Hong Kong Bans Annual Tiananmen Vigil, Threatens Arrest for Attendees
55 years ago

Hong Kong Bans Annual Tiananmen Vigil, Threatens Arrest for Attendees

Slate  

Hong Kong authorities deployed thousands of police Friday to enforce a ban in the city on commemorating the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China. For the past three decades, thousands of people in Hong Kong would make a yearly pilgrimage on June 4 to the city’s Victoria Park to commemorate the anniversary of the pro-democracy protests organized by Chinese students in Tiananmen Square that led to the Chinese government sending troops to disperse the gathering, opening fire on protesters, and killing thousands. Hong Kong police have locked down Victoria Park, the traditional site for the annual #June4 vigil commemorating China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The government has banned the event, citing #Covid19 concerns #六四 #香港pic.twitter.com/m5QiV68jpf — Bloomberg Quicktake June 4, 2021 The annual Hong Kong remembrance has doubled as a pro-democracy movement in the city and continued even after the handover of the former British colony back to China in 1997 under the “one country, two systems” principle that enshrined the city’s autonomy until 2047. Thousands of police have been deployed on the anniversary of China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown pic.twitter.com/r6Y7tx9vyU #六四 #香港 — Bloomberg Quicktake June 4, 2021 Hong Kong’s Security Bureau issued a ban on any June 4 gathering, declaring that “relevant meetings and procession are unauthorized assemblies” and that “taking part in an unauthorized assembly is liable to a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment; advertising or publicizing an unauthorized assembly is liable to a maximum penalty of 12 months’ imprisonment.” Police confirmed the arrest of activist Chow Hang Tung, one of the event’s organizers, for promoting what an unauthorized event.

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

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

The Independent  

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At Tiananmen Square, tight security with metal detectors reflects a changing China
1 month, 3 weeks ago

At Tiananmen Square, tight security with metal detectors reflects a changing China

NPR  

At Tiananmen Square, tight security with metal detectors reflects a changing China toggle caption Andrea Verdelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images BEIJING — It was my second attempt in as many days to visit Tiananmen Square, and it wasn't looking good. A protest tradition took root in Tiananmen Square more than 100 years ago when students marched through the square in 1919 …

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mastermind of foiled Hong Kong bomb plot to target police is jailed for nearly 24 years

The Independent  

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

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Hong Kong’s top court upholds convictions of 7 prominent pro-democracy activists over 2019 protest
4 months, 4 weeks 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
5 months, 1 week 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 and Tiananmen: Erasing Memory in the Name of National Security
5 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong and Tiananmen: Erasing Memory in the Name of National Security

The Diplomat  

On June 3, in the busy shopping district of Causeway Bay, performance artist Sanmu Chan wrote the Chinese characters for “8964”（八九六四）with his finger in the air. The Article 23 legislation complements the 2020 National Security Law, which Beijing imposed on Hong Kong and which has been used to arrest hundreds of persons. A significant aspect of these rounds of legislation …

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

After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive
7 months, 1 week ago

After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — As the 35th anniversary of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China’s history, was busy flying between the United States, Britain and Canada to give a series of talks. As Beijing’s toughened political stance effectively extinguished any large-scale commemorations within its borders, overseas commemorative events have grown …

Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the city's biggest national security case
7 months, 1 week 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 …

The toll of Beijing’s security law on Hong Kong’s activists
7 months, 1 week ago

The toll of Beijing’s security law on Hong Kong’s activists

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Activist Chan Po-ying is permitted only 15-minute daily visits to see her husband, Leung Kwok-hung, separated by a plexiglass barrier in a highly guarded Hong Kong jail. The government had warned there might be legal consequences, but Chan didn’t stop former pro-democracy legislator Leung from participating in an unofficial 2020 primary election that would lead to his …

The toll of Beijing's security law on Hong Kong's activists
7 months, 1 week ago

The toll of Beijing's security law on Hong Kong's activists

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. The government had warned there might be legal consequences, …

Hong Kong police arrest 6 people accused of violating the city’s new national security law
7 months, 1 week 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 …

Watch | What is Hong Kong’s new national security law?
9 months, 1 week ago

Watch | What is Hong Kong’s new national security law?

The Hindu  

On March 19th, the Hong Kong government passed a new national security law that has been criticised by several Western countries and rights groups The Safeguarding National Security law revises the existing regulations and penalties, and adds five new categories of offences — treason, insurrection, espionage and theft of state secrets, sabotaging national security, and external interference Some of these …

Hong Kong scraps early release for national security convicts
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong scraps early release for national security convicts

New Indian Express  

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday that people convicted on national security charges would no longer be eligible for early release for good behaviour, under a new law enacted by the city's authorities over the weekend. "It's been made very clear that if a prisoner is serving a sentence in respect to his conviction of an offence endangering national …

Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Hong Kong’s new security law comes into force amid human rights concerns

Al Jazeera  

The law, known as Article 23, has been criticised internationally over fears it could erode civil liberties. A new national security law has come into force in Hong Kong despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city and damage its international financial hub credentials. The law, also known as Article 23, came into at midnight …

Hong Kong passes a new security law that toughens punishment of dissent
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong passes a new security law that toughens punishment of dissent

NPR  

Hong Kong passes a new security law that toughens punishment of dissent Enlarge this image toggle caption Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images Hong Kong lawmakers have passed new national security legislation that carries severe punishment for a broad range of offenses, including life imprisonment for acts deemed to be insurrection. The legislation, called the Safeguarding …

Hong Kong sentences 12 to prison for storming legislature during 2019 pro-democracy protests
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong sentences 12 to prison for storming legislature during 2019 pro-democracy protests

India TV News  

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court sentenced 12 people to prison terms from over four years to nearly seven years for storming the city legislature during the months-long pro-democracy protests in 2019. Protesters broke into Hong Kong's legislative council building on July 1, 2019, smashing windows and streaming inside as public anger mounted over an extradition bill that would have …

3 Hong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil lose bid to overturn conviction
9 months, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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 National Security Law: Not A Balancing Act Between Security And Liberty
10 months ago

Hong Kong's National Security Law: Not A Balancing Act Between Security And Liberty

Live Law  

As Hong Kong is poised to enact a new national security law, concerns are rippling through the international legal community. Hong Kong's New National Security Law The proposed national security law builds upon Beijing's 2020 National Security Law, which led to the arrest of activists and closure of media outlets. The proposed law extends mainland China's national security laws to …

Hong Kong Expands Its National Security Crackdown
11 months, 1 week ago

Hong Kong Expands Its National Security Crackdown

Live Mint  

Hong Kong outlined a new national security law that would broaden laws covering sedition and expand the range of material considered state secrets, bringing it more in line with mainland China, where a crackdown on espionage has landed a number of business executives in detention. The new law would expand the definition of national security to include economic matters and …

Hong Kong’s top court restores activist’s conviction over banned vigil on Tiananmen crackdown
11 months, 2 weeks 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 police arrests 10 persons for 'colluding with foreign forces' to support pro-democracy activists
1 year, 5 months ago

Hong Kong police arrests 10 persons for 'colluding with foreign forces' to support pro-democracy activists

India TV News  

In another escalation of cracking down on dissidents, the Hong Kong Police on Thursday arrested 10 people on suspicions of supporting overseas activists who participated in the 2019 pro-democracy protests and have now fled the semi-autonomous city. China's crackdown against pro-democracy lawmakers Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee has strongly asserted that eight pro-democracy activists who are living in other …

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 32 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests
1 year, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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 …

As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
1 year, 7 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, 7 months ago

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

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Those items — blooded towels, …

Hong Kong libraries have been purged of books relating to Tiananmen Square massacre
1 year, 7 months ago

Hong Kong libraries have been purged of books relating to Tiananmen Square massacre

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 Hong Kong public libraries have …

Hong Kong Allows First ‘Authorised’ Protests Three Years after National Security Law Enactment
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong Allows First ‘Authorised’ Protests Three Years after National Security Law Enactment

News 18  

Hong Kong police allowed activists to take out a small protest march under tight restrictions on Sunday. This is the first time since the implementation of the sweeping national security law in 2020 a protest has been allowed. Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved …

Hong Kongers hold first protest in years under strict rules
1 year, 9 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 holds first protest in two years under strict rules
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong holds first protest in two years under strict rules

Hindustan Times  

Hong Kong's first protest against a government policy in about two years went ahead on Sunday, but under strict rules including a cap on numbers and a requirement that everyone wear an identifying number tag. Eric Lai, a fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Asian Law, told AFP the conditions to monitor headcount and identify marchers were "disproportionate", and unheard …

Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years
1 year, 9 months ago

Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years

India Today  

Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020. Several dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards and were barred from wearing masks, as police monitored their march against a proposed land reclamation and rubbish …

Hong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil
1 year, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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 …

Protests in China continue despite relaxation in Covid restrictions
2 years ago

Protests in China continue despite relaxation in Covid restrictions

India Today  

After protests in more than twenty Chinese cities that began on November 25 following the Urumqi fire that charred 10 people to death, Beijing has loosened restrictions pertaining to the long-running zero-Covid policies that prohibited people from entering supermarkets and commercial buildings. Date: 2022/12/06 Location: Hefei On Monday evening, the students of Anhui Medical University in Hefei, China protested after …

China protesters facing off with police draw comparisons with Tiananmen's 'tank man'
2 years, 1 month ago

China protesters facing off with police draw comparisons with Tiananmen's 'tank man'

Daily Mail  

Protesters defying China's brutal Communist regime and its hash zero-Covid policies are being compared to Tiananmen Square's famous 'tank man' in a move sure to send shivers down spines in Beijing. A Chinese man protesting against Xi Jinping's increasingly autocratic rule of the country faces off against a police riot van in footage thought to have come from Shanghai at …

China lockdown protests pause as police flood city streets
2 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

Explained: How COVID-19 frustrations have pushed Chinese out on to the streets
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained: How COVID-19 frustrations have pushed Chinese out on to the streets

Firstpost  

Discontent has been brewing in China for months over the country’s zero-COVID policy. A gruelling lockdown in Shanghai in late March brought the first visible glimmer of widespread dissent followed by campus protests, and finally the Urumqi protests Beijing: Discontent has brewed for months in China over the country’s zero-COVID policy, with relentless mass testing, localised lockdowns and travel restrictions …

Rise of the People: As COVID protests spread, a brief history of rare acts of dissent in China
2 years, 1 month ago

Rise of the People: As COVID protests spread, a brief history of rare acts of dissent in China

Firstpost  

In one of the most widespread dissent in decades, people in China have launched an agitation against strict COVID curbs. We have to find a way out.” After the deadly fire, hundreds of protesters also gathered outside Urumqi’s government offices calling for authorities to “lift lockdowns!”, reported NDTV. According to CNN, some agitators also rallied behind cries of “Don’t want …

China's biggest protests since 1989 signal the end of Xi Jinping's hopes to beat the virus
2 years, 1 month ago

China's biggest protests since 1989 signal the end of Xi Jinping's hopes to beat the virus

ABC  

By the standards of mass protests abroad or those that took place in Hong Kong three years ago, the numbers across Chinese cities in the past few days are small. There were shades of China's 1989 Tiananmen square protests, which was the last time protesters simultaneously rallied for reforms across different cities. 'People's War' against the virus Protesters in Beijing …

China’s Zero Covid policy spreads to Hong Kong amid demand for Xi Jinping’s resignation; US backs protesters
2 years, 1 month ago

China’s Zero Covid policy spreads to Hong Kong amid demand for Xi Jinping’s resignation; US backs protesters

India TV News  

Protest against ‘zero Covid policies’ spread to Hong Kong as Chinese security forces is oppressing agitation over the new curbs in the mainland. Students in Hong Kong chanted "oppose dictatorship" in a protest against China's Covid rules Monday. Hiding their faces to avoid official retaliation, the students chanted, “No PCR tests but freedom,” and “oppose dictatorship, don't be slaves.” The …

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