香港“修例風波”,終於有外媒能客觀地說清楚了!-香港商报

香港“修例風波”,終於有外媒能客觀地說清楚了!

2019-12-13
来源:中国日报网

  【香港商報網訊】近日,“今日俄羅斯”新聞網(RT)重磅發布了一期有關香港暴力事件的深度解讀視頻,風波背後的美國醜態昭然若揭。

  這則片名為《揭開香港的面具》的視頻,時長25分鍾,一經發布後,連續多天刷屏YouTube、臉書、微博等各大社交媒體平台。

  該視頻內容邏輯清晰,分析鞭辟入裏,從第三方視角探討了香港事件讓外國人匪夷所思的一系列關鍵問題:

  為何香港抗議者要求美國制裁自己所在的城市?

  一度把香港人當做三等公民對待的西方,卻跑來支持香港的民主運動,難道不諷刺嗎?

  為何香港遊行示威群體,沒有像美國社會中同樣反對資本主義掠奪的抗爭運動一樣,指出真正的問題所在?

  美國為何要支持香港的反政府運動呢?

  美國國會依據什么通過香港人權法案的,其中的邏輯能自洽么?目的又是什么?

  視頻開宗明義:香港一片混亂,白天的抗議到了晚上就成了暴力騷亂。奇怪的是,與別的國家不同,香港抗議遊行示威期間,美國的國旗在街頭隨處可見。

  Hong Kong is in chaos. People are in the streets every weekend. Marches and rallies during the day become violent rampages at night.

  And American flags can be seen in the streets.

  主持人問出了一個貫穿始終的問題:

  這一切因何而起?為何抗議者要求美國制裁自己所在的城市?

  How did this happen? Why are protesters demanding US sanctions on their own city?

  如果揭開香港暴力事件的真相,一探究竟,會發現,美國從一開始就伸出了“幕後黑手”。

  主持人介紹稱:“第一場大規模遊行發生於2019年6月,源起香港特首林鄭月娥修訂《逃犯條例》。就在同一天,美國發出警告稱該條例可能會給在港美國居民帶來危險,還威脅將采取報複措施,重新評估香港較內地獨有的優惠經貿待遇。”

  That same day, the United States warned the proposed amendment could endanger its citizens in Hong Kong and threatened it would retaliate by re-examining Hong Kong's preferential economic status compared to the Chinese mainland.

  梳理了修訂引渡條例的始末,主持人發現,針對該條例的抗議只是個引子,背後是居心叵測的美國政客。

  片中主持人認真地介紹了最初決定修訂條例的原因,香港男子陳同佳遊台灣期間殺害懷孕女友並棄屍,因港台沒有引渡協議他僅被判處29個月。此案觸發香港提出修訂《逃犯條例》。

  對此,香港反對派的政客們卻聲稱,中央政府將用這一條例來關押政治異見者,西方各大媒體似乎也這樣認為。

  中國政府能夠借由逃犯條例羈押政治異見者,這一說法是否屬實?主持人特地詢問了香港立法會議員、前任香港政府保安局局長葉劉淑儀。

  I asked a high-ranking Hong Kong lawmaker and former secretary of security if there was any truth to this claim that with the bill China will be able to jail political dissidents.

  答案是否定的。采訪中葉劉淑儀告訴“今日俄羅斯”的記者:

  這種說法毫無根據。 我們的修訂案只是擴大了現有條例適用的地域范圍,而現有條例在1997年前就已制定,並且完全符合國際人權標准。 No truth whatsoever. You know our amendment legislation only expands the geographical coverage of the existing legislation, which was enacted before 1997 and fully compliant with international human rights standards.

  隨後《逃犯條例 》被撤回, 但是抗議活動並未就此停止,甚至逐步升級。

  更可怕的事情發生了。 主持人介紹道: “ 不久後,公開發聲反對抗議者也成了危險之舉。 ”

  Soon it became dangerous to even voice opposition to these protesters.

  而這期間,西方政客們毫不掩飾地聲援香港示威抗議活動。

  西方需要惡補的曆史課

  支持香港民主的西方政客們究竟是沒上過曆史課所以無知,還是揣著明白裝糊塗,蓄意破壞。

  一度把香港人當做三等公民對待的西方,卻跑來支持香港的民主運動,難道不諷刺嗎?

  It's ironic the West is now supporting a "democracy movement" in Hong Kong.

  “今日俄羅斯”記者直擊要害介紹道,要知道自1843至1985年,即聯合聲明簽署後一年,香港並未舉行任何選舉,直至1991年才舉行首次直選。

  From 1843 to 1985, the year after the joint declaration, there were no elections of any kind, and the fi rst direct election didn't take place in Hong Kong until 1991.

  美國爭取社會主義和解放黨尤金·珀伊爾(Eugene Puryear)告訴記者:“中英聯合聲明簽署後,英國決定,要向香港引入一些民主元素。在此之前,所有香港的官員都由英國王室直接任命,是完全的殖民主義、徹底的反民主。

  我們目前看到的香港現有的選舉制度、普選制度中的絕大部分內容是在1997年香港主權收回中華人民共和國後才被引入。英國借機企圖制造出一種殖民統治下的香港才是民主社會,而中國共產黨領導下的香港就是不民主的假象。

  What we see now the current electoral system, the vast majority of that form of universal suffrage has been brought in post-1997.That is, after the return of the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China, and it was directly connected to the idea Britain wanted to create the illusion that Hong Kong, the way we've run it, was democratic, as opposed to this undemocratic-authoritarian-communist government in China.

  “今日俄羅斯”找來了曆史學專家紮紮實實地給美國和英國的小夥伴補了一堂曆史課:鴉片戰爭後,中國多次戰敗,香港逐步被殖民者掠奪。

  曾於1999-2000期間在香港大學任教的曆史學家傑拉爾德·霍恩表示:“香港的整個英國殖民時期,民眾一直被當成三等公民對待,持續到了1997年。”

  During the entire British era, which lasted until 1997, there was a de facto kind of apartheid that existed in Hong Kong. Chinese people were treated like third-class citizens.

  美國爭取社會主義和解放黨的尤金·珀伊爾告訴記者:“帝國毋自闖入,公然偷走別國的一部分。這應該是各位能想到的最不民主的行為了吧!”

  Somehow it's been lost in this that Hong Kong was stolen from China by the British Empire as part of a broader attempt to actually weaken China as a major world power.Which is maybe the most anti-democratic thing you could think of right, an empire just coming in and just stealing a part of a country.

  香港的痛點

  在“今日俄羅斯”的主播看來,香港的痛點——社會和收入出現較為嚴重的不公現象,英國難辭其咎。

  英國將香港歸還中國的條件中不包括對民主的保護,然而卻包含了對私人財產的保護,並堅持把香港作為西方資本主義的前哨陣地。

  Britain's requirements for returning Hong Kong to China included no protections for democracy, but did include protections for private property and provisions Hong Kong would continue to operate as an outpost of Western capitalism.

  而將資本主義奉為神旨,意味著貧富差距成了社會不可調和的矛盾。

  國際行動中心的主要負責人薩拉·弗朗德斯 (Sara)告訴 “今日俄羅斯”記者稱:“這意味著香港20%的人口處於極端貧困線以下,並且在住房、就業及社會發展方面,並未推出任何舉措來改變現狀。香港15%的人口是百萬富翁,同時20%的人口處於絕對貧困,還有大量的中間階層擔憂自己的境況突然惡化。”

  ... ens hrined capitalist property relations in the harshest and strict est way. It means that 20 percent of the population is living in utter destitute poverty. And no plan in place in terms of housing, jobs and social development to really change this. Almost 15 percent of the population ranks as millionaires, 20 percent in utter poverty and a huge middle grouping terrified of falling off the cliff.

  “今日俄羅斯”認為,貧富差距問題,香港並非個例。

  When it comes to inequality, Hong Kong is not alone.

  樂施會的報告顯示,2017年全球1%的頂尖富豪占據了全球82%的財富。

  Oxfam says 82 percent of the wealth created on earth in 2017 went to the world's richest 1 percent.

  美國政客告訴“今日俄羅斯”,美國經常有抗議遊行,但跟香港這樣的卻很少見。他不明白,為何香港遊行集會的訴求總是逃避重點。

  在尤金 (Eugene)看來,香港的問題清晰明了,是包括美國在內的資本主義社會共有的問題,但香港遊行示威活動卻出現了一個罕見的現象。

  這個群體的訴求,並沒有完全涉及我們美國人眼中真正的問題,我們和香港人一樣都被資本主義肆意蹂躪。 再看看抗議運動領袖都在和什么樣的人會面,都是世界各地的激進人士,他們還處心積慮地追著同共和黨最高領導層見面。

  The demands of this group certainly aren't dealing with many of the problems those of us in America who also are opposed to the worst ravages of capitalism would recognize as real problems. And then too you see who they're meeting with are progressive people anywhere in the world, you know, climbing over one another to be meeting with the Republican high command.

  所以我覺得這場運動卻另有所圖,它是一個企圖瓦解中國的更大計劃中的一部分。

  So, I think this movement is not really about that. It's about a broader attempt to promote really a form of dismembering of China.

  視頻指出,

  全球范圍內日益增長的貧富差距成為了騷亂的溫床,也為外國勢力趁機介入創造了條件。

  This growing poverty worldwide creates conditions ripe for unrest, and unfortunately sets the stage for foreign forces to co-opt these sentiments.

  美國藏在法案裏的秘密

  美國為何要支持香港的反政府運動呢?“今日俄羅斯”的主播表示,或許我們應該先看看截止到目前為止,美國借由這場運動實現了什么。

  So why is the US supporting an anti-government movement in Hong Kong? Well, maybe we should take a look at what's been actualized by this movement so far.

  那就是美國參眾議院已經通過了的香港人權與民主法案。這個讓人匪夷所思的有違國際法的法案,美國是怎么通過的?

  “今日俄羅斯”的記者分析地非常透徹:

  一方面,該法案引用《公民權利和政治權利國際公約》,而中國並不認可該公約,那也就意味著依據國際法,該公約並不具有法律約束力。

  For one thing, the bill cites the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which is a treaty that China has yet to ratify. That means it's not binding under international law.

  民主法案還引用了香港基本法第四十五條,規定香港特區行政長官須以普選產生。美國表示希望香港遵守基本法第四十五條。

  The bill also cites Hong Kong Basic Law 45, the provision of Hong Kong's law that states the ultimate aim is the selection of the chief executive by universal suffrage.

  然而,如果細讀基本法第四十五條就會發現,是否普選應根據香港特區的實際情況而定。然而香港人權與民主法案威脅,如果中央政府不加速實現普選,美國將對中國實施懲罰措施。

  The United States says it wants Hong Kong to follow Basic Law 45, but any examination of basic law 45 reveals that implementing such universal suffrage should be done in light of the actual situation in Hong Kong. Still, the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act threatens to punish China if it doesn't accelerate this timeline.

  該法案還威脅稱,如果香港特區政府遵循基本法,美國也將制裁香港。法案中提到如果特區政府以國家安全為由,通過關於國家安全的基本法第二十三條,美國將制裁香港。

  The bill also threatens sanctions if Hong Kong does follow the Hong Kong Basic Law. It says the US will sanction Hong Kong if the Hong Kong government enacts a new law regarding national security pursuant to Article 23 of Basic Law.

  基本法第二十三條規定,特區政府可自行禁止任何叛國以及顛覆中央政府的行為。該條款也禁止外國的政治性組織或團體在香港特別行政區進行政治活動,禁止香港特區的政治性組織或團體與外國的政治性組織或團體建立聯系。

  Article 23 of Basic Law gives Hong Kong the authority to prohibit acts of treason and subversion against China. It also prevents foreign police from conducting political activities and Hong Kong political parties from establishing ties with foreign political parties.

  另外,該法案表示無論香港的抗議者們犯了什么罪,他們都能順利拿到美國簽證。 What's more, the bill states protesters in Hong Kong won't have any problems getting US visas regardless of what crimes may have been committed.

  分析完法案的內容,“今日俄羅斯”的主播不禁四連問:

  美國國會為何要強調,香港抗議者不管犯了什么法都能拿到美簽呢?美國國會為何企圖用一個不具備法律約束力的條約來懲罰中國違約,還要懲罰香港頒布自己的法律?為何在香港基本法沒有給出時間計劃的前提下,該法案依舊試圖逼迫中央政府加速實現香港普選的進程?為何美國國會想要允許外國勢力影響香港局勢?

  只要分析清楚,通過這個法案對美國何用途,剩下四個問題便迎刃而解。

  “今日俄羅斯”通過采訪和分析,找到了兩方面的主要原因:

  1. 法案為美國進一步制裁及幹預中國香港打下基礎。

  2. 美國還能順帶還能通過香港人權與民主法案撈金 。

  專家丹尼爾·麥克亞當斯認為,“九十年代後期,美國通過了伊拉克自由法案、敘利亞自由法案、利比亞解放法案,此類法案為日後美國的幹預與制裁埋下根基。”

  You know in the late 90s, the US passed the Iraq Freedom Act, the Syria Freedom Act, the Libya Liberation Act. What legislation like this is meant to do is to establish a baseline upon which to build and to get further and further down the road of US intervention and sanctions.

  香港人權與民主法案授權美國總統列出禁止入境美國的黑名單,並給予美國政府凍結名單上的個人在美資產的權力,無論他們是中國人還是外國人。

  The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act mandates the president to make a list of people for the US to blacklist from entering the country. It gives the US authority to seize the assets of anyone on this list, Chinese or otherwise.

  任何企圖逃避資產凍結的個人一經發現,將會面臨最高100萬美元的罰款。 正是由於這個原因,香港人權與民主法案又被稱為

  “撈金法案”。

  And anyone who tries to get around the US confiscating their possessions can be fined for up to a million US dollars. It's for this reason the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act has been called a money grab.

  視頻的尾聲,主持人回答了她最初提出的兩個問題:

  第一: 這一切因何而起?

  馬薩諸塞大學安姆斯特分校經濟學教授理查德·沃爾夫說出了根本原因:

  過去三十年來,中國經濟增速是美國的三倍。 中國工薪階層生活水平的提升速度,比美國的工薪階層快了太多。

  The Chinese economy has been growing three times faster than the United States for the last 30 years. The standard of living of the average Chinese worker has been growing much, much faster than anything that the average American worker experiences. 中國政府及人民知道如何解決全世界人民面臨的最嚴峻的問題,那就是如何消除貧困,過上更好的生活,擁有現代化、工業化的經濟,他們正逐步實現這一目標。 The Chinese have figured out how to do the thing that is the most urgent need of the people of this world, which is to stop being poor, and to become comfortable, and they have a modern industrial economy. They're doing that.

  中國是世界舞台上正在崛起的力量,這個大家有目共睹。這也意味著挑戰了美國。已在世界舞台上占據主導地位約一百年的美國,正在慢慢落後於人。

  They are the ascending power in the world. Everybody knows that. And that means they challenge the United States because our dominance, the dominance of the United States, which has been in existence roughly a century, is now heading down.

  第二:為何抗議者要求美國制裁自己所在的城市?

  薩拉·弗朗德斯表示:無論在世界哪個地方,制裁都意味著經濟戰或遏制措施。到底香港人為什么這么想制裁自己的城市?這背後的目的,普通民眾可能並沒有意識到。畢竟他們是看不到未來的年輕人,而這一切都是西方強加給他們的想法。

  Sanctions anywhere in the world is economic warfare and strangulation. Why on earth would anyone in Hong Kong make a demand that sanctions be passed on Hong Kong? There is an agenda. They may not be aware these are young people without a future, and that's because of what has been imposed on them from the West.

  視頻播出後,收獲了一大波外國網友的點贊:

  感謝你們把複雜的香港問題,解析地如此清晰。

  視頻信息量非常足,即使你從6月份開始就跟蹤此事進展,你也會覺得大開眼界。

  美國自己就是這個世界上最大的問題。

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