protesters.
“Hong Kong into Chaos”
“The authority of the Central government shall not be questioned”, was the headline in the “people’s daily”, the tube of the Communist party, on Monday. In the commentary it is said: “In the past few days, Hong Kong was overthrown by a series of acts of violence to the Chaos. On behalf of the opponents of the new extradition law, stormed the radical extremists, the Parliament buildings, destroyed public institutions, beat up police officers and buildings with explosives. As a result, the public policy in Hong Kong was heavily affected and the rule of law flouted. The recent attack on the liaison office of the Central government has exceeded the limits of peaceful Demonstrating final and the violence to escalate.”
Not only peaceful: protesters in Hong Kong
“No excuse for violence!”, the commentator asks. “The citizens in Hong Kong must recognize the true face and the violence of a few Radicals and the principle of ‘one country, two systems’, law and order in Hong Kong, determined to defend, to protect the home of seven million people.”
“Police are in strict accordance with the law”
On the same day, the nationalist-oriented “Global Times commented:” the recent events in Hong Kong, with the focus on the difficult situation of the police: “In the past month, in the case of any dispute, showed the Public in Hong Kong for more tolerance towards the perpetrators of violence than to the police. The forces of the extreme Opposition, not in control of many platforms of public opinion in Hong Kong. But their voices are supported by the Western media. In Association with the social media is a great pressure on the police in Hong Kong, the result is.”
In the mainland media is not an issue: injured protesters after attack by thugs
Further, the “Global Times” writes: “The company in Hong Kong must seek the authority of the police to restore and stop the enforcement of the laws for political reasons, to limit, or in the work of the police to intervene. For the police, the law, and not the political correctness always applies.”
“Collective reason, the colorful Hong Kong society”
The Chinese-language overseas edition of the “people’s daily” power on a rally last Saturday to the attention of the mind as a counter-demonstration to the pro-democratic activists. Allegedly, hundreds of thousands were involved. The Motto of the event was: For law and order against violence. “The rule of law is a core value of the society of Hong Kong,” writes the commentator. “If the violence continues, prosperity and stability of Hong Kong will be in great danger.”
Tainted Emblem of the PRC liaison office in Beijing in Hong Kong
For the commentator on the “Global Times” was the rally on Saturday is the evidence that “the silent majority of Hong Kong is not silent forever.” The participants of the rally came from all social classes and age groups. “They showed together the collective wisdom of this colorful society. You will recognize that there are problems in Hong Kong, not by political campaigns on the road to solve. Without the rule of law, this city will plunge into a Chaos, known only from developing countries, and you will lose the ability to continue to develop.”
“Chaos in Libya”
Already a week ago, as it is on 14. July came to a violent confrontation between protesters and police, criticized the “Global Times”, the “attack on the police”. The images of an angry Mob out of a shopping center “would not have suspected in Hong Kong, but in countries such as Libya, Syria, or Haiti. Police officers were placed in the network to the pillory, the media received threats. It all has to do with the democratic and pluralistic values, nothing more.”
Pro-China rally in Hong Kong
Previously, the “Global Times had put out” the allegedly Autonomous decision-making authority of the Hong Kong government and prompted foreign countries more “respect”: The fact that the controversial amendment to the law on extradition was now “off the table”, “shows in an exemplary manner, that the principle of ‘one country, two systems’ actually works, and that the autonomy of Hong Kong is not a Farce but a reality.”
“Abroad is to show respect”
Further, the newspaper writes: “The Hong Kong government has brought the amendment to the act on the way. And you also made the decision to stop this project. Here it comes to the internal Affairs of Hong Kong, in Beijing not interfered. This shows the respect in Beijing in front of the basic law of Hong Kong. Washington and London, as outsiders, should respect this law also, as well as the law of Hong Kong, to manage your city, as well as responsibilities of the Central government in relation to Hong Kong.”