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image by Miles Li, 07 February 2013
The Hong Kong City-State Autonomy Movement (also known as the Hong Kong
Autonomy Movement or HKAM) is an internet-organized political movement which has
been very vocal on street protests in Hong Kong since July 2012. While not
necessarily advocating complete separation from the People's Republic of China,
HKAM has adopted as its emblem the "Dragon and Lion Hong Kong Flag", which is
navy blue with the 1959-1997 Colonial Hong Kong coat-of-arms, modified only with
the word "Hong Kong" in red Chinese writing at the centre of the shield. They do
not even bother to remove the crowns from the lions' heads!
Miles Li, 07 February 2013
This use of this flag, along with the 1959-1997
Colonial Hong Kong
flag on street
protests in recent years, has caused considerable consternation in the
PRC government, and no doubt much bemusement to outside observers.
Suffice to say that these reflect the complex love-hate relationships
Hong Kongers have with their colonial past.
Miles Li, 07 February 2013