After mainland China, Communist Party's focus now shifts to quashing Tiananmen Square tributes in Hong Kong
3 years, 6 months ago

After mainland China, Communist Party's focus now shifts to quashing Tiananmen Square tributes in Hong Kong

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In Hong Kong, the recent arrests and convictions of prominent activists have had a chilling effect on those who participated in the vigil in the past. Photo credit: AP Photo/Vincent Yu File [imgcenter> [/imgcenter> In this 2014 photo, tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the 4th June Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing. [imgcenter> [/imgcenter> In this 2019 photo, people attend a candlelight vigil for victims of the Chinese government’s brutal military crackdown three decades ago on protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square at Victoria Park in Hong Kong. Photo credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung [imgcenter> [/imgcenter> In this 2014 photo, tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the 4 June Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing. “If one day we cannot talk about Tiananmen that would signify that Hong Kong is totally assimilated into Chinese society.” [imgcenter> [/imgcenter> In this 2014 photo, a protester stands in front of a mock tank to symbolise the famed scene of a man blocking a line of tanks at the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing, as thousands of residents march in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square.

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Cathay Pacific apologises for inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Cathay Pacific apologises for inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene

The Independent  

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US, Canadian politicians urged to stop meddling in Hong Kong's judiciary
1 month ago

US, Canadian politicians urged to stop meddling in Hong Kong's judiciary

China Daily  

HONG KONG -- A spokesperson for the Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has slammed certain US and Canadian politicians over new visa restrictions vow following the HKSAR's lawful verdict of rioters. The irresponsible remarks were made by the spokesperson of the US State Department, the relevant bodies and members of the …

Hong Kong court sentences dozens in case that crushed pro-democracy camp
1 month ago

Hong Kong court sentences dozens in case that crushed pro-democracy camp

Live Mint  

HONG KONG—Four years ago, a college professor in Hong Kong crafted a plan for the Chinese territory’s pro-democracy opposition to win control of the local legislature, then trigger a confrontation with Beijing by forcing the central government’s handpicked Hong Kong leader to step down. In January 2021, local authorities arrested dozens of prominent politicians and activists, later charging 47 of …

Taiwan deports Chinese couple who snuck onto island and disrupted pro-democracy event
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan deports Chinese couple who snuck onto island and disrupted pro-democracy event

The Independent  

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A decade later, Hong Kong’s massive democracy protests remain an enduring memory
2 months, 3 weeks ago

A decade later, Hong Kong’s massive democracy protests remain an enduring memory

The Independent  

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Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest

The Hindu  

Hong Kong's top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019. The defendants previously argued that the trial judge had failed to conduct an “operational proportionality” assessment when convicting them and quoted two non-binding decisions set out by the Supreme Court …

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest
4 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s top court on Monday upheld the convictions of seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists over their roles in one of the biggest anti-government protests in 2019. The convictions were linked to their involvement in a rally in August 2019 that drew an estimated 1.7 million people onto Hong Kong’s streets to call for …

Hong Kong young people struggle to rebuild their lives after being jailed under Beijing’s crackdown
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong young people struggle to rebuild their lives after being jailed under Beijing’s crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — After spending five months in jail for publishing seditious Instagram posts, Joker Chan returned to a harsh reality. Five years after the protests erupted, the lives of some young people who were jailed or arrested during Beijing’s political crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement remain in limbo. Brandon Yau, secretary of the prisoners’ support group Waiting Bird, …

Hong Kong businesses are under threat for association with pro-democracy protests
5 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong businesses are under threat for association with pro-democracy protests

NPR  

Hong Kong businesses are under threat for association with pro-democracy protests In Hong Kong, long after the protest movement that kicked off five years ago fizzled out, a quiet tussle is playing out over the fate of businesses that once supported the ideals of the demonstrators. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2014 and 2019 caused a …

5 years ago they protested for freedom in Hong Kong. They want us to remember them
5 months, 2 weeks ago

5 years ago they protested for freedom in Hong Kong. They want us to remember them

NPR  

5 years ago they protested for freedom in Hong Kong. The protests ended after a sweeping crackdown underpinned by tough national security legislation imposed upon Hong Kong by China’s Communist rulers in Beijing in 2020. A student becomes active the first time Jason, 24, was in college at one of Hong Kong’s leading universities when the protests erupted, and he …

Washington warns of danger from China in remembering the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Washington warns of danger from China in remembering the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Members of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said the ruling Chinese Communist Party that sent in tanks against peaceful student protesters 35 years ago in the heart of Beijing is as ruthless and suppressive today as it was in 1989, a stark warning as they commemorated the anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square. The Chinese embassy …

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Beijing’s Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Asked about Western government statements on the anniversary, she added, “We are firmly opposed to anyone using this as a pretext to attack and smear China and interfere in China’s internal affairs.” Tiananmen Mothers, …

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

LA Times  

Police officers watch over Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the government’s bloody crackdown on protesters. Asked about Western government statements on the anniversary, she added, “We are firmly opposed to anyone using this as a pretext to attack and smear China and interfere in China’s internal affairs.” Tiananmen Mothers, a group formed by families of …

Taiwan’s Lai says Tiananmen ‘will not disappear in torrent of history’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Taiwan’s Lai says Tiananmen ‘will not disappear in torrent of history’

Al Jazeera  

Taiwan President William Lai Ching-te has promised Beijing’s brutal 1989 crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square will not be forgotten, as Hong Kong deployed hundreds of police to keep an eye out for potential commemorative activities. “Those who live in freedom must uphold our responsibility to make sure that 4 June 1989 is never forgotten,” said the group’s founder and …

Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong detains an artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police briefly detained a performance artist on the eve of the 35th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, underlining the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police on Monday took away Sanmu Chen on a street of Causeway Bay, a busy Hong Kong shopping district, close to a park that for decades hosted an annual vigil …

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case

The Hindu  

A Hong Kong court on May 30 convicted 14 pro-democracy activists in the city’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent. Prosecutors had accused them of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and topple the city’s leader by securing the legislative majority necessary to indiscriminately veto budgets. They were …

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested six people, including a former organizer of the city’s decades-long annual vigil that commemorated China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, for allegedly publishing seditious social media posts, in what were the first publicly known arrests under the city’s new national security law. But the page started publishing a series of posts to mark …

The Take: Where are Hong Kong’s protesters now?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Take: Where are Hong Kong’s protesters now?

Al Jazeera  

A decade after the Umbrella Movement swept Hong Kong, the streets are silent. Many of Hong Kong’s leading pro-democracy activists have been arrested, intimidated, or forced into exile in recent years as mainland China tightens its control. The latest security law to be passed, known as Article 23, has been called the “last nail in the coffin” for Hong Kong’s …

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 1 week ago

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three former organizers of Hong …

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 1 week ago

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on pro-democracy protests lost their bid to overturn their conviction Thursday over their refusal to provide authorities with information on the group under a national security law. Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were core members of the Hong Kong …

Hong Kong’s top court restores activist’s conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown
11 months ago

Hong Kong’s top court restores activist’s conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s top court on Thursday restored a prominent detained activist’s conviction over a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, marking the latest setback for the city’s democracy supporters. Chow Hang-tung, a former leader of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, had been sentenced to 15 …

Hong Kong prosecutors allege democracy publisher Jimmy Lai urged protests, sanctions against China
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong prosecutors allege democracy publisher Jimmy Lai urged protests, sanctions against China

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Prosecutors on Wednesday alleged that Hong Kong activist and publisher Jimmy Lai had encouraged the city’s residents to protest and urged the U.S. to take action against the Chinese authorities in Beijing. Prosecutor Anthony Chau on the fifth day of the trial presented what he said were Lai’s instructions to senior management and editors at Apple Daily …

Collective Protests Planned Against Xi Jinping in San Francisco on Nov 15
1 year, 1 month ago

Collective Protests Planned Against Xi Jinping in San Francisco on Nov 15

News 18  

Tibetan students on Friday hung a sign from the roof of San Francisco’s Moscone Center, calling out Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “dictator” ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The Hong Kong Democracy Movement, Uighyer and Students for Free Tibet are coming together to protest against the atrocities done by China ahead of the APEC summit, starting Saturday, …

This city never slept. Now with China tightening its grip, is the party over?
1 year, 1 month ago

This city never slept. Now with China tightening its grip, is the party over?

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Now though, he said, “one won’t feel happy if they have to watch everything they say.” A man sits inside a bar in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong's renowned nightlife hub. “Now we …

Hong Kong leader defends new election rules even though biggest pro-democracy party can’t join race
1 year, 1 month ago

Hong Kong leader defends new election rules even though biggest pro-democracy party can’t join race

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader defended the rules for upcoming local elections as open and fair Tuesday after an electoral overhaul effectively barred the city’s remaining pro-democracy activists from joining the race. The city’s largest pro-democracy party, the Democratic Party, will be absent in December’s district council election for the first time since its establishment in 1994. Party chair …

Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists partially win bid to quash convictions over 2019 protest
1 year, 4 months ago

Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists partially win bid to quash convictions over 2019 protest

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Seven of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy advocates had part of their convictions quashed Monday over their roles in one of the biggest pro-democracy protests in 2019. Jimmy Lai, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper; Martin Lee, the founding chairman of the city’s Democratic Party; and five former pro-democracy lawmakers, including barrister Margaret Ng, had been …

Hong Kong targets exiles’ loved ones as crackdown turns to old CCP playbook
1 year, 4 months ago

Hong Kong targets exiles’ loved ones as crackdown turns to old CCP playbook

Al Jazeera  

Hong Kong authorities are targeting the relatives of activists overseas in latest sign of alignment with mainland China. Taipei, Taiwan – After silencing Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, authorities in the territory have found a new target: the family members of dissidents who fled overseas. Hong Kong authorities’ shift to targeting families is the latest sign of the city’s growing alignment …

Hong Kong leader says 8 pro-democracy activists who escaped to the West ‘will be pursued for life’
1 year, 5 months ago

Hong Kong leader says 8 pro-democracy activists who escaped to the West ‘will be pursued for life’

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday that eight pro-democracy activists who now live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia will be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses, dismissing criticism that the move to have them arrested was a dangerous precedent. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong tweeted that her country was “deeply concerned” by reports …

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
1 year, 6 months ago

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China tightened access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on Sunday, the anniversary of the military suppression of 1989 pro-democracy protests that left a still unknown number of people dead and discussions and commemorations forbidden within the country. In Hong Kong, which was the last Chinese-controlled territory to hold commemorations, eight people, including activists and artists, were detained …

Dozens detained in Hong Kong on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary
1 year, 6 months ago

Dozens detained in Hong Kong on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary

Al Jazeera  

Woman carrying bouquet of flowers, man holding a candle among dozens detained as Hong Kong cracks down on Tiananmen commemorations. Police in Hong Kong have detained dozens of people on charges of “breaching public peace”, including a woman carrying a bouquet of flowers and a man who held a candle, during a crackdown on commemorations of the anniversary of the …

Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary
1 year, 6 months ago

Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police detained eight people, including activists and artists, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, a move that signals the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police said in a statement late Saturday that four people have been arrested for allegedly disrupting order in public spaces or carrying out acts with …

Artists among 8 detained in Hong Kong on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary
1 year, 6 months ago

Artists among 8 detained in Hong Kong on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Hindustan Times  

Hong Kong police detained eight people, including activists and artists, on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown, a move that signals the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police officers take away a member of the public in the Causeway Bay area on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre, in Hong …

Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
1 year, 6 months ago

Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong Kong are trying to mark the day in private ways in the shadow of a law that prosecuted leading activists in the city’s pro-democracy movement. People gathered in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park annually to mark the June 4 anniversary with a candlelight vigil. …

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
1 year, 6 months ago

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Fangsuo Zhou, now in his 50s, remembers all too well that dispiriting spring day in 1989 when tanks rolled into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Those items — blooded towels, blood-soaked banners that had been turned into tourniquets, newspaper clippings, letters and a tent used by student protesters during their seven-week demonstration — are now the centerpiece of the …

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
1 year, 6 months ago

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square

The Independent  

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As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, the city's identity is changing
1 year, 7 months ago

As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, the city's identity is changing

NPR  

As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, the city's identity is changing AILSA CHANG, HOST: These are the sounds of Hong Kong's first authorized protests in three years. The journalist Louisa Lim covered China for the BBC and NPR for a decade and remembers covering what she calls boisterous protest rallies in Hong Kong. CHANG: Well, you write that …

Chinese official’s attendance at coronation would be outrageous, Tory MPs say
1 year, 7 months ago

Chinese official’s attendance at coronation would be outrageous, Tory MPs say

The Independent  

Senior Conservative MPs have labelled the expected attendance of China’s vice-president at the King’s coronation as “outrageous”. Former Tory leader and longstanding China-critic Sir Iain Duncan Smith described him as “responsible for trashing” China’s Hong Kong treaty with Britain by overseeing a crackdown on the territory’s freedoms. Tim Loughton, a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, said his presence …

Beijing's warning on Hong Kong protests: ‘Not the only way to express interests’
1 year, 8 months ago

Beijing's warning on Hong Kong protests: ‘Not the only way to express interests’

Hindustan Times  

China's senior official overseeing Hong Kong's affairs said Saturday that protests are not the only way for people to express their views, weeks after the city's strict protest rules sparked controversy while signaling Beijing's vision for the financial hub. In late March, Hong Kong saw its first authorised protest against a government policy since the lifting of major pandemic restrictions …

Hong Kongers hold first protest in years under strict rules
1 year, 8 months ago

Hong Kongers hold first protest in years under strict rules

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Dozens of people on Sunday joined Hong Kong’s first authorized protest since the lifting of major COVID-19 restrictions under unprecedentedly strict rules, including wearing a numbered badge around their necks. At the height of the 2019 anti-government movement, Hong Kong’s government invoked emergency powers to ban masks from public gatherings so it can identify protesters who officials …

Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organisers to jail
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organisers to jail

Al Jazeera  

The three organisers of a yearly vigil to mark China’s bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced to four and a half months in jail. Three former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre have been sentenced to four and a half months in jail for not complying with a …

Hong Kong police stop activists from joining women’s march
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong police stop activists from joining women’s march

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong pro-democracy group on Sunday said the national security police stopped activists from joining a highly-anticipated protest that was canceled last minute by the organizer. The League of Social Democrats said police questioned four of its members on Friday and warned them not to participate in the march that was planned by the Hong Kong …

Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters were convicted on Saturday for failing to provide authorities with information on the group in accordance with a national security law. The alliance was best known for organizing candlelight vigils in Hong Kong on the anniversary of the …

Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil

LA Times  

Chow Hang-tung, vice chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, speaks in Hong Kong on Sept. 5, 2021. Three Hong Kong activists, including Chow, from the now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters were convicted Saturday of failing to provide authorities with information on the group. Three …

Hong Kong court convicts 3 members of 1989 Tiananmen vigil group
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong court convicts 3 members of 1989 Tiananmen vigil group

Al Jazeera  

Court convicted Hong Kong democracy activist and barrister Chow Hang-tung, as well as Tang Ngok Kwan and Tsui Hon Kwong. Three former members of a Hong Kong group that organised annual vigils to mark China’s bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown have been found guilty of not complying with a national security police request for information. Three former leaders of a …

Landmark trial of Hong Kong 47 gets under way amid tight security
1 year, 10 months ago

Landmark trial of Hong Kong 47 gets under way amid tight security

Al Jazeera  

The group of pro-democracy politicians and activists are accused of subversion for organising an unofficial primary. “There’s certainly huge sympathy for the people who are standing trial,” said Al Jazeera’s Richard Kimber, reporting from Hong Kong. “There’s certainly a lot of frustration that it’s taken this long to get to this stage and that those who’ve been detained have not …

Democracy ‘on trial’ as Hong Kong 47 prepare to face court
1 year, 10 months ago

Democracy ‘on trial’ as Hong Kong 47 prepare to face court

Al Jazeera  

Picked up in a dawn raid two years ago, the activists and politicians are charged over an unofficial primary they organised ahead of a legislative election, which was later postponed. Hong Kong’s largest national security trial gets under way on Monday, with 47 pro-democracy activists and politicians standing trial for “conspiring to commit subversion” by organising an unofficial ballot of …

China protests explode 'harmonious society myth': Tiananmen leader Wang Dan
2 years ago

China protests explode 'harmonious society myth': Tiananmen leader Wang Dan

Firstpost  

Wang Dan, who was jailed and then exiled after the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy movement was crushed, told reporters in Japan that the string of protests also proved that younger Chinese are not politically apathetic Tokyo: Demonstrations in China sparked by tough anti-Covid policies explode the “myth” of a “harmonious society” and reveal deep discontent with Beijing’s rulers, a leader of …

China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streets
2 years ago

China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streets

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — With police out in force, there was no word of additional protests against strict government anti-pandemic measures Tuesday in Beijing, as temperatures fell well below freezing. Hiding their faces to avoid official retaliation, the students chanted, “No PCR tests but freedom!” and “Oppose dictatorship, don’t be slaves!” The gathering and a similar one elsewhere in Hong Kong …

'Oppose dictatorship': Protests in Hong Kong over China’s COVID rules
2 years ago

'Oppose dictatorship': Protests in Hong Kong over China’s COVID rules

Firstpost  

The gathering and a similar one elsewhere in Hong Kong were the biggest protests there in more than a year under rules imposed to crush a pro-democracy movement in the territory, which is Chinese but has a separate legal system from the mainland Hong Kong: Students in Hong Kong chanted “oppose dictatorship” in a protest against China’s COVID rules Monday …

Chinese protests spread over government’s covid restrictions
2 years ago

Chinese protests spread over government’s covid restrictions

Live Mint  

BEIJING : Protests are erupting in major cities in China over President Xi Jinping‘s zero-tolerance approach to Covid-19, an unusual show of defiance in the country as the economic and social costs from snap lockdowns and other strict restrictions escalate. Other videos and photographs circulating online showed students demonstrating at the Communication University of China in Nanjing, with one clip …

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