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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"informationwar",<br>"author":"chieppa1",<br>"permlink":"are-the-protests-in-hong-kong-another-us-sponsored-color-revolution-blog",<br>"title":"Are the Protests in Hong Kong Another US Sponsored \"Color Revolution\"? (Blog)",<br>"body":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9280X9vFmAo\/XQOeFMXiGnI\/AAAAAAAASCA\/dSQOkznwRQINsRur8zOSYgBlvTH6ufxhgCLcBGAs\/s640\/694940094001_6046492397001_6046492106001-vs.jpg\n[source (https:\/\/landdestroyer.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/us-color-revolution-struggles-in-hong.html)\n\nI tricked myself again. I got my hopes up that maybe,<br> just maybe,<br> the protests in Hong Kong which started over the attempted Extradition Law were organic. I usually go into covering these events with a question in my head: *How is the US involved?*. A few times,<br> at least initially,<br> the sources show that it might be just that (see: current Sudan). \n\nI should have known better when China was involved. Much like the [astro-turfing (https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2018\/08\/23\/un-did-not-report-china-internment-camps-uighur-muslims\/) being done by western NGOs in the Muslim-heavy region of Xinjiang with the Uyghur,<br> the current movement in Hong Kong looks to have the fingerprints of D.C. all over it. I simply didn't know the history. \n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/NzIJ25ob1aA\n\nUsually I would break it all down for you,<br> but others have done it so well already. Below is an exerpt from an excellent write-up (full of sources) breaking down the web of connections between members of the opposition in Hong Kong and the same old western NGOs who have attempted \"[color revolutions (https:\/\/www.globalpolicy.org\/component\/content\/article\/176\/32084.html)\" all over the globe:\n\n>Hong Kong\u2019s opposition has already long been exposed [as US-sponsored (https:\/\/journal-neo.org\/2014\/10\/01\/hong-kong-s-occupy-central-is-us-%20backed-sedition\/). \n\n>This includes the entire core leadership of the 2014 so-called \u201cOccupy Central\u201d protests,<br> also known as the \u201cUmbrella Revolution.\u201d Western media has portrayed recent anti-extradition bill protests as a continuation of the \"Umbrella\" protests with many of the same organizations,<br> parties,<br> and individuals leading and supporting them. \n\n>The Western media has attempted to dismiss this in the past. The New York Times in a 2014 article titled,<br> \u201c[Some Chinese Leaders Claim U.S. and Britain Are Behind Hong Kong Protests (https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/11\/world\/asia\/some-chinese-leaders-claim-us-and-britain-are-behind-hong-kong-protests-.html),<br>\u201d would claim:\n\n>*Protest leaders said they had not received any funding from the United States government or nonprofit groups affiliated with it. Chinese officials choose to blame hidden foreign forces,<br> they argued,<br> in part because they find it difficult to accept that so many ordinary people in Hong Kong want democracy.*\n\n>Yet what the protest leaders claim and what is documented fact are two different things. The New York Times article itself admits that:\n\n>*\u2026the National Endowment for Democracy,<br> a nonprofit directly supported by Washington,<br> distributed $755,<br>000 in grants in Hong Kong in 2012,<br> and an additional $695,<br>000 last year,<br> to encourage the development of democratic institutions. Some of that money was earmarked \u201cto develop the capacity of citizens \u2014 particularly university students \u2014 to more effectively participate in the public debate on political reform.\u201d\n\n>While the New York Times and Hong Kong opposition deny this funding has gone to protesters specifically,<br> annual reports from organizations opposition members belong to reveal that it has.*\n\n>Hong Kong's opposition leaders receiving US support include:\n\n>**Benny Tai**: *a law professor at the University of Hong Kong and a regular collaborator with the US NED and NDI-funded Centre for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL) also of the University of Hong Kong.*\n\n>*In the CCPL\u2019s [2006-2007 annual report,<br> (PDF,<br> since deleted) (https:\/\/www.law.hku.hk\/ccpl\/aboutthecentre\/annual_reports\/AnnualReport2006-7.pdf) he was named as a board member \u2013 a position he has held until at least as recently as last year. In CCPL\u2019s [2011-2013 annual report (PDF,<br> since deleted) (https:\/\/www.law.hku.hk\/ccpl\/Docs\/Annual%20Report%202011%20-%202013.pdf),<br> NED subsidiary,<br> the National Democratic Institute (NDI) is listed as having provided funding to the organization to \u201cdesign and implement an online Models of Universal Suffrage portal where the general public can discuss and provide feedback and ideas on which method of universal suffrage is most suitable for Hong Kong.\u201d*\n\n>*In CCPL\u2019s annual report for [2013-2014 (PDF,<br> since deleted) (https:\/\/www.law.hku.hk\/ccpl\/Docs\/Annual%20Report%202014.pdf),<br> Tai is not listed as a board member but is listed as participating in at least 3 conferences organized by CCPL,<br> and as heading at least one of CCPL\u2019s projects. At least one conference has him speaking side-by-side another prominent \u201cOccupy Central\u201d figure,<br> Audrey Eu. The 2013-2014 annual report also lists NDI as funding CCPL\u2019s \u201cDesign Democracy Hong Kong\u201d website.*\n\n>**Joshua Wong**: *\u201cOccupy Central\u201d leader and secretary general of the \u201cDemosisto\u201d party. While Wong and other have attempted to deny any links to Washington,<br> Wong would literally travel to Washington once the protests concluded to [pick up an award (https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/event\/75th-anniversary-special-event-honoring-three-generations-hong-kong-democracy-activists) for his efforts from NED subsidiary,<br> Freedom House.*\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/o8RzVH8mliw\n\n>**Audrey Eu Yuet-mee**: *the Civic Party chairwoman,<br> who in addition to speaking at CCPL-NDI functions side-by-side with Benny Tai,<br> is entwined with the US State Department and its NDI elsewhere. She regularly attends forums sponsored by NED and its subsidiary NDI. In 2009 she was a featured speaker at an [NDI sponsored public policy forum (https:\/\/www.synergynet.org.hk\/en_m9_detail.php?id=718) hosted by \u201cSynergyNet,<br>\u201d [also funded by NDI (https:\/\/www.synergynet.org.hk\/pdf\/20080221494_en.pdf). In 2012 she was a guest speaker at the [NDI-funded Women\u2019s Centre \u201cInternational Women\u2019s Day\u201d event (https:\/\/womencentre.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/FWC-AR-11-12.pdf),<br> hosted by the Hong Kong Council of Women (HKCW) which [is also annually funded by the NDI (https:\/\/www.ndi.org\/hong-kong).*\n\n>**Martin Lee**: *a senior leader of the Occupy Central movement. Lee organized and physically led protest marches. He also regularly delivered speeches according to the [South China Morning Post (https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/article\/1601625\/hong-kong-students-beat-us-it-benny-tai-declares-start-occupy-central). But before leading the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong,<br> he and Anson Chan were in Washington D.C. before the NED [soliciting US assistance (video) (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xfr481R8ZnU).*\n\n>*During a talk in Washington titled,<br> \u201c[Why Democracy in Hong Kong Matters (https:\/\/www.ned.org\/events\/why-democracy-in-hong-kong-matters\/),<br>\u201d Lee and Chan would lay out the entire \u201cOccupy Central\u201d narrative about independence from Beijing and a desire for self-governance before an American audience representing a foreign government Lee,<br> Chan,<br> and their entire opposition are ironically very much dependent on. NED would eventually [release a statement (https:\/\/www.ned.org\/the-national-endowment-for-democracy-and-support-for-democracy-in-hong-kong\/) claiming that it has never aided Lee or Chan,<br> nor were Lee or Chan leaders of the \u201cOccupy Central\u201d movement.*\n\n>*But by 2015,<br> after \u201cOccupy Central\u201d was over,<br> NED subsidiary Freedom House would not only invite Benny Tai and Joshua Wong to Washington,<br> but also Martin Lee [in an event acknowledging the three as \u201cHong Kong democracy leaders (https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/event\/75th-anniversary-special-event-honoring-three-generations-hong-kong-democracy-activists).\u201d All three would take to the stage with their signature yellow umbrellas,<br> representing their roles in the \u201cOccupy Central\u201d protests,<br> and of course \u2013 exposing NED\u2019s lie denying Lee\u2019s leadership role in the protests. Additionally,<br> multiple leaked US diplomatic cables ([here (https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/09HONGKONG985_a.html),<br> [here (https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/07HONGKONG2596_a.html),<br> and [here (https:\/\/wikileaks.org\/plusd\/cables\/06HONGKONG3069_a.html)) indicate that Martin Lee has been in close contact with the US government for years,<br> and regularly asked for and received various forms of aid.*\n\n>Other opposition leaders have been literally [caught meeting secretly with US diplomats (https:\/\/journal-neo.org\/2018\/06\/21\/hong-kongs-paradoxical-independence-movement\/) including Hong Kong opposition leaders Edward Leung and Ray Wong in 2016.\n\n[source (https:\/\/landdestroyer.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/us-color-revolution-struggles-in-hong.html) - Tony Cartalucci,<br> Bangkok-based geopolitical researcher and writer.\n\n## Other Sources\n\n* [Freedom House: Celebrating 75 Years' (https:\/\/freedomhouse.org\/event\/75th-anniversary-special-event-honoring-three-generations-hong-kong-democracy-activists)\n* [Inside America's Meddling Machine (https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2018\/08\/20\/inside-americas-meddling-machine-the-us-funded-group-that-interferes-in-elections-around-the-globe\/)\n* [Hong Kong\u2019s \u201cOccupy Central\u201d is US-backed Sedition (https:\/\/journal-neo.org\/2014\/10\/01\/hong-kong-s-occupy-central-is-us-backed-sedition\/)\n* [Pompeo Meets Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Leader (https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-china-hongkong-idUSKCN1SN01R)\n* [The U.S. Stunt In Hong Kong Will Make Other Issues More Difficult (https:\/\/www.moonofalabama.org\/2019\/07\/the-us-stunt-in-hong-kong-will-make-other-issues-more-difficult.html)\n\n## Content\n\nYou can find the audio version of the episode [here (https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/podcasts\/thevoluntaryexchangepodcast) and on ITunes,<br> and as always the video is 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