US Openly Approves Hong Kong Chaos it CreatedTony Cartalucci (Image: The US now openly supports chaos on the streets of Hong Kong, this after condemning occupy protests in Bangkok earlier this year. The difference being in Thailand, protests sought to oust a US proxy, Hong Kong protests seek to put one into power.) Behind the so-called Occupy Central protests, which masquerade as a pro-democracy movement seeking universal suffrage and full democracy, is a deep and insidious network of foreign financial, political, and media support. Prominent among them is the US State Department and its National Endowment for Democracy (NED) as well as NEDs subsidiary, the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Now, the US has taken a much more overt stance in supporting the chaos their own manipulative networks have prepared and are now orchestrating. The White House has now officially backed Occupy Central. Reuters in its article, White House Shows Support For Aspirations Of Hong Kong People, would claim: The White House is watching democracy protests in Hong Kong closely and supports the aspirations of the Hong Kong people, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday. The United States supports universal suffrage in Hong Kong in accordance with the Basic Law and we support the aspirations of the Hong Kong people, said Earnest, who also urged restraint on both sides. US State Department Has Built Up and Directs Occupy Central Earnests comments are verbatim the demands of Occupy Central protest leaders, but more importantly, verbatim the long-laid designs the US State Departments NDI articulates on its own webpage dedicated to its ongoing meddling in Hong Kong. The term universal suffrageand reference to Basic Law and its interpretation to mean genuine democracy is stated clearly on NDIs website which claims: The Basic Law put in place a framework of governance, whereby special interest groups, or functional constituencies, maintain half of the seats in the Legislative Council (LegCo). At present, Hong Kongs chief executive is also chosen by an undemocratically selected committee. According to the language of the Basic Law, however, universal suffrage is the ultimate aim. While universal suffrage remains undefined in the law, Hong Kong citizens have interpreted it to mean genuine democracy. To push this agenda which essentially is to prevent Beijing from vetting candidates running for office in Hong Kong, thus opening the door to politicians openly backed, funded, and directed by the US State Department NDI lists an array of ongoing meddling it is carrying out on the island. It states: Since 1997, NDI has conducted a series of missions to Hong Kong to consider the development of Hong Kongs post-reversion election framework, the status of autonomy, rule of law and civil liberties under Chinese sovereignty, and the prospects for, and challenges to democratization. It also claims: In 2005, NDI initiated a six-month young political leaders program focused on training a group of rising party and political group members in political communications skills. And: NDI has also worked to bring political parties, government leaders and civil society actors together in public forums to discuss political party development, the role of parties in Hong Kong and political reform. In 2012, for example, a conference by Hong Kong think tank SynergyNet supported by NDI featured panelists from parties across the ideological spectrum and explored how adopting a system of coalition government might lead to a more responsive legislative process. NDI also admits it has created, funded, and backed other organizations operating in Hong Kong toward achieving the US State Departments goals of subverting Beijings control over the island: In 2007, the Institute launched a womens political participation program that worked with the Womens Political Participation Network (WPPN) and the Hong Kong Federation of Womens Centres (HKFWC) to enhance womens participation in policy-making, encourage increased participation in politics and ensure that womens issues are taken into account in the policy-making process. And on a separate page, NDI describes programs it is conducting with the University of Hong Kong to achieve its agenda: The Centre for Comparative and Public Law (CCPL) at the University of Hong Kong, with support from NDI, is working to amplify citizens voices in that consultation process by creating Design Democracy Hong Kong (www.designdemocracy.hk), a unique and neutral website that gives citizens a place to discuss the future of Hong Kongs electoral system. It should be no surprise to readers then, to find out each and every Occupy Central leader is either directly linked to the US State Department, NED, and NDI, or involved in one of NDIs many schemes. Occupy Centrals self-proclaimed leader, Benny Tai, is a law professor at the aforementioned University of Hong Kong and a regular collaborator with the NDI-funded CCPL. In 2006-2007 (annual report, .pdf) he was named as a board member a position he has held until at least as recently as last year. In CCPLs 2011-2013 annual report (.pdf), NDI is listed as having provided funding to the organization to design and implement an online Models of Universal Suffrage portal where the general public can discuss and provide feedback and ideas on which method of universal suffrage is most suitable for Hong Kong. Curiously, in CCPLs most recent annual report for 2013-2014 (.pdf), Tai is not listed as a board member. However, he is listed as participating in at least 3 conferences organized by CCPL, and as heading at least one of CCPLs projects. At least one conference has him speaking side-by-side another prominent Occupy Central figure,Audrey Eu. The 2013-2014 annual report also lists NDI as funding CCPLs Design Democracy Hong Kong website. There is also Martin Lee, founding chairman of Hong Kongs Democrat Party and another prominent figure who has come out in support of Occupy Central. Just this year, Lee was in Washington meeting directly with US Vice President Joseph Biden, US Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, and even took part in an NED talk hosted specifically for him and his agenda of democracy in Hong Kong. Lee even has a NED page dedicated to himafter he was awarded in 1997 NEDs Democracy Award.With him in Washington was Anson Chan, another prominent figurecurrently supporting the ongoing unrestin Hong Kongs streets. Occupy Centrals Very Unpopular Agenda If democracy is characterized by self-rule, than an Occupy Central movement in which every prominent figure is the benefactor of and beholden to foreign cash, support, and a foreign-driven agenda, has nothing at all to do with democracy. It does have, however, everything to do with abusing democracy to undermine Beijings control over Hong Kong, and open the door to candidates that clearly serve foreign interests, not those of China, or even the people of Hong Kong. What is more telling is the illegal referendum Occupy Central conducted earlier this year in an attempt to justify impending, planned chaos in Hong Kongs streets. The referendum focused on the US State Departments goal of implementing universal suffrage however, only a fifth of Hong Kongs electorate participated in the referendum, and of those that did participate, no alternative was given beyond US-backed organizations and their respective proposals to undermine Beijing. The BBC would report in its article, Hong Kong democracy referendum draws nearly 800,000, that: A total of 792,808 voters took part in an unofficial referendum on universal suffrage in Hong Kong, organisers said. The 10-day poll was held by protest group Occupy Central. Campaigners want the public to be able to elect Hong Kongs leader, the chief executive. The Hong Kong government says the vote has no legal standing. About 42% of voters backed a proposal allowing the public, a nominating committee, and political parties to name candidates for the top job. For a protest movement that claims it stands for democracy, implied to mean the will of the people, it has an unpopular agenda clearly rejected by the vast majority of Hong Kongs population and is now disrupting vital parts of the island, holding the population and stability hostage to push its agenda. All of this is being orchestrated and supported by the United States, its State Department, and its network of global sedition operating under NED and its subsidiary NDI. While the Western media shows mobs of thousands implying that the people support ongoing chaos in Hong Kongs streets, Occupy Centrals own staged, illegal referendum proves it does not have the backing of the people and that its agenda is rejected both by mainland China and the people of Hong Kong. Exposing the insidious, disingenuous, foreign-driven nature of Occupy Central is important. It is also important to objectively examine each and every protest that springs up around the world. Superficiality cannot link one movement to another, one group to hidden special interests. Rather, one must adhere to due diligence in identifying and profiling the leaders, following the money, identifying their true motivations, and documenting their links to special interests within or beyond the borders of the nation the protests are taking place in. By doing this, movements like Occupy Central can be exposed, blunted, and rolled over before the destruction and chaos other US-backed destabilization efforts have exacted elsewhere namely the Middle East and Ukraine can unfold in Hong Kong. Tony Cartaluccis articles have appeared on many alternative media websites, including his own at Land Destroyer Report, Alternative Thai News Network and LocalOrg. 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