Carver was more of a 'spy' in my opinion.
Posted on 10/21/2014 6:55:14 PM PDT by TigerTown
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung claimed Sunday that local democracy protests raging for over a month are, “not entirely a domestic movement, as external forces are involved.” American businessman Mark Simon has been thrown into the eye of this storm as one of the alleged external forces. “Former American Military Intelligence Officer Turned Next Media Executive,” charged a typical headline about him in the pro-Beijing press. Next Media is a leading pro-democracy publishing company in Asia. Raised in Falls Church, Va., Mr. Simon played football at East Carolina University and attended Georgetown University before a 25-year career in the Far East. Below is an exclusive interview with the expat China is inculpating of espionage:
Decker: You work for Jimmy Lai, the Chinese-language publisher known for his strong advocacy of democracy and support for persecuted Christians in China, particularly the Catholic Church. Can you discuss some of the pressure that has been put on Mr. Lai because of these public stands?
Simon: I work for a very effective dissident. That is the only way to describe Jimmy Lai. Advertising boycotts, feckless personal attacks, constant surveillance, attempts to scupper business deals, attacks on his home, and even a murder plot (the guys are in jail) – Jimmy Lai is subject to more attacks from China than any other person outside mainland China.
Jimmy runs the top news media houses on both Taiwan and Hong Kong and is best friends with Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former archbishop of Hong Kong and another gent on China’s most-hated list. The pressure is expected, relentless, and Jimmy Lai does not bend. If he sold out, China would open the vault. But he won’t.
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Thanks for the post. Good interview. Impressive ro see Breitbart doing this.
The question of him being a “spy” is really neither here nor there.
It doesn't matter what I think, his cover is blown, everybody knows who he is.
The Chinese government is laying the groundwork for a large scale massacre in Hong Kong. They are worried about a backlash from mainlanders when the exemplary massacre is carried out. Hence the attempt to portray the political opposition as traitors in service of a foreign power. I don’t think they have to worry. The average Chinese is virulently anti-American, and not particularly well-disposed towards Hongkongers, whom they view as quislings for the British Empire. Ultimately, ordinary Hongkongers will rue the day they acquiesced to Thatcher’s deal with Deng instead of raising a ruckus. We’ll benefit from a sudden influx of highly-educated refugees from Hong Kong. When push comes to shove, I think it’s possible we will see a last stand by the Hong Kong Police against the PLA, if the police aren’t pre-emptively attacked and disarmed.
“Chinese government is laying the groundwork for a large scale massacre in Hong Kong”
I doubt that.
CCP knows they would be severely harmed if they did that and it could cause them to lose power.
The ironic thing is the US is the biggest supporter and benefactor there of the ChiCom regime.
Great point about the US being the largest benefactor of the Chicom regime.
As I heard it described before, Walmart — America’s largest company — is nothing more than the distribution network for China Inc.
Look!
It’s Wolf Blitzer!
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