by Charles Liu
"Anyone dare to do something like this on the mainland?"
China celebrates its 66th anniversary on National Day next Thursday, and one Hong Kong mall has already gotten prepared by placing statues of saluting soldiers from each branch of the People’s Liberation Army. However, the patriotic move has outraged some Chinese netizens who see it as “blasphemy”.
Some of the statutes are on the steps of Cheung Sha Wan Plaza near Li Chi Kok MTR Station, but Hong Kongers mostly walk past without giving them much thought. However, some mainlanders are incensed that a symbol of China’s military might is saluting people of Hong Hong.
As translated by the Hong Kong Free Press, here some of the leading comments:
“This is blasphemy against the military,” the top comment on China’s Sina News rails. “[This] must be removed,” followed the close second, “it’s disrespectful to the People’s Liberation Army. This business’s acts must be severely condemned.”
“Hong Kong,” the third-top comment grumbled, “nothing good has ever come out of that **** place.”
While not everyone feels this is something to get upset over, at least one netizen suggests that the source of the anger of mainlanders has to do with a lack of privilege. One person wrote, “This should not allowed… Here on the mainland, do you see anyone dare do something like this?”
And before we forget, these preparations are made for the National Day holidays. Even though mainland visitors are way down since the parallel trading protests from earlier this year, this is always the time of year when scores of mainland shoppers cross the border in order to take advantage of huge sales around Hong Kong.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press, Sina Guangdong, Sina Photo, Sina Photo,QQ News
Photos: Sina Photo
Tags: Hong Kong, National Day,outrage, pla, shopping, shopping mall
Charles Liu
The Nanfang's Senior Editor
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