24 Dec Demolishment of the symbols of democracy in Hong Kong after the patriotic elections : A Challenge and Shame for Art lovers and International cultural Agencies (GS Paper I and II) (Source – The Hindu)
Demolishment of the symbols of democracy in Hong Kong after the patriotic elections- Today Current Affairs
Context : By 22nd December a construction crew quietly worked to dismantle one of Hong Kong’s most distinctive statues and works of Art . the timing of the statue’s removal as well as the scaffolding carefully put into place to obscure any view s of the process – underlined the sensitivity of the decision by Hong kong university to remove what was the popular picture on its campus for close to 25 years
Introduction : In Fact after the protest for democracy emerged in Hong Kong , China started its suppressing policy and crushed almost the entire democratic movement of Hong Kong . One side China is crushing the democratic movement, on the other side China is reforming in its legislature. The Hindu Analysis.
Through its reform China reduced the share of directly elected representatives in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo), down from 50% to 22%. The new rules also introduced a review committee to decide on the eligibility of candidates to ensure only “patriots” could run for office.
After that China conducted a patriotic election last week and all those people who were raising their voice were not allowed to participate in the election , either they were detained or they had to escape Hong Kong. The Hindu Analysis.
Now China is destroying all the symbols which reflect the concept of democracy and liberty , whether those are related to the culture of China . The pillar of Shame , a haunting eight-meter tall sculpture showing intertwined bodies with hollowed eyes and open mouths — an anguished mass of humanity — was created by Danish artist Jens Galschiot as a tribute to the victims of China’s crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June 1989.
How far it is correct to demolish the work of Art and Culture : The Hindu Analysis
History of the culture is associated with the dignity of the community. The destruction of the culture means the destruction of dignity. By doing so, the Chinese government not only destroyed the statue but also tried to abolish the cultural dignity of the Hong Kong people at the cost of patriotism .
Chinese government is not restricting all those activities whether these activities are related with the culture of Hong Kong or not which are the symbol of democracy or liberty. The Hindu Analysis.
The University of Hong Kong and other intellectual and Art lovers of China have not dared to criticize the Hong Kong authority. Chinese government had changes the laws of the Honk Kong authority also.
Conclusion
Art and culture is the symbol of humanity. All the art lovers of the world should criticize these acts of the Chinese government and these international agencies should pressariese China to take strong action against such activities. Art reflects the emotions of Humans and the dectrion of the art is the anti Human activities also UNESCO should intervi=ene in this matter and put strong sanction over China so that China could be exposed and her symbolically patriotic election should also be exposed . definitely this work of the Chinese government is condemble.
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