Revolutionary Romanticism in Hong Kong

Burnism in Hong Kong will bring it back to a fishing village

Pan-democratic legislator Lam Cheuk-ting tears and scatters the Rule of Procedure paper during the Legislative Council’s House Committee meeting in Hong Kong on May 18, 2020. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

Commentary

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) repression policy led to concerted efforts of burnism (mutually assured destruction) in Hong Kong, upsetting all sectors of the economy and ruining education and media. As rational Hongkongers who have lived in Hong Kong for decades, we have to ask: why do the communists commit such mistakes?