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HONG KONGIn the aftermath of this falls pro-democracy protests, Hong Kong university students are looking to resist communist penetration of their student bodies.

Exhibit A in this trend is the controversy over the candidacy of mainland Chinese student Ye Lushan for a cabinet secretary position in the Hong Kong University Student Union (HKUSU).

Ye comes from Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong Province, which is just north of Hong Kong. She studied at the prestigious Affiliated High School of South China Normal University.

In an interview with HKUs campus TV, Ye admitted to being a member of the Communist Youth League. Ye also said that 99 percent of HKU students from the mainland are members of the CYL and that membership is a very common phenomenon.

When asked how she viewed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), she noted that the CCP is Chinas ruling body and then said, One can see its accomplishments, anything that is not done adequately can be criticized and the CCP has corrected them. Ye claimed she opposed the CCPs interfering with the affairs of Hong Kong.

Ye also said she was once a member of the Union of Students For External Exploration (USEE), an organization established by students from mainland China that specially organizes events for the mainland students. Ye said she only assisted in organizing events.

In 2014, USEE organized a new student orientation event and invited a special guest speaker, Wang Yaoying. Wang is the founder of the Hong Kong Tertiary Student Alliance (HKTSA), a pro-CCP organization. Wang is also a member of the All-China Youth Federation Committee, a branch of the Communist Youth League. He has held important positions as a part-time consultant for Chinas Central Policy Unit and chief executive officer of the Basic Law Institute.

The past penetration of communists in positions of responsibility at HKU involved HKTSA members, such as Chen Yie, Chen Guankang, Chen Xianlong, Huang Borong, and Mei Yixi. That organization is suspected by some students of being used by the CCP to strengthen control of Hong Kongs tertiary education sector by taking over the student unions.

Ye has since published an article to rebut the claims made by HKU campus TV that she was sent to red-dye the HKUSU. In response HKU campus TV said it has the responsibility to investigate every candidates background so that students could know them better. The TV station also said it was not targeting Ye personally.

Another candidate, Feng Jingen, who is running for president of the Ming Feng cabinet, was asked to provide his familys political background. Ming admitted that his grandfather was a senior official of the CCP.

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Hong Kong Students Resistance to Communism Grows