The knife attack in Hong Kong arouses worldwide concerns by Hui Ching Yi, Maggie

The former Ming Pao Editor Kelvin Lau Chun-to was attacked by two men in Sai Wan Ho. Lau is still in a critical condition because he has three wounds during the attack and takes a long time to recover. General public think it is an ambush rather an attack and it is even related to the freedom of speech in Hong Kong.

According to the House News, it has 11 newspapers in Hong Kong used this news as their headline.

Most of them used the photo to draw attention from the reader. For example, Apple Daily has shown the scene of crime and the photo provided by the police.

Not only was the mass media in Hong Kong, but also the media in foreign countries reported this news. Sinosphere which is the dispatches from China also reported this attack named as“Hong Kong Editor Whose Ouster Stirred Protests Is Slashed” by Gerry Mullany. Also, this article also appeared on the New York Times. Through this article, we can identify the bilingual feature.

The article has several direct quotes to show different stakeholder points of view. The opinion from Mr. Moriarty whose the head of the press freedom commit of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong commented on this issue. ‘ This is a serious escalation.’ Also, it has the opinion of the lecturer in journalism at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yuen Chan.

Apart from the direct quotes, it has the collaborator in the article. ‘Michael Forsythe and Alan Wong contributed reporting.’ It can show the linguistic and semiotic resources in bilingualism.

Although it is not the local article, it has the comment from different regions such as Hong Kong, New York and Australia.

Another news article from BBC China named as ‘Hong Kong: Ex- Ming Pao editor Kevin Lau attacked’. It also used different direct quotes such as the police spokesman and the Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung.

Besides, the BBC News has several hyperlinks which shown the attacked was condemned by the Hong Kong and International Journalists Association.

Both article can share to different social networking like Facebook and Twitter. They hope to increase their influence through different networking. Moreover, their photos are came from the source of Reuters.