Translation: Netizens Voice Support for Hong Kong Protesters
Posted by Josh Rudolph | Dec 10, 2019
Last month, a special page on Facebook titled @WeSupportHongKong (內地生撐香港) was launched to allow mainlanders living abroad a place to anonymously express their feelings about the Hong Kong movement. Twitter-user @midwaydude, one of the page’s administrators and co-founders, describes the page as a “tree hole” (树洞) project where Chinese supporters of the Hong Kong movement can share their thoughts despite the environment of peer pressure they likely live in. (The phrase “tree hole” comes from the fairytale “The King With Donkey Ears,” and has gained new currency as an online space where netizens can enjoy anonymous and free online expression). CDT has translated