At a Time of stalemate, I heard the good news that Law Kwun Chung recently received his master’s degree from Yale University.
For himself, this is certainly the fruit of his personal efforts, but for Hong Kong people, this is also something to be proud of. After all, Lo is a child of Hong Kong people, he is a member of the Anti-Communist front in Hong Kong, and he is an elite representative of the younger generation.
For most of the year, we have been noticing that Law Kwun Chung has been running around in western countries, attending hearings, being interviewed by the media and participating in protests all over the world, and we have neglected to notice that he has been studying.
In his brief announcement, he mentions that he reads by night every day, that he follows up on Hong Kong news every day, that he tried to take a special bus to and from New York for four hours on his way to school, just to do a 15-minute interview; he also mentions that he took a six-hour train commute after class to go to Washington for a speech, and then returned the next day at noon.
His efforts were not in vain, as he obtained six subjects equivalent to A levels in Hong Kong and successfully completed his master’s program. And for his work in the democracy movement, he received the Magnitsky Human Rights Award at the end of last year, which was presented by former Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten via the Internet.
I am happy for Law Kwun Chung because he is a child of our Hong Kong people, and he is the founding chairman of the Hong Kong House of Representatives. At a young age, he has an iron shoulder and a hot hand. After being forced into exile, he has done a lot of work overseas to promote the democratic movement in Hong Kong, and he has made considerable achievements.
They are the young elites of the Hong Kong society, not only rich in moral sense, but also have ideas, eloquence, organizational ability, and propaganda and agitation, they are the driving force of Hong Kong’s democratic movement and the future pillars of Hong Kong’s democratic society.
In the United Nations, where international politicians gather, Wong Chi-fung’s attitude is unassuming, his speech is organized and sharp, and his dealings with dignitaries are no less than those of a mature politician. If memory serves, he was the one who came up with the slogan “Restoration of the Hong Kong Revolution”. The fact that he did not choose to go into exile and chose to stay in Hong Kong to sit in the Communist prison proves that he also has a strong will to endure. As for Leung Jiping, he was determined to peel off his mask in the battle to seize the Legislative Council and said the deafening words “we can never go back”, although he chose to go into exile, he was finishing his doctoral studies. Zhou Ting, a weak woman, has borne the burden of the times disproportionate to her age and responsibilities, and was recently transferred to a prison cell where conditions are even worse.
When I think of these children of Hong Kong people, I feel proud, but I also feel sorry for the hardships inflicted on them.
Our ideal offspring would be just like them. They have a sense of moral righteousness, they are educated, they have the experience of participating in real struggles, and they are using different opportunities to enrich themselves in their studies and to improve their thinking and experience in struggles.
I hope that more young people will follow their example, read more and think more. Don’t be satisfied with the struggle on the spot, but keep your eyes open for the future and make more reserves of ideas and abilities. You should know that street protests are necessary, but street movements are not the only form of resistance, more long-term and effective resistance, or the resistance of ideas. Without ideas, resistance will be a formality, the level of resistance is impossible to raise, it is impossible to unite more citizens, any political movement, in the end, the spelling of ideas.
Therefore, instead of arguing every day about who is good and who is bad between Trump and Biden, we should spend a little more energy to read a little and discuss some serious matters.
No political movement in the world has ever won without a big platform. Any political movement has its own leader, a core force, and an idea that can guide the movement. The absence of a big platform can be a short-term form, but it is impossible to lead a movement in the long term. The absence of a large platform is more likely to result in the evil effect of “no big picture”, making the movement scattered forces, lose direction, lose cohesion, and lose combat power.
Of course, the so-called leaders of the movement are not made by anyone, but are honed and born in the actual political struggle. It is worth exploring at least this point, whether no Tai Tai is the only long-term way for Hong Kong people to fight for democracy.
Now that the movement is at a low ebb, it is time for young people to equip their minds, to review and reflect deeply on the movement, to draw lessons from their experiences, and to discuss long-term strategies. I hope that more young people will pay attention to equipping their minds, raise their level of political discourse, and communicate more with each other, so that they can reach a greater consensus on the overall situation and the struggle strategy of Hong Kong people.
I congratulate him on his master’s degree and hope that everyone will share the good news.
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