"Uighur Massacre, What's the Problem?" Violent Clash Between Chinese and Hong Kong Students

Dispute Among International Students at an Australian University OT Event
Chinese Student Responds to Criticism of Suppression: "So What"

At a university in Australia, a violent clash between Chinese international students and Hong Kong students led to the suspension of a freshman orientation event.

According to a report by JoongAng Ilbo on the 25th, the 'Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)' at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, held an orientation for Chinese freshmen on the 20th in a campus classroom.

A group called 'Hong Kongers Against Chinese Expansion (HKPACE),' composed of Hong Kong students and their supporters, distributed flyers at the orientation venue to expose the relationship between the Chinese Student Association and the United Front Work Department of China. The flyers detailed the Chinese Communist Party's control over its international students and cases of repression against dissidents such as the Hong Kong protesters.

At a university in Australia, a fierce physical fight between Chinese international students and Hong Kong students caused the freshman orientation event to be halted.
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The protest by the Hong Kong students met with fierce opposition from the Chinese students present. The Chinese international students grabbed and tore the flyers or crumpled them and threw them at the Hong Kong students. A hostile confrontation ensued, with shouting, scuffles, and verbal abuse exchanged between the students.

When a student from HKPACE protested by asking if they supported the genocide of Uyghurs and the oppression of Tibet and Hong Kong, a Chinese student retorted harshly, saying, "So what?" and proudly declared that he supported China and was proud to be Chinese. This quickly escalated into a violent physical fight among the students. Ultimately, the orientation event was halted that day.

Wolf-Warrior Diplomacy Extending Even to International Students

The protests by Hong Kong students were met with strong opposition from the Chinese students present. The Chinese students snatched and tore the flyers or crumpled them up and threw them at the Hong Kong students. A hostile confrontation ensued, with loud shouting, scuffles, and exchanges of insults between the students.
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As accusations of Chinese responsibility for the origin and spread of COVID-19 have emerged mainly in the US, Australia, and Europe, China has launched an aggressive counteroffensive through so-called 'wolf-warrior diplomacy' against these countries.

China's 'wolf-warrior diplomacy,' sometimes translated as 'wolf-warrior diplomacy,' takes its name from the series, a patriotic action hero film that attracted the largest audience in Chinese history. It refers to the tough diplomatic rhetoric and behavior of Chinese diplomats who aggressively and proactively defend their national interests, even if it means confrontation with other countries.

Since Xi Jinping's administration, Chinese international students, armed with blind patriotism, have spread worldwide, increasingly clashing with local students who pursue freedom and democracy or with students from Hong Kong and Taiwan. The radical patriotism among China's younger generation is intensifying. Especially with Xi Jinping's third term and even stronger ideological control, concerns are growing that more exclusive patriotic generations will emerge from China in the future.

Chen Yonglin (陳用林), a former secretary at the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney who sought asylum in Australia in 2005, revealed that organizations like CSSA are widespread globally, and key figures in these organizations are directly selected by the education offices of Chinese embassies or consulates. Chen emphasized, "(The education offices) try to select Communist Party members among government-funded students if possible, or prioritize those who came through Chinese domestic institutions, and then select self-funded students. They follow instructions from Chinese overseas missions and serve as tools of the United Front Work Department."

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