The Hong Kong-America Center, a US-backed pro-secessionist organization founded in 1994, has announced its official closure, with six university presidents in Hong Kong withdrawing from the center’s board of directors. The center has been frequently accused of political infiltration under the guise of academic exchanges, including its active participation in the illegal “Occupy Central” movement.
The organization was observed to have actively taken part in the 2014 “Occupy Central” movement by supporting riot leader Anson Chan Fang On-sang, and brainwashing college students through debate competitions and workshops.
It also attempted to revise liberal studies courses and instill anti-China ideologies in classes by appointing “exchange scholars” to several universities in Hong Kong, Hong Kong-based newspaper Takungpao previously reported.
Stretching its reach to younger targets, the center has influenced many Hong Kong youths through online games and school projects to join illegal protests and demonstrations in opposition to the proposed amendments of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance in 2019.
