After a candidate running for the university student union admitted his membership in the Communist Party of China, there were boycotts and protests against the infiltration of the Communist Party. Scholar points out that the fear of the Communist Party have always been present, and that the core conflict is political and traces back to the June Fourth Incident.大學候選學生會主席承認自己是共產黨員後，引發全莊棄選。本地生更發起「反對共產黨滲透學生會」的遊行。有學者指出，「恐共」的心理其實是一直存在的。內地生與本地生有文化的隔閡，深層原因是政治觀念的衝突。兩地人在政治取向上有差異，源於歷史因素──六四事件。內地生嚮往香港的自由，卻不會對敏感的政治事件表態，有什麼苦衷呢？
