When it comes to immigration, Hong Kong people have the gene of immigration in their blood. When you think about it, the people of Hong Kong are really not ordinary Chinese people, they are exceptionally endowed Chinese people.
A few years ago, young people in Hong Kong were talking about the “Hong Kong nation”, and I thought at first that this argument could not be justified. Generally speaking, when it comes to ethnicity, there must be blood roots, physical characteristics, and cultural heritage, so it is a bit forced to say that Hong Kong is an ethnic group.
But there is no denying that there are significant differences between Hong Kong people and mainlanders and Taiwanese, and that those differences are even fundamental, so great are the differences between us and other Chinese people that we can really be seen as another ethnic group.
First of all, Hong Kong has been under British rule for more than a hundred years, and we have long been accustomed to the freedom, rule of law and equality given by the British colonialists, and we have been blessed to enjoy the essence of these universal values for a long time, and to have these spirits deeply rooted in our lives. The British cultural genes have intermarried with the Chinese cultural genes to create a mixed culture, and we have been blessed with the best of both cultures. Our aspiration for and identification with universal values is natural, and our ideology and culture are deeply rooted in our blood through our heritage.
Secondly, Hong Kong people are the descendants of refugees from three great migrations. Once was the Communist Civil War, once was the Great Famine, and once was the Cultural Revolution. Those who escaped the first time were landlords, capitalists, intellectuals and soldiers of the Republic of China; those who escaped the second time were starving people who refused to sit still and risk their lives to survive; those who escaped the third time were Red Guards who went to the countryside after the Cultural Revolution and suffered a lot.
When people are in a desperate situation, they have the courage to die and take the risk to fight for their lives, and this kind of people are more courageous, more brave, and more confident than the general public. Hong Kong people have the gene of escape in their blood, the impulse to emigrate, no matter where they are, see the momentum is not right, they will risk their lives to find a new landing place, their only wish is to prevent their children and grandchildren live in fear and disaster.
Third, Hong Kong people’s vision is always outward not inward, forward not backward, up not down. Hong Kong has no resources, a small island relying only on an externally oriented economy to support itself. We always look outward, outward to find opportunities, to develop our broad-mindedness, far-sightedness, extraordinary vigor. Hong Kong people have a pioneering character, not old-fashioned and not conformist, so wherever we go, we will do things with the Hong Kong people’s temperament, and we can take root wherever we go.
Fourth, Hong Kong has a unique culture, and this culture is implicit in every Hong Kong person, making us into a community with a collective character. We have a unique language, unique living habits, and a unique way of thinking, so wherever we go, as long as we are Hong Kong people, it is easy to integrate into one, and there is a sense of flesh and blood affinity.
Taiwan has gone through a period of autocratic chaos, the mainland is still under the iron fist of dictatorship, only Hong Kong has enjoyed freedom early on, the rule of law is basically complete, there has never been a political white terror. Hong Kong people have lived in a safe and equal environment for a hundred years, and have developed an independent and unrestrained free spirit. The Chinese Communist Party’s fraud, cunning, and brutality are precisely what Hong Kong people abhor most, and we and the Chinese Communist Party are born to be irreconcilable gutter oil.
I came to Hong Kong at the age of 30, and my character was already set. I spent ten years transforming myself into a genuine Hong Konger, identifying more with Hong Kong than with my hometown of Anhai, Jinjiang, Fujian, and more with Hong Kong people than with my fellow countrymen. After the anti-Send-China movement, I wrote an article in the newspaper, and my old classmates called me a traitor, and later I wrote an article in Apple Daily with the title “To be a traitor or a slave?” I took the example of Sun Yat-sen and Mao Zedong, both of whom made revolutions in collusion with foreign powers, The Japanese providing money and weapons to Sun Yat-sen and the Soviets providing money and weapons to Mao Zedong. I would rather stand and be a traitor than kneel down and be a slave.
I owe this endowment to Hong Kong, which has transformed me and given me a new life. When I came to Hong Kong, I was wounded and had two sleeves of clean air. When I left Hong Kong, I realized my personal ideals and my children were well educated, Hong Kong has been kind to me and I will always repay Hong Kong.
I believe there are millions of Hong Kong people like me. We are suffering now, Hong Kong is suffering, we have to get through it, save ourselves first, and then plan for the long term. As long as the hearts of Hong Kong people do not die, Hong Kong will not die, we are gone today, we will return in the future, as long as there is righteousness, the forces of evil can not last. Hong Kong may well fall, but one day she will rise from the ashes and we will give her a brighter life.
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