香港當局推動「逃犯條例」立法，引起上百萬香港人示威「反」對把罪犯「送」到「中」國大陸審判的「反送中」抗爭，且升高為要求實現香港特區首長與立法會議員雙真普選的大規模政治運動。「反送中」抗爭規模與暴力程度日益升高，不僅引起國際高度關注，也在台灣獲得許多人跨海支持。不過，以「逃犯條例」可能用於引渡異議人士而進行抗爭，理由其實過於遷強；而香港現行已有的民主參與，也遠優於英國一百五十多年殖民的專制統治，香港人卻未曾如此大規模向英國爭取民主；若說是因為香港日益擴大的貧富差距引發普遍民怨，民主在世界各也都同樣伴隨貧富差距擴大，顯然不是解方。何以倫敦能派總督北京卻不能派特首？這只能說是以民主為藉口的種族主義，是西方的強盛使曾經歷殖民的香港產生優越感，「反送中」抗爭所反對的已不是中共政權，而根本是歷史文化的中國。那麼，台灣呢？為何台灣許多人也呼應、支持香港這樣以民主為名的種族主義？本研究主張，這正是因為台灣也有日益升高的反中種族主義，而且也正是以民主為藉口。本文所進行的網路問卷調查證實了此一論點。 The Hong Kong authorities promoted the Extradition Law Amendment Bill in march 2019, which caused millions of Hong Kong people demonstrate their resistance to this amendment and evolved to request for the general election for all the Hong Kong Legislative Council members and the Chief of the special administrative region government. The increasing scale and level of violence attracted international attentions and won supports from many Taiwanese. However, the reason behind this movement is weak, and the existing level of democratic participation in Hong Kong is far superior to the authoritarian rule of the British colonial regime in the past 150 years, during which Hong Kong people have never fight for democracy in large scale. The widening gap between rich and poor in Hong Kong provides no explanation either, since the gap between rich and poor is widening in democracies around the world. Why could London send the governor to Hong Kong while Beijing could not send the chief executive? It can only be explained by racism. Democracy is only the shield of racism. Hong Kong people's colonial experience gave them a sense of superiority as they ruled by the western great power, which is considered superior to the historical and cultural China. This argument also stands in Taiwan which had been colonized by Japan. Taiwan now also has a rising anti-Chinese racism shielded by democracy. This argument is verified by the online questionnaire survey of this article.
