Well, Duh!
In today’s unlinkable South China Morning Post…
The historic July 1 mass protest was the most significant political event Hong Kong has experienced since the handover, the United States Consul General in Hong Kong James Keith said overnight (HK time).
“It was a remarkable episode, one that will go down in the books as perhaps the single most important event in Hong Kong’s short political history since the handover in 1997,” Mr Keith told the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC
Mr Keith said the demonstration reflected some commonly held views among Hong Kong’s middle class, adding that it was directed at the SAR government – not the central government in Beijing.
“It was not just a referendum on the property market or the government’s fruitless efforts to stem the tide of unemployment and it was not a walk in the park during a local holiday by an essentially apolitical people,” he said.
Well, I think that this is mostly right. People I know over here who flew home (to HK) to participate in the march were demonstrating their displeasure against the puppet, er appointed-by-Beijing Tung regime because of their stupidity in ignoring the wishes of the HK people but also because they put Beijing’s dictates ahead of the specific needs of Hong Kong.
It was a direct demonstration against the Tung regime and an indirect slap at the Central Gov’t for forcing the issue through their Tung administration puppets.
Seems for the moment, the Central Gov’t has gotten the message. Tung, well, we will see…