By Larry Ong, Epoch Times | October 11, 2014
Those Umbrella Movement student protesters do know how to turn down unwanted interviews with some panache.
Recently, a CCTV television reporter in Hong Kong tried to solicit views from students, and got an interesting response.
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Speaking in Mandarin, the CCTV reporter asked a lady: “Can you tell me what you think?”She replied in Cantonese: “I don’t understand what you’re saying”
The CCTV reporter said: “It’s okay, you can speak in Cantonese.”
The man standing on her left quickly replied in English: “Sorry, I don’t know what you said,” turned, and left.
The camera cut to what seems like a different location, and the CCTV reporter asked another Hong Kong man: “Don’t worry, you can really say anything you want to say,” perhaps being self-conscious about CCTV’s reputation as a CCP propaganda mouthpiece.
The Hong Kong man turned, looked down at the CCTV logo on the mike, faced the CCTV reporter, and said with a slight smile: “Sorry, I don’t want to speak to your channel.”
In light of increasing hostility between Hong Kongers and mainland Chinese — an 2012 incident revolved around a Hong Kong subway argument and the remarks of a mainland Chinese professor being one notable example — pulling out the “I-don’t-understand-your-language” trick is a good, peaceful way to disengage.
From – http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1012074-watch-this-is-how-you-reject-a-cctv-reporter-in-hk/, HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/SHANGHAIIST/VIDEOS/10152741717896030/
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