【隨緣家書🇬🇧】當英國左膠學者大讚港區國安法 (Patreon)

在我的圈子，有不少國際關係學者群組，近來難得都在討論香港，不同觀點非常有趣。雖然國際學者大都明白港區國安法是徹底改造香港的行為，主流意見都覺得不能接受，但也有一些支持的學界聲音，除了中國內地學者，就是所謂「左膠」。以下來自《當中國統治世界》(When China Rules the World) 作者「左王」Martin Jacques的分享，尤其令人不安。

Martin Jacques 父母都是英國共產黨員，自己也曾加入英國共產黨，左翼反帝反殖立場一以貫之，twitter追蹤者包括大量「同路人」，例如《環球時報》主編胡錫進。在他眼中，中國依然在進行「反殖民」鬥爭，應該堅持不同西方的發展路線，而中國並非一般意義的國家，而是代表了一個文明體系，當西方文明沒落，更應該捍衛自己的文明，建構自己的價值觀，不要再被西方那一套支配。而根據上述邏輯，港區國安法自然是中國為香港「去殖民化」的關鍵一步，下一步才能實行「真正的一國兩制」。難怪他被視為中國人民老朋友，戰狼外交的始作俑者，思路比起胡錫進更「根正苗紅」。

以下高見來自他一連八篇的Twitter，再被群組內其他「國際左膠」讚揚轉載：

1. Chinese govt never wanted to introduce national security legislation. It should have been done by the HK govt after the handover. It was part of the Basic Law. The HK govt failed so Beijing stepped in. Every country needs national security laws - the riots proved it […]

2. Is this the end of 1 country 2 systems? No. But it is the end of the era when UK/US could try and undermine it both from within and without. They never accepted Chinese sovereignty, seeking to undermine it, always criticising China. The riots were the high point. […]

3. This is a new era. Calm restored. A new HK based on 1 country 2 systems is now possible. HK will become less Western, Chinese cos more important. Its financial centre will thrive. HK will be essential for accessing China. HK will remain very different from China […]

4. Hitherto the Western criticism of China has been that it has eroded its rights. This has largely been nonsense. In fact the main problem has been China's failure to tackle the legacy of British colonial rule […]

5. HK still has a colonial-style economy that privileges the tycoons British rule created. They dominate the economy and above all the supply of land. HK's crazy property prices are not because it is densely populated but because the tycoons own and control the supply of land […]

6. HK needs major socio-economic reform on lines of China's economic transformation: competitive, innovative, broad-based. Damning indictment of UK legacy lies over border in Shenzhen, one of world's most dynamic cities, hugely innovative, rival to Silicon Valley,only 40 yrs old […]

7. HK's future lies not in looking westwards, to a stagnating and crisis-ridden UK, or to an America that is in free fall, but becoming part of the southern Chinese economy, probably the most dynamic in the world […]

8. British hypocrisy: 1 It stole Hong Kong from China in the Opium War which it fought in order to sell opium in China. A sordid episode in British colonial history 2 It governed HK for 155 years and never introduced any semblance of democracy. White Rule What about humility?

這樣的觀點，和早前談過的蘇哲安一樣，上崗上線、脫離現實、純粹fit into自己「理論框架」的程度，令人非常鄙視。但可以肯定的是，北京對這類「國際觀點」如獲至寶，出口轉內銷市場龐大，而有時候弄假成真，北京真的「參考」這類「國際學者」的意見來進一步改造香港，亦大有可能。

所以，真係唔好讀咁多書。

Source: Martin Jacques Twitter (https://twitter.com/martjacques/status/1280162544473255942)