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Hong Kong Reformer Raps back at Critics
Update: 11/12/2007 5:44:00 AM Source: AP

 

HONG KONG - Say it loud. She's Chinese and she's proud.

A 67-year-old Hong Kong politician responded to accusations of being unpatriotic by lip-synching to Cantopop star Scott Hui's "Proud to be Chinese" in a rap music video on Youtube.

Anson Chan, a prominent pro-Democracy reformer, was criticized for suggesting that she and other contenders for a legislative seat hold a debate in English.

Chan said debating in English might reach a wider audience as many ethnic minorities in this former British colony don't speak Cantonese, the Chinese dialect native to Hong Kong and southern China. But her detractors suggested she was more Western than Chinese.

The video of was one of many submitted by Chinese around the world in a competition organized by MTV Asia and the Web site, Proud to Be Chinese. Winners will see their video aired on MTV, and win a contract to produce Hui's next music video.

Hong Kong resident Patty Keung, who directed the music video, said she bumped into Chan when the politician was handing out campaign flyers and decided to include her in the video.

Chan was the No. 2 in Hong Kong's administration when the territory reverted to Chinese rule in 1997.

Although Hong Kong is a Chinese territory, it retains many freedoms banned in mainland China, including a free press and freedom of speech and association.



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