#hongkong protest

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Layoffs in China

[tmarshconnors]

1997 Hong Kong Handover 

On July 1, 1997, the world watched as Hong Kong was handed over from British rule to Chinese sovereignty.  This significant moment was filled with a mix of hope and uncertainty. As time has passed, many, including myself, reflect on this event with a sense of regret. Here's why I wish the Hong Kong handover never happened. 

1. Loss of Freedoms 

Before the handover, Hong Kong enjoyed a unique status as a global financial hub with a high degree of autonomy. The "one country, two systems" principle was supposed to preserve this. However, over the years, we've seen a steady erosion of freedoms. Freedom of speech, press, and assembly have been significantly restricted. 

2. Political Instability 

The political landscape in Hong Kong has become increasingly unstable. Pro-democracy protests, often met with harsh responses from authorities, have become a common sight. The 2019 protests, sparked by an extradition bill, were a clear indication of the growing discontent among Hongkongers. The resulting clashes have left scars on the city's social fabric. 

3. Economic Uncertainty 

Hong Kong's reputation as a financial powerhouse is under threat. Political unrest has driven away investors and created economic instability. The National Security Law imposed in 2020 further exacerbated these issues, leading to concerns over Hong Kong's future as a free-market economy. 

4. Cultural Assimilation 

Hong Kong's unique cultural identity is at risk. The blending of Eastern and Western influences created a vibrant and distinct culture. However, there are fears that this unique identity is being overshadowed by a push towards cultural assimilation with mainland China. This loss of cultural diversity is a significant blow to the spirit of Hong Kong. 

5. Impact on the Younger Generation 

The younger generation of Hongkongers faces an uncertain future. With limited freedoms and opportunities, many are contemplating leaving their homeland in search of a better life. This brain drain could have long-term negative impacts on Hong Kong's development and innovation. 

While the handover was meant to be a peaceful transition, the reality has been far from ideal. The hopes of maintaining Hong Kong's unique status have been overshadowed by increasing control and restrictions. As someone who cherishes freedom, democracy, and cultural diversity, I can't help but wish that the handover never happened.

Maybe then, Hong Kong would still be the vibrant, autonomous city it once was.  After 2047, mainland China is no longer obliged to grant Hong Kong the autonomy agreed on with Britain before the 1997 handover, leaving the city's fate unclear.

[panicinthestudio]

Further reading:

HKFP: Exclusive: HSBC closed accounts of jailed 2019 democracy protesters without providing a reason, June 10, 2024

[beardedmrbean]

Western leaders, the UN and rights groups have joined a chorus of criticism of Hong Kong's new security law, saying it further erodes freedoms.

Article 23, as it's known locally, was unanimously passed by the city's pro-Beijing parliament, targeting a range of offences deemed treasonous.

Officials say the law is essential for stability but opponents called it a "nail in the city's coffin".

China has long pushed for the law and said "smears" by critics would fail.

The new law allows for closed-door trials, gives the police rights to detain suspects for up to 16 days without charge and penalties including life sentences, among other things.

"The new national security legislation is going to double down the repression on freedoms in Hong Kong with extended egregious sentences and a broadened definition of national security," said Frances Hui, an activist now based in the US, who described the legislation as a "final nail in a closed coffin".

A group of 81 lawmakers and public figures from across the world, including in the UK, US, Canada and South Korea, issued a joint statement on Tuesday expressing "grave concerns" over the legislation, which expands on the National Security Law imposed by Beijing in 2020, and criminalises secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces.

"The legislation undermines due process and fair trial rights and violates Hong Kong's obligations under international human rights law, jeopardising Hong Kong's role as an open international city," the statement said, calling it yet another "devastating blow" for freedom.

What is Hong Kong's tough new security law?

Hong Kong's year under China's controversial law

The US said it was "alarmed" by the "sweeping and... vaguely-defined" provisions in the legislation, a concern echoed by the EU, which said the law could affect the city's status as a business centre.

Meanwhile, the UK's Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the law would "further damage rights and freedoms" and "entrench a culture of self-censorship" in the former British colony. Hongkongers have told the BBC how they are already being careful with what they say to friends and colleagues, fearing an "informant culture" has developed in the city.

Lord Cameron's comments sparked a strong response from the Chinese Embassy in the UK, which rubbished his remarks as "a serious distortion of the facts".

China's government also hit back at the criticisms of Article 23, saying it is "unswervingly determined to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, implement the 'one country, two systems' policy, and oppose any external interference in Hong Kong affairs".

"All attacks and smears will never succeed and are doomed to fail," foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press conference in Beijing.

Hong Kong's leader John Lee had earlier also defended the law - which was fast-tracked through its final phase on Tuesday - saying the legislation would help the city "effectively prevent, suppress and punish espionage activities, conspiracies and traps from foreign intelligence agencies, and infiltration and sabotage by hostile forces".

"From now on, the people of Hong Kong will no longer experience these harms and sorrows," he added.

But those who led the pro-democracy protests against China's increasing influence on the city see the new law as yet another lost battle.

It brings Hong Kong "one step closer to the system of mainland China", former Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law, who is now in exile in the UK, told the BBC's Newsday programme.

"The chilling effect... and the result of a collapse of civil society is impacting most Hong Kong people."

Ms Hui said she is also concerned the law could also be used to target HongKongers overseas, or their families and friends back home. The city has previously offered bounties for information on activists who fled overseas, and arrested four people in Hong Kong for supporting people abroad who "endanger national security".

Ms Hui left Hong Kong in 2020 after Beijing imposed the NSL that has since seen more than 260 people arrested. It was introduced in response to massive pro-democracy protests which engulfed the city in 2019.

She said civil liberties in Hong Kong are "long gone" four years after the NSL took effect.

Chris Patten, Hong Kong's last British governor, described the legislation as "another large nail in the coffin of human rights and the rule of law in Hong Kong and a further disgraceful breach of the Joint Declaration".

Hong Kong was handed back by the UK to China in 1997 under the principle of "one country, two systems", which guaranteed the city a certain degree of autonomy. While Beijing and Hong Kong both insist this is still the case, critics and international rights groups say China's grip on the city has only tightened with time.

[dividedindiversity]

Im dredging my brain for song ideas but it either brings up the muscial one: Do you hear the people sing (which WAS adopted by HongKong during their protests) Or Sabaton with like.. "Warsaw City of War" for the Warsaw uprising. But im like 99% sure neither actually fits the theme....hnnng. xD

Well. Les Miserables is set in Paris, which despite what every French person outside of Paris says, is in fact in France, so that fits well enough. (and I like continuing the pattern of submitting stuff for France that doesn't have any French people involved) Sabaton though... they are *painfully* 'we only sing about history let's not talk about politics' when probed about how some of their lyrics seem to celebrate war and soldiers fighting for shitty causes at the *best* of times. I'm not finding them saying anything about the massacring going on in Gaza (unsurprisingly), but I feel a bit iffy about including them regardless. What do y'all think?

[jisnoir]

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Lost World. Hongkong.” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, glass, metal, epoxy resin. 28 X 28 cm.

The picture depicts a game of tic-tac-toe, in which the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong were participants. In the middle of the grid is a Hong Kong $2 coin, symbolizing the principle of "one country, two systems", which was the basis for the unification of Hong Kong with Red China. After the 2020 protests, democracy was stifled. The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, which would have preserved the autonomy of Hong Kong's executive, legislative and judicial branches, was also violated. A unfair game, when Red China took advantage of the covid-19 hysteria. Unfair game (Unfair game). Only one side had the right to move.

The author of the work misses the Hong Kong of the past. He always stayed there in a hotel next to Kowloon Park with a "million-dollar view" of Victoria Harbour and the skyscrapers of the Business District.

Kowloon Park was built to replace the Walled City of Kowloon. Interesting story to read… This was a densely populated and largely lawless Chinese enclave within the borders of the former British Hong Kong Kowloon City (2.6 ha, 35,000 inhabitants). There were also schools, churches, temples…

PS! trips traps trull (Tic- Tac-Toe in Estonian) is a Baltic German loanword, meaning: “little, less, the least”.

[englishindubellay]

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‘Can we ever return?’ Tears and heartbreak as Hongkongers leave for a new life in the UK

Adapted from The Guardian, August 13th 2021

Amid the Covid pandemic, Hong Kong airport is quiet except for twice a day, when long queues form at airlines desks for London-bound flights. Friends and families turn out in droves to see them off – grandparents hand out “lucky money” in red envelopes to grandchildren, aunts and uncles joke with children to lighten the otherwise melancholic mood. With tearful eyes, many stop for a final hug and pose for one last photo with their loved ones before passing through the departure gates. The waving continues long after they have disappeared from view.

Wearing a yellow face mask – the colour symbolising resistance in the city’s 2019 pro-democracy movement – one young woman, who gave her name as Charlie, was among those waving goodbye to her friends. She said she was going to the UK to study to be a psychologist, and was unlikely to return.

Victor, a 28-year-old IT professional, likewise blamed the worsening political environment for his departure. “I have no faith in Hong Kong – it is going downhill. I want to be somewhere where there is democracy,” he said.

They are among the tens of thousands of people taking up the British government’s offer of a route to citizenship, after China imposed the draconian national security law on its former colony a year ago. The Home Office expects up to 153,000 people with British national (overseas) status and their dependents to arrive in the UK in the first year, and up to 322,000 over five years.

China’s intensifying control over Hong Kong in recent years had already prompted many people to contemplate leaving, but the crackdown on the 2019 pro-democracy protests, in which more than 10,200 people had been arrested, and the national security law aimed at halting the movement were the final straw.

‘Can we ever return?’ Tears and heartbreak as Hongkongers leave for a new life in the UK

« Pourrons-nous revenir au pays un jour ?» Larmes et souffrance pour les Honkongais au moment de partir pour une nouvelle vie au Royaume-Uni

Adapted from The Guardian, August 13th 2021

Amid the Covid pandemic, Hong Kong airport is quiet except for twice a day, when long queues form at airlines desks for London-bound flights.

Alors que la pandémie de Covid sévit, l'aéroport de Hong-Kong est silencieux à l'exception de deux moments chaque jour quand de longues files se forment devant les bureaux d'enregistrement des compagnies aériennes proposant des vols pour Londres.

Friends and families turn out in droves to see them off – grandparents hand out “lucky money” in red envelopes to grandchildren, aunts and uncles joke with children to lighten the otherwise melancholic mood.

Les amis et les parents viennent en nombre pour faire leurs adieux, des grands-parents tendent à leurs petits-enfants les traditionnelles enveloppes rouges contenant de l'argent porte-bonheur, les oncles et les tantes plaisantent avec des enfants afin de détendre une atmosphère qui n'en est pas moins mélancolique.

With tearful eyes, many stop for a final hug and pose for one last photo with their loved ones before passing through the departure gates. The waving continues long after they have disappeared from view.

Les yeux humides, nombreux sont ceux qui s'arrêtent pour une dernière étreinte et posent pour une ultime photo avec ceux qui leur sont chers avant de franchir les portes d'embarquement. Les signes de la main continuent bien après qu'ils ont disparu de la vue.

Wearing a yellow face mask – the colour symbolising resistance in the city’s 2019 pro-democracy movement – one young woman, who gave her name as Charlie, was among those waving goodbye to her friends. She said she was going to the UK to study to be a psychologist, and was unlikely to return.

Un masque jaune sur le visage, la couleur qui symbolisait en 2019 la résistance lors du mouvement pro-démocratie de la ville, une jeune femme, qui se fait appeler Charlie, fait partie de ceux qui agitent les mains en direction de leurs amis en signe d'adieu. Elle explique qu'elle part pour le Royaume-Uni pour étudier la psychologie et qu'il est peu probable qu'elle revienne un jour.

Victor, a 28-year-old IT professional, likewise blamed the worsening political environment for his departure. “I have no faith in Hong Kong – it is going downhill. I want to be somewhere where there is democracy,” he said.

Victor, 28 ans, informaticien, de la même manière dit qu'il part à cause de la dégradation de l'environnement politique. « Je n'ai plus confiance en Hong-Kong, les choses vont de mal en pis. Je veux vivre dans un endroit où règne la démocratie, » explique-t-il.

They are among the tens of thousands of people taking up the British government’s offer of a route to citizenship, after China imposed the draconian national security law on its former colony a year ago.

Ces gens font partie des dizaines de milliers de personnes qui saisissent la proposition du gouvernement britannique de pouvoir obtenir la citoyenneté, après que la Chine a imposé la loi draconienne de sécurité nationale à son ancienne colonie il y a un an de cela.

The Home Office expects up to 153,000 people with British national (overseas) status and their dependents to arrive in the UK in the first year, and up to 322,000 over five years.

Le Ministère de l'intérieur s'attend à ce que jusqu'à 153000 personnes détentrices du statut de ressortissant britannique ainsi que leur famille arrivent au Royaume-Uni la première année, et jusqu'à 322000 sur une période de cinq années.

China’s intensifying control over Hong Kong in recent years had already prompted many people to contemplate leaving, but the crackdown on the 2019 pro-democracy protests, in which more than 10,200 people had been arrested, and the national security law aimed at halting the movement were the final straw.

La mainmise croissante de la Chine sur Hong-Kong ces dernières années avait déjà incité beaucoup de gens à envisager le départ, mais la répression des manifestations pro-démocratie en 2019, au cours desquelles 10200 personnes avaient été arrêtées, et la loi sur la sécurité nationale qui visait à mettre un terme au mouvement, ont constitué la goutte d'eau qui a fait déborder le vase.

[aurianneor]

Die Roten und die Gelben

Rote Halstücher gegen Gelbwesten in Frankreich oder White Supremacists gegen Liberals in den Vereinigten Staaten. Dies sind zwei aktuelle Beispiele f��r ein Muster, das sich in der Geschichte wiederholt.

Wenn sich die autoritären Machthaber so sehr in Gefahr sehen, dass sie glauben, dass ihre Polizei nicht mehr ausreicht, mobilisieren sie einen Teil ihrer Bevölkerung in reaktionären Gruppen, um die Rebellen zu terrorisieren. Die Geschichte lehrt uns auch, dass der Erfolg der Rebellen nicht häufig ist, aber durch die folgenden Aktionen stark begünstigt wird:

Die Bedeutung des Auftretens reaktionärer Gruppen nicht herunterspielen.

Tolerieren Sie niemals ihre antidemokratischen Sprachelemente.

Eine kurze, einige Monate dauernde Aktion anstreben, die auf die wirtschaftlichen Interessen der Finanziers der Machthaber abzielt.

Die Fehler des Regimes und seiner Milizen systematisch anprangern. Dies wird die Reaktionäre spalten und es ihnen erschweren, sich selbst davon zu überzeugen, dass sie eine gerechte Sache vertreten.

Ein demokratisches und korruptionsfreies Ziel anstreben. Die Aussicht auf einen nicht abgeschotteten nationalen Markt kann andere Länder dazu veranlassen, die autoritäre Regierung nicht mehr zu unterstützen oder sogar Propaganda für die Rebellen zu machen.

August 1921: Polizei, Armee und Streikbrecher (gelb) stürmen 10.000 rote Halstücher (redneck), die ihre schrecklichen Arbeitsbedingungen in den Kohleminen anprangern:

Bataille de Blair Mountain – Wikipedia: https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_Blair_Mountain

We are proud to be ‘rednecks’. It’s time to reclaim that term – The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/14/redneck-pride-west-virginia-protests-strikes?CMP=share_btn_tw

Dezember 2018 startet Emmanuel Macron bzw. seine Unterstützer die Bewegung der roten Tücher, um den Gelbwesten entgegenzuwirken:

Une marche de soutien à Macron prévue à Paris le 27 janvier – Huff Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2018/12/29/une-marche-de-soutien-a-macron-prevue-a-paris-le-27-janvier_a_23629212/

Im Jahr 2014 massakrierten Rote, die die thailändische Regierung unterstützten, auch gelbe Bürger: https://www.rtl.fr/actu/international/thailande-bilan-des-violences-a-bangkok-porte-a-deux-morts-et-45-blesses-7767489886

Zu den Farbrevolutionen gehört auch die Verwendung von Symbolen (Regenschirme in Hongkong, Weintrauben in Moldawien, Tulpen in Kirgisistan usw.). Die Geschichte zeigt, dass dies fast immer im Blut der Rebellen oder durch den Verrat ihrer Vertreter endete, die sich einer Koalition der ��nationalen Rettung“ anschlossen:

Farbrevolutionen – Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farbrevolutionen

Die Bürgerkriege in der Ukraine und in Jugoslawien wurden nach der Intervention der NATO mit Deals beendet:

Der Konflikt ist in den USA bereits weit fortgeschritten (Rebellen der sogenannten „Liberals“ und Pro-Trump-Rebellen der „White Supremacists“). Die Liberalen werden statistisch gesehen härter für ihre Proteste bestraft und haben weniger Leichtigkeit im Umgang mit Waffen.

Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-charlottesville-arrests-white-supremacy_us_5bbcaf13e4b028e1fe41b345

Der aktuelle Ansatz tendiert dazu, den Kampf gegen die „White Supremacists“ zu intensivieren: Three Lessons I Learned From Charlottesville – Sapiens: https://www.sapiens.org/culture/charlottesville-violence-lessons/

Um erfolgreich zu sein, müssen prodemokratische Aktivisten die Lernfähigkeit autoritärer Staaten berücksichtigen und in ihren strategischen Entscheidungen ständig innovativ sein.

Die Forscher präsentieren eine lange Liste von Faktoren, die zum Sturz der autoritären Regime in Serbien, Georgien, Kirgisistan und der Ukraine geführt haben. Der Erfolg der Farbrevolution wird durch das Vorhandensein von Faktoren wie:

Die Spaltungen zwischen den Zwangskräften des Regimes ausnutzen.

Unzufriedene Geschäftsleute zusammenbringen, die bereit und in der Lage waren, der Opposition finanzielle, logistische und mediale Unterstützung zukommen zu lassen.

Eine pro-demokratische Hauptstadt haben

Die herrschenden Eliten unbeliebt machen

Junge Menschen mobilisieren

Université de Fribourg (CH): http://commonweb.unifr.ch/artsdean/pub/gestens/f/as/files/4760/42821_182433.pdf

Noch eine Studie, um zu zeigen, dass erfolgreiche Farbrevolutionen aktiv von ausländischen Ländern oder NATO-ähnlichen Bündnissen unterstützt wurden, weil sie von der Demokratisierung des Landes wirtschaftlich profitieren können, um ihre Wirtschafts-Champions zu platzieren. Beispiel: Japan finanziert die ILO, weil sie dazu beiträgt, die Arbeitsbedingungen in China zu verbessern und damit die Preise ihres direkten Konkurrenten zu erhöhen: https://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-institutions_government/colour_revolutions_3196.jsp

Sehr umfassende Studie der Universität Denver auf globaler Ebene. „Die Ausnutzung ihrer Spaltungen mithilfe von Shame ist die effektivste Methode, um bewaffnete regierungsfreundliche Gruppen zu stoppen“ :

Oliver Kaplan – How Communities Use Nonviolent Strategies to Avoid Civil War Violence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nka8OZnPWOU

Ihre eigene Website für die Nutzung durch Rebellen auf der ganzen Welt: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/

Die UNO verbietet Frankreich den Einsatz von Granaten und Kugelwerfern, weil diese staatliche Gewalt die Menschen davon abhält, friedlich zu demonstrieren.

Rights of ‘gilets jaunes’ protesters in France, ‘disproportionately curtailed’, say UN independent experts | UN News: https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/02/1032741

„Das beste Können besteht nicht darin, in hundert Schlachten hundert Siege zu erringen, sondern vielmehr darin, den Feind ohne Kampf zu besiegen“ Die Kunst des Krieges von Sun Tzu

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Silenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory

The BBC speaks to Hongkongers whose hopes for a freer city have withered. from BBC News https://ift.tt/nlHwdpj via IFTTT

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When Zhou Fengsuo was looking for a space in New York to display his art collection, he couldn’t believe his luck when he stumbled across 894 6th Avenue in the heart of midtown Manhattan. The numbers of the address – 8946 – were the same as the date he wanted to commemorate: 4 June 1989. It was “unbelievable”, the former student leader marvelled.

That Zhou’s collection, which opened to the public on Friday as part of the June 4th Memorial Museum, ended up in such an uncanny location is the result of a concerted, decades-long campaign by the Chinese Communist party (CCP) to eradicate any remembrance of the 1989 massacre around Tiananmen Square anywhere in the world.

Having virtually eliminated 4 June gatherings in mainland China and Hong Kong, the CCP’s efforts to suppress the memories of that event have increasingly been felt overseas.

In the early hours of 4 June 1989, troops from the People’s Liberation Army rolled into Tiananmen Square, in the heart of Beijing, to disperse thousands of peaceful protesters who had gathered for weeks to demand political reforms. Hundreds of civilians were killed. The Chinese government has never fully acknowledged the massacre.

The opening of the June 4th Memorial Museum in New York was prompted by the closure of one in Hong Kong in 2021 after the imposition of the national security law effectively criminalised 4 June commemorations. But now people who try to light a candle much further from Beijing also encounter difficulties. When plans for the New York museum were announced last year, local Chinese community groups objected to them, accusing the organisers of being divisive.

The first venue the museum’s organisers approached turned them down without giving a specific reason. “We have to be very careful at negotiating [with venues] and be very explicit about our purpose,” Zhou said. That means “making sure that the other party is fully aware of the commitment needed”.

The museum plans to operate a visitor booking system. “We cannot open the door for anyone who wants to come in because we’re really worried they [the Chinese embassy] will send somebody,” said Wang Dan, another former student leader.

Shao Jiang, an exiled 1989 protester, has been helping to organise 4 June vigils in London since 2007. When the Observer tried to reach him by telephone in the days before this month’s event – a protest outside the Chinese embassy – the call was blocked.

Shao said this often happened in the run-up to 4 June. “If I order deliveries, they can’t contact me,” he said. “It’s quite normal, living in exile. Every year I face different difficulties.”

Activists have had to balance the desire to raise awareness of a fading memory with keeping out spies. In the past two years, Hongkongers have swelled the numbers at the London vigil. But attendees are often cautious, reluctant to remove their face masks or trust other people there.

“There are people who take photos at events that are critical of the CCP, including 4 June vigils,” said Yaqiu Wang, a senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch. “It’s never clear who those people are, but likely they are associated with the CCP, and taking photos is a way of intimidating participants. That is also a big reason why overseas students refrain from going to those events.”

In many places, vigils are shrinking. Peng Xiaoming, a Berlin organiser, said: “The number of attendees is reducing because of the Chinese government’s powerful propaganda.”

This includes threats to students that they or their families will face repercussions in China. “Most of the people who attend are old friends and classmates from the past,” Peng said.

Taiwan is alone in the Sinosphere in still holding a significant 4 June event. Hundreds gather to light candles at the Chiang Kai-shek memorial.

In recent years, new Hongkongers arriving in Taiwan have boosted the size of the vigil, and drawn attention to the links between the CCP’s behaviour in 1989 and in Hong Kong in 2019 and 2020.

Beijing sees Taiwan as being part of its territory – and any mention of 4 June is therefore highly undesirable to the CCP. “Every year, there is something to limit our activities,” said Wonka, one of the vigil’s organisers, who uses a pseudonym to protect her identity.

The challenges include vandalism of the event’s signage and, increasingly, fear from potential collaborators. This year, Wonka invited a troupe of 20 musicians to perform at the vigil but several refused because of fear of retaliation from the CCP. In the end, only four or five of the musicians agreed to perform.

“It’s very normal,” said Wonka. “They are afraid of the China issue.”

The Chinese embassies in the UK and Germany did not respond to a request for comment.

Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington, said: “The Chinese government has already drawn a clear conclusion on the political disturbance in the late 1980s. The great achievements we made in the past 70 years since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China speak volumes about the right development path we have chosen with the endorsement by our people.

“The Chinese people will continue to advance along the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics.”

Additional reporting by Emma Graham-Harrison

The Observer, via The Guardian, June 3, 2023

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JF-Reportage: JF-Reportage Hongkongs Kampf gegen Peking: Protest im Keim erstickt

Die JF schreibt: »Noch vor fünf Jahren war Hongkongs Revolution in aller Munde. Nun glauben nur noch wenige an deren Erfolg. Öffentlich Peking zu kritisieren, traut man sich kaum in diesen Tagen. Eine Reportage von Hinrich Rohbohm. Dieser Beitrag JF-Reportage Hongkongs Kampf gegen Peking: Protest im Keim erstickt wurde veröffentlich auf JUNGE FREIHEIT. http://dlvr.it/T5nzRD «