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Leaders of New Zealand PRC-affiliated community group leaders praising the new Hong Kong National Security Law. some of them are overjoyed (names and orgs in order of appearance): web.archive.org/web/2020070305…
Zhu Xi, president of New Zealand Association for the Peaceful Reunification of China 新西兰中国和平统一促进总会会长朱玺"...the legislation will curb and root out terrorist activities for secession and subversion made in collusion with foreign forces...”
Guo Hong, president of United Chinese Association of New Zealand 新西兰中国团体联合会会长郭宏
Blames “lawless elements and dark forces" for the unrest in Hong Kong
Li Fen (Fiona Li) head of New Zealand Huaxing Arts Troupe 新西兰华星艺术团团长李芬 calls the National Security Law “extremely timely, extremely correct” and states “we firmly support it”
He Zhiyun or Jim He, President of the NZ China International Trade Association (NZCITA) 新西兰中国国际贸易促进委员会会长和志耘:
“We overseas Chinese in New Zealand firmly endorse and support the implementation of the HK national security law” (really? I doubt it somehow)
Che Weixing, president of Chinese Women Association of New Zealand 新西兰华人妇女联合会会长车卫星: “We overseas Chinese women in New Zealand firmly endorse and support the implementation of the HK national security law”
She goes on to say that they will carry out a struggle against the "reactionary forces who seriously endanger China's national sovereignty and security"
Yuan Juanren, president of the Auckland Association for the Peaceful Reunification of China 奥克兰中国和平统一促进会会长严隽 Blames the US, and gets really fired up “WE WILL COMPLETELY OPPOSE THOSE THE AMBITIONS OF THOSE WHO WISH TO DESTROY US!” etc. etc.
(Okay, so Chinese doesn't have caps lock, but the exclamation marks did the trick), as a digression, Mr. Yan appeared in a Stuff article last year: stuff.co.nz/auckland/11537…
Feng Jinyan, chair of NZ Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles 新西兰中华文学艺术界联合会主席冼锦燕
Hu Chongbao, Central Auckland Chinese Association
奥克兰中区华人协会会长胡崇宝 Xu Jie, chair NZ Chinese Arts Association? 新西兰华人美术家协会主席徐捷 support the law.
Chen Jinming, president of New Zealand Henan Association 新西兰河南同乡联谊会会长陈金明 Blames the Hong Kong protests on an extremely small minority of anti-China elements causing chaos in Hong Kong supported by foreign forces”
Zhou Huibin, president of Hunan Fellow Association of New Zealand Inc. 新西兰湖南总商会会长周惠斌: “Hong Kong is a sacred inseparable part of our great fatherland… HK’s affairs are a completely internal matter for China, no person and no country is qualified to meddle in them”
Zhou Xiaowen (Wendy Zhou) Chair of New Zealand Overseas Chinese Culture & Art Centre 新西兰海外华文化中心主席周晓雯 calls the passing of the law “a great happy event for all Chinese people of the world, not just those in Hong Kong”
Zheng Gang, president of NZ Chinese Retired Soldiers (PLA?) Association 新西兰中国退役老兵协会会长郑刚 says the national security law is to strike at the overseas forces who collude with a very small minority of extremist forces to damage HK’s stability”
Chen Shuizhen (Julie Chen) of the NZ Overseas Chinese Leaders Union 新西兰华侨华人联合会会长陈水珍 notes how the well-chosen timing passing of the National Security law, on the eve of the Anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party
Zhang Honghuan (Wendy Zhang), President of the Christchurch Zhonghua Association 新西兰基督城中华协会会长张宏寰 says the unrest in Hong Kong was caused by the incitement of “overseas anti-China forces”
Deng Shunmei, chair of the the New Zealand Chinese Traditional Arts Centre 新西兰华人传统文化艺术中心主席邓顺妹 can hardly contain herself on the new law: We are happy from the bottom of our hearts! Shout it out! We support and protect it!” 我们从内心高兴!呼喚!坚决支持和拥护!
Zhang Hanhua, or Linda Zhang, here representing the Huaxia Cultural Exchange Association 新西兰华夏文化交流协会会长张汉华 says the law “will curb and root out terrorist activities for seccession and subversion made in contact with foreign forces”
Peng Ping “overseas Chinese leader” from Palmerston North (self-appointed?) 北帕默斯顿侨领彭平 "This is what Overseas Chinese have been hoping for, we Overseas Chinese offer our enthusiastic congratulations!"
Wang Yanke, president of "NZ International Arts Exchange Association" 新西兰国际美术交流协会会长王延珂 “The Motherland will never abandon her children, that Hong Kong is an inseparable part of Chinese territory is an indisputable fact”
Gao Hejun, president of Wellington Association for the Peaceful Unification of China 惠灵顿中国和平统一促进会会长高和军 says “Implementing the law in Hong Kong is an attack on a small group of splittist Hong Kong independence elements...
and has painfully stabbed and shattered the ravenous ambitions of the Western Anti-China forces led by the US to split China” (that was worth two tweets)
Wen Jiabao (not the famous one) president of the Qingyuan Association of New Zealand 新西兰清远同乡会会长温嘉宝 and Shi Hongdiao from the New Zealand Hunanese Assocation 新西兰湖南联谊会会长史宏钧
both support the law (nothing quotable from these two)
New Zealand Environmental Protection Association president Diao Suyong 奥克兰环保协会会长刁四雍 describes the implementation of the law as “earth shaking” and a "massive strike against behaviour that threatens national security, and against reactionary foreign forces"
Han Youfang, Panmure Chinese Association 奥克兰Panmure华人协会会长韩友芳 gushes on the the 23rd anniversary, and says nothing about the new law. Not to worry, I think people know where she stands
Betty Leung of the New Plymouth branch of the United Chinese Association 华联会新普利茅斯分会主席梁林雪梅 a Hong Konger who welcomes the national security law, as it will “extinguish terrorist behaviour”
Cheng Leisheng, president of the Otago Association for the Peaceful Reunification of China 奥塔哥中国和平统一促进会会长程雷生 tells us to observe carefully, as the countries which boycotts are the countries which the law attacks for their unlawful benefits and activities in HK
He Baojian president of the Rotorua Association for the Peaceful Reunification of China 鲁托鲁瓦中国和平统一促进会会长何保健 (saved the best for last) sounds like he hates living in NZ...
He Baojian: “The return of Hong Kong to the fatherland is an indisputable fact, but the West views the development and advance of our fatherland with hostility, they want to continue bullying and humiliating our people...
they manipulate Hong Kong’s position as a special administrative region and loopholes in the law, using so-called 'democracy and freedom' to damage Hong Kong’s economy and government”
Mr. He finishes off with "TAIWAN'S RETURN TO THE FATHERLAND WILL COME TO PASS!"
(typo correction, that should be Yan JUNren, thanks for the heads up!)
Correction: She actually refers to the support from: 我们新西兰华人妇女联合会坚决拥护支持涉港国安立法 ("we of the NZ Overseas Chinese Women's Association") not all overseas Chinese women.
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