Rhetorical Analysis Of Hong Kong And The Realities Of China's Rise

Living in a country without independence since the beginning of time is a major conflict that Hong Kong has faced. New York City’s reporter, Yuen Ying Chan, returned home to her homeland after years of being away in America. Hong Kong and China are seen as a country that is based on two governments, one system, and people of Hong Kong wants their fair share of acknowledgement of their own, as a state, from the mainland. In this op Ed, “Hong Kong and the Realities of China’s Rise”, readers will see Yuen Ying Chan using rhetorical devices like appeal to authority, and parallel syntactic structure. By using these two rhetorical terms, Yuen Ying Chan argues that Hong Kong deserves to be living, not under the control of China but to have their own …show more content…
She uses parallel syntactic structure, to emphasize the difference on how people with different economic are affected on the decision from China’s government. This is important the reader to know because it shows that Hong Kong doesn’t have a choice but to live under the arrangement of China. She continues her article with, “When China’s top internet regulator visited Mark Zuckerberg in Silicon Valley, the Facebook chief made sure to display on his desk a book of president Xi Jinping’s collected speeches ” (Chan). China’s president, Xi Jinping, visits facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg. By showing respect Mark display a book about the chinese president by having his book of his collect speech on Mark’s desk. Chan use appeal to authority to let her reader see how China is well-known and respected. By this, readers can see that China is has gain its recognition worldwide and with having their own government, they can cooperate with world business on their own. The main purpose of this article is to state that with China’s higher in political power, Hong Kong is being forced to live by the decision of China and Hong Kong is