The Hong Kong restlessness and protests have been ongoing for eleven weeks, and show no signs of ceasing. It will lead to nothing but more violence in the extreme, I am afraid. I have a 2015 book written by Louisa Lim, about Tiananmen, which occurred on June 4th, 1989. The title of the book is “The People’s Republic of Amnesia,” and it points out that the Chinese communists are guilty of horrendous, brutal retaliation against any who act against them, and then covering it up almost completely, since they control all the media. The Tiananmen Square horror, was repeated all around that huge nation, in at least 60 other cities, which I had never heard of till I obtained this book, and that Tiananmen killed probably thousands, and injured tens of thousands, which is not widely known. All the various outrages by students, was caused by their wanting democracy, voting rights, and to control their own lives and actions. The book points out strongly, that as a quote on page 215 says, (They)”Will not brook any challenge nor back down in the fear of popular demands.” With sheer violence, murder, and every horror known to man, they stopped Tiananmen, and all 60 other uprisings in 1989, and do it continually before and after. I am afraid they will resort to the same in Hong Kong, even though it might cause an enormous crippling of their reputation, which has been so well concealed over the years. There are right now, over a hundred military tanks and vehicles poised on the outskirts of Hong Kong.
From page 129: “In China, the rewriting of history books goes back to the very first emperor who unified the country in 233 B.C. by control over political thought and burning all scholarly books…” In modern times, the absolute control over the brains and thoughts of Chinese people, results in their feeling that, “The U.S. education system is peddling misinformation as part of a Western Conspiracy to stop China’s rise. So steeped in Patriotic education are they, that they cannot accept any other version of their country’s history.” From page 173: “The government’s decision to turn arms on its own people, sent out a clear message that violence is an acceptable tool. If that is now possible at the highest levels of government, then why not at the lower levels? There was one big Tiananmen, how many little Tiananmens have there been? How many “little Tiananmens” are there every day?” From page 174: “In recent years, reports of deadly violence being used to disperse protests have become more common, especially as the country’s center struggles to deal with increasing ethnic discontent in Ughar areas, whose desperation has crystallized in more than one hundred suicidal self-immolations.”
One of the other “Tiananmens,” was at Chengdu. One of the casualties at Chengdu, which seems to be common at all of them, is quoted as follows: “After suffering cerebral concussions, full body edema, and multiple cartilage injuries. From his hospital bed, Pan described with great difficulty how he had been injured by police. When they got hold of me, I was already lying on the ground. They forcefully stomped on my arms, kicked me until my arms became swollen and wounded. They then pulled me several dozens of meters and handed me over to the police in the rear line. They gave me another round of cruel beatings. Then, they pulled me to the lawn on one side and kicked my abdomen and hit me on my face with their fists until I lost consciousness.”
From page 180: “China’s much-touted aircraft carriers, its high speed railways, the satellites it shot into space…these are all cosmetic measures designed to try to keep China’s economic growth rate aloft. The government’s own statistics don’t really matter, since they are all falsified anyway. What matters is pacifying the populace to ensure that they maintain confidence in their leadership.” According to Lim’s book, China spends more keeping its citizens under control, than it spends on its military. As the Hong Kong resistance continues, if violence in the extreme comes forth to stop it, it will be tragic, but almost predictable. China will not allow any protests against its severe, total control, over its subjects, and Hong Kong since the Brits left, is now part of the Chinese Empire. I watch with apprehension.