07-22-2019, 05:44 AM
** 22-Jul-2019 World View: Hong Kong riots become more dangerous with introduction of 'Triads'
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The riots in Hong Kong became substantially more dangerous over the
weekend when the pro-democracy protesters and ordinary civilians were
attacked by unidentified men in white shirts. Videos on social media
shows men in white storming a metro station and beating people with
batons and steel rods. At least 46 people were injured.
The attack by the men in white shirts was very well organized,
suggesting that the attack had been planned for several days.
It's generally believed that the attacks were organized by Beijing
security forces, who didn't want to be seen getting their own hands
dirty. The Hong Kong police watched the attacks, but made no attempt
to intervene, or to respond to injured civilians begging for help.
In 1949, following the end of China's civil war that led to the
independence of Communist China, many people fled to Hong Kong and
continued on to Formosa to form the Republic of China in Taiwan.
However, many of the people who fled China remained in Hong Kong, then
a British colony, and during the 1960s-70s formed a number of criminal
gangs. Some of these criminal gangs identified themselves as "the
Triad," referring to anti-government gangs in China in the 1600s.
These criminal gangs have evolved, and it's now believed that Beijing
co-opted some of them to conduct Sunday's attacks on unarmed
civilians. Some of these gangs are being called "Triads," although
that connection is currently informal, pending further investigation.
Whether they're Triads or not, it's believed that Beijing controls
these criminal gangs. I frequently refer to the utter stupidity of
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), implementing some of the stupidest
policies in the history of the world, such as locking millions of
Uighurs up in concentration camps and crematoria.
So I can imagine some idiot in Beijing saying, "We don't want to be
blamed for the violence in Hong Kong, so let's hire some white-shirted
thugs to beat the crap out of innocent civilians." This would be one
more example of the stupidity of the CCP.
This is a major escalation in the violence in Hong Kong, and brings
closer the day when the CCP will initiate full-scale violence in Hong
Kong.
Another major escalation over the weekend was that a small group of
protesters painted pro-democracy anti-Beijing graffiti on the outside
walls of the Beijing Liaison Office building, which serves as
Beijing's embassy in Hong Kong. This would be considered a major
affront to the Chinese Communist Party.
---- Sources:
-- Triads linked to violent pro-China gangs as Hong Kong protests
enter dangerous new phase
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/triads...529ln.html
(Sydney Morning Post, 22-Jul-2019)
-- A brief history of Hong Kong’s triad gangs
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-...riad-gangs
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 4-Feb-2017)
-- Hong Kong’s protests are spreading
https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/ho...le/3018652
(Inkstone, 15-Jul-2019)
- Men wearing white shirts filmed attacking protesters in Hong
Kong on Sunday
The riots in Hong Kong became substantially more dangerous over the
weekend when the pro-democracy protesters and ordinary civilians were
attacked by unidentified men in white shirts. Videos on social media
shows men in white storming a metro station and beating people with
batons and steel rods. At least 46 people were injured.
The attack by the men in white shirts was very well organized,
suggesting that the attack had been planned for several days.
It's generally believed that the attacks were organized by Beijing
security forces, who didn't want to be seen getting their own hands
dirty. The Hong Kong police watched the attacks, but made no attempt
to intervene, or to respond to injured civilians begging for help.
In 1949, following the end of China's civil war that led to the
independence of Communist China, many people fled to Hong Kong and
continued on to Formosa to form the Republic of China in Taiwan.
However, many of the people who fled China remained in Hong Kong, then
a British colony, and during the 1960s-70s formed a number of criminal
gangs. Some of these criminal gangs identified themselves as "the
Triad," referring to anti-government gangs in China in the 1600s.
These criminal gangs have evolved, and it's now believed that Beijing
co-opted some of them to conduct Sunday's attacks on unarmed
civilians. Some of these gangs are being called "Triads," although
that connection is currently informal, pending further investigation.
Whether they're Triads or not, it's believed that Beijing controls
these criminal gangs. I frequently refer to the utter stupidity of
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), implementing some of the stupidest
policies in the history of the world, such as locking millions of
Uighurs up in concentration camps and crematoria.
So I can imagine some idiot in Beijing saying, "We don't want to be
blamed for the violence in Hong Kong, so let's hire some white-shirted
thugs to beat the crap out of innocent civilians." This would be one
more example of the stupidity of the CCP.
This is a major escalation in the violence in Hong Kong, and brings
closer the day when the CCP will initiate full-scale violence in Hong
Kong.
Another major escalation over the weekend was that a small group of
protesters painted pro-democracy anti-Beijing graffiti on the outside
walls of the Beijing Liaison Office building, which serves as
Beijing's embassy in Hong Kong. This would be considered a major
affront to the Chinese Communist Party.
---- Sources:
-- Triads linked to violent pro-China gangs as Hong Kong protests
enter dangerous new phase
https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/triads...529ln.html
(Sydney Morning Post, 22-Jul-2019)
-- A brief history of Hong Kong’s triad gangs
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-...riad-gangs
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 4-Feb-2017)
-- Hong Kong’s protests are spreading
https://www.inkstonenews.com/politics/ho...le/3018652
(Inkstone, 15-Jul-2019)
