Historical reprint: The manuscript concerns events related to Hong Kong in 2019 and credits CCTV News for the article and images, incorporating other media. Its original wording, views, and figures are preserved below. The original publication date remains unverified; this is not current-event reporting or original science reporting by Boke.
“Today, together with other patriotic organizations, we will form a united patriotic front. We will not only make the world hear our voices, but also let people around the world see the ugly conduct of these clowns! We will also say loudly: we firmly support the Hong Kong police! Hong Kong is China’s Hong Kong!”
— @Diba Official Weibo
Recently, radical, unlawful demonstrations in Hong Kong
have troubled Chinese people at home and abroad.
When Hong Kong separatists betray their country for personal gain,
when rioters repeatedly cross the line,
when clowns seek attention,
hundreds of millions of young Chinese people see it and feel the pain.
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Faced with insults and attacks from Hong Kong separatists,
they choose to—
speak out! Defend Hong Kong and protect China!
When their idols
face verbal abuse from “Hong Kong separatists”
for patriotic statements such as “support the police” and “protect the flag,”
young women in fan communities draw on their distinctive fan culture
and use their “professional skills” to push back against “Hong Kong separatists.”
With overwhelming strength, they stand with their idols
to protect the world’s best “Brother China.”
After the fan-community women “protected the world’s best China,”
on the evening of the 17th,
Diba, the “pioneer of online expeditions,” also took action.
@Diba Official Weibo posted a “proclamation of the expedition,”
with the aims of “patriotism, rationality, civility, and truth-seeking,”
launching an online expedition by patriotic young people
to “firmly support Hong Kong’s police officers and defend our China.”
In the past, these young people
chanted, “When Diba goes on an expedition, not a blade of grass survives.”
Now, faced with Hong Kong separatists,
they gather spontaneously online and set out again,
just as passionate as they were in their youth.
This spontaneous action by patriotic internet users
received support from Hong Kong legislator @Junius Ho and others.
Numerous internet users voiced their support:
“Tonight belongs to the Diba internet users!”
Notably,
the first wave of Diba’s expedition
was to support the women in fan communities.
They posted under hashtags on overseas social platforms such as #hongkong
and #blackpolice, a hashtag used by radical demonstrators to vilify Hong Kong police,
and similar topics,
liking images carrying positive messages.
Soon after the expedition began,
several platforms had become a sea of Chinese red.
Just over an hour later,
the “Diba army” had successively taken over “Hong Kong separatist” topics.
Popular posts under topics started by those disrupting Hong Kong
were full of positive messages, and even the profile pictures had changed.
Meanwhile,
many internet users also used QQ groups, Weibo, and other platforms
to distribute Chinese- and English-language comments and posters,
as well as material showing how foreign police handled radical demonstrators.
One internet user drew a comic based on Hong Kong’s history,
which stood in stark contrast to the radical demonstrators’
misconduct in exploiting children.
As @Diba Official Weibo said in its “proclamation of the expedition,”
“Tonight, we are no longer merely ourselves,
but the heirs to five thousand years of civilization!
With the spirit of
patriotism, civility, rationality, and truth-seeking,
we will show the world
an ancient civilization rising once again,
and show the world this lion
that loves peace but does not fear intimidation!”
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Faced with every form of violence by Hong Kong separatists,
they choose to—
rally! Oppose violence and save Hong Kong!
On the rainy night of the 16th,
outside the State Library in Melbourne, Australia,
people disrupting Hong Kong gathered.
Chinese students spontaneously came out in the rain,
surrounding them and singing the national anthem.
They raised their phones and tablets,
and the national flags on the screens lit up the rainy night.
On Sydney’s streets on the 17th,
international students and patriotic Chinese residents
held a peaceful “love the country and protect Hong Kong” march.
Young women led the crowd
in repeatedly practising the slogan “Support the police and punish the rioters.”
Waving national flags and chanting slogans,
the 3,000-person march proceeded in an orderly manner.
Others kept joining
the procession saying “NO to the Hong Kong riots.”
On the 17th, local time, a small group of radical Hong Kong demonstrators
gathered in Trafalgar Square in central London,
inciting violence in Hong Kong and vilifying the police.
Large numbers of students from around the United Kingdom,
along with patriotic Chinese residents and overseas Chinese, gathered spontaneously at the scene
to express their opposition and dissatisfaction.
On the 17th, local time,
Chinese students and patriotic Chinese residents in Germany
spontaneously gathered in Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg
to voice their opposition to radical Hong Kong demonstrators
and their firm support for “one country, two systems.”
They held up five-star red flags and
posters saying “I love Hong Kong; I love China,”
and chanted patriotic slogans.
Local Germans were also moved and asked for leaflets
to learn the facts about what was happening in Hong Kong.
At 6 p.m. on the 17th, local time,
hundreds of people who loved Hong Kong and their country
spontaneously gathered at Place Saint-Michel in Paris, France,
to oppose the messaging of radical Hong Kong demonstrators.
Holding national flags, they sang the national anthem.
Many international students said,
“We hope that through actions like this,
more people who are uninformed or have been misled
can understand our views.
We support the Hong Kong police and the Hong Kong SAR government.
We are all one family!”
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From “fan-community women” to “Diba internet users,”
from the “international students’ choir” to “Fujian volunteers,”
these young Chinese people who normally “do their own thing”
use the ways they know best
to defend the steadfast sincerity in their hearts.
They dare to love,
opening their arms to everyone who comes with goodwill.
They dare to “hate,”
standing up to those who have no limits.
They distinguish right from wrong and know when to advance or step back.
They, too, are busy making a living
and working hard for a better tomorrow.
They are China’s present
and, even more, China’s future.
Source of article and images: CCTV News (ID: cctvnewscenter), incorporating Guancha.cn, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission’s Chang’an Jian, and other sources.
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