Hong Kong version of the Cultural Revolution: Red media attacked the exhibition “tough life” in the Great Hall, saying that the exhibition “incitement to violence”

An article in the red media attacked the “tough students” of the Grand Pavilion exhibition.

After the Chinese Communist regime’s purge of the political sector, it has turned its attention to the education and cultural sectors. Wen Wei Po, a newspaper controlled by the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government, reported on Tuesday (6) that it had received a complaint from a reader, Duk-tsuk, alleging that some of the exhibits in an exhibition at the Great Hall contained “incitement and violence”, and that three books related to the “Mong Kok Riot” and “Occupy Central” were placed in front of the exhibition. In addition, it also pointed out that the books in front of the exhibition, there are three books related to the “Mong Kok Riot” and “Occupy Central”, “the content is extremely smear the police and glorify the rioters, outrageous”. (Fang Dehao reports)

The Wen Wei Po’s accusation involves the exhibition called “Tough Life” being held at the museum, but the museum has not responded to media inquiries yet. The report quoted a “Mr. Chan” as saying that the content of the exhibition and the books on site “do not match” the image of the pavilion, saying that the pavilion was formerly known as the Central Police Station, but the content of the current exhibition “does not fit in” with the image of the pavilion. “, “in the symbol of the Hong Kong Police Force, put into the place involving black violence exhibits and books, people feel is a deliberate challenge, very disgusting.” The photos in the report show that the exhibition photos include some photos of marchers holding slogans; while the books on the shelves include picture books depicting the occupation, etc.

The report quoted pro-establishment legislator Kwok Wai-keung as criticizing the exhibits and books for their “distorted” interpretation of the events and “clear attempts” to glorify “Occupy Central and the black riots” with art, deliberately hiding “This reflects that “there are loopholes in the approval process” and that “art is allowed to be used as a shield for ‘black violence’. “.

Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao, both controlled by the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, also launched high-profile attacks on the M+ exhibition in West Kowloon, which included many political artworks that could not be exhibited on the mainland, such as Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei’s work with his middle finger pointing at Tiananmen Square and Liu Xiangcheng’s photographs of June 4. Pro-establishment legislator Yung Hoi-yan even thinks that the Hong Kong government should set up a “censorship department”.