It has been 11 weeks since protests began in Hong Kong. Protesters took their pro-democracy demonstrations to the Hong Kong airport and got slammed by Beijing for the same. They have even waved a flag of the United States flag and sang the US national anthem in their advocacy for democracy. The state media is now playing patriotic music in a bid to slam the protests spurred by overseas governments.
"Get those foreign agents outta town", roars a music video by a patriotic Chinese rap group. The rap video, overlaid with clips of protesters clashing with police and breaking into Hong Kong's legislative offices, is being shared by Chinese state media on its overseas and domestic social media accounts.
"Hey democracy! Once I heard you be found in the Middle East, people were throwing bombs across the city streets," runs the English-language rap by nationalistic Chinese group CD Rev.
"If that's what you want sorry I can't agree, get those foreign agents outta town then we can talk about it."
The recent protests that have seen millions of people take to the streets of Hong Kong, is the biggest challenge Beijing has faced from the semi-autonomous city since its handover from Britain in 1997.
Beijing in a bid to silence the protesters have been using tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets against the crowd. Anti-riot police officials have even infiltrated protesters wearing similar clothing as them to make arrests. They have called the protesters to be similar to terrorists and have accused Western governments of inciting the rallies.
Sebastian Veg, contemporary Chinese history and politics professor at the School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in Paris said, "Such messaging will no doubt be seen as deeply repulsive [to] governments and public opinion in Europe and around the world and hardly endear them to Beijing's views," he said.
