Control of the Internet May Be the Real Reason for Police Violence at Chinese University of Hong Kong

Control of the Internet May Be the Real Reason for Police Violence at Chinese University of Hong Kong
Protesters react after police fired tear gas at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), in Hong Kong on Nov. 12, 2019. Dale de la Rey/AFP via Getty Images
Tang Jingyuan
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The Hong Kong police have raided several universities, attempted to make arrests, and clashed with student protesters who set up barricades to defend the campus. In particular, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was apparently the main focus of the police, and became a literal battleground. Many CUHK students suspect that the real goal of the police is to control the internet, as Hong Kong’s internet center which handles 99 percent of the city’s internet traffic is located inside the CUHK campus.

Tang Jingyuan
Tang Jingyuan
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Tang Jingyuan is the web director of New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV). He is a China affairs specialist and a senior commentator and columnist for NTDTV, English NTD, The Epoch Times, and Sound of Hope. With a medical professional background, he has followed news of COVID-19 from the start of the epidemic. He has paid close attention to tracking the source of the COVID-19 virus. He is one of the main scriptwriters for the documentary “Tracking Down the Origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus,” which has been viewed over 80 million times on Facebook and YouTube. He recently launched his own political commentary channel on YouTube, “Vision Express” (遠見快評).
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