Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear from library shelves

Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by mrobot on Sunday July 05, 2020 @11:54AM (#23739593)

Important to note that the US Agency for Global Media was funding and supporting the Hong Kong protests [1]. China could never get away with doing the same thing in the US.

The fact is that media bubbles are a powerful tool. There is a reason the US / CIA spend so much time/money on projects like Radio Free Asia. If you are on the same side as the CIA and US imperialism, you might want to think about why that is and what kind of harm you are causing with your jingoistic posts. The US media is carefully controlled and an opinion-making bubble of its own. Yes, many Chinese people support their government and it's not because they are duped, actually.

[1] https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091438/us-has-...

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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by njrc9 on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:51AM (#23745351)

Thank you for linking the article. I had never heard of the US Agency for Global Media before. I have not read that much about it yet but it sounds in line with some of the criticisms Chomsky levels at U.S. propaganda. I would be very interested in any other sources of information you might recommend on this topic or hearing more of your own thoughts (my email is in my profile).

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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by cvlasdkv on Monday July 06, 2020 @02:59PM (#23751442)

I'd recommend reading: https://liberationschool.org/tiananmen-the-massacre-that-was... as well as the WikiLeaks documents and draw your own conclusions. CBS, NYT, and many other American sources all also do not report this "massacre" yet I recall it being in my textbooks and it being "common knowledge".

It's become impossible for me to trust the US on anything domestic much less China. I'd hoped for much better from HN but it seems the critical lens is not being applied as much as a xenophobic one. :(

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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by njrc9 on Tuesday July 07, 2020 @05:36AM (#23757316)

Thank you very much for the suggested readings. Recommendations like yours are very appreciated since I find it difficult to find such content via the usual means of discovery on the internet. I read through the first article. That and similar critical writings certainly make one doubt much of what one has learned and hears...

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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by xster on Friday July 10, 2020 @08:40PM (#23798305)

Now that Glenn Greenwald has been marginalized at The Intercept which produces really inconsistent articles these days, I find the Grayzone is excellent for doing investigative journalism.

Some sampling https://thegrayzone.com/2020/04/01/us-conspiracy-theory-on-c...

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/03/26/forced-labor-china-us-nat...

https://thegrayzone.com/2020/03/05/world-uyghur-congress-us-...

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/21/china-detaining-millions-...

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/09/30/reports-china-organ-harve...

https://thegrayzone.com/2018/08/23/un-did-not-report-china-i...

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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by njrc9 on Sunday July 19, 2020 @06:07AM (#23888286)

Thank you very much! I will check out their website.

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Re:Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear fro... by xster on Sunday July 05, 2020 @05:14PM (#23742057)

This is HN though. It's a brave response but I don't know what else you expected besides coastal elite intelligentsia signaling in support of humanitarian overthrows around the world.

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