China’s Ministry of State Security issued new regulations on June 6 to reward citizens for reporting so-called “acts endangering national security” to the authorities. The pro-Beijing Hong Kong government simultaneously rolled out a “Counter-Terrorism Reporting Hotline” and encouraged Hongkongers to “provide clues on terrorism-related crimes.”
The cash reward for snitchers in Hong Kong can be as high as HK$800,000. Analysts believe that the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is resorting to methods of social control it used in communist dictator Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution to divide Hong Kong society.
The counter-terrorism reporting hotline replaces the former anti-violence hotline, which was established by authorities in the midst of the 2019 anti-government protests….