US and Britain using Hong Kong to infiltrate China, PLA-backed film says
The film, produced by the military's National Defence University and General Staff Department, as well as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, singles out four social movements it says are being manipulated by the two countries' missions in Hong Kong. One of them is the Occupy Central pro-democracy campaign.
A PLA-backed video accuses the US and Britain of using Hong Kong as a base to destabilise and infiltrate mainland China.
A political analyst said the criticism was a significant step by Beijing to tighten control over Hong Kong.
Entitled Silent Contest, the 100-minute documentary explores China's struggle against "American hegemony". It says both the US and Britain have abnormally large consulates through which to infiltrate Hong Kong and nurture subversives.
Watch: A clip from China's People's Liberation Army documentary
"The US consulate in Hong Kong has some 500 staff, while the British one has about 400. Such large bodies of staff are very rare for foreign consulates," the video narrates in Putonghua.