#StreetPerformance #Art
London Artists: Salute to those suffered under totalitarianism
In the face of injustice, people fight back with different ways and find ways to make their voices heard. While performing in London, a group of artists said they are fortunate to live on a free land where they can still follow their hearts to pursuit justice.
On November 6, 2021, a social movement art platform #Artvocate carried out a mobile exhibition. Some artists were blind folded, representing the citizens being ripped off freedom. Without fear, they took to the street to show their defiance and strong will.
Saluting Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors, the artists showed lines of umbrella in their performance. Tribute was also paid to those fought against the authoritarian rule in Myanmar.
#Mayanmar #FightForHongKong #Authoritarianism #PerformanceArt #ProtestArt #GlobalSolidarity
Source: Fight for Hong Kong; #Nov7
https://t.me/Fight_for_HK/55
London Artists: Salute to those suffered under totalitarianism
In the face of injustice, people fight back with different ways and find ways to make their voices heard. While performing in London, a group of artists said they are fortunate to live on a free land where they can still follow their hearts to pursuit justice.
On November 6, 2021, a social movement art platform #Artvocate carried out a mobile exhibition. Some artists were blind folded, representing the citizens being ripped off freedom. Without fear, they took to the street to show their defiance and strong will.
Saluting Hong Kong pro-democracy protestors, the artists showed lines of umbrella in their performance. Tribute was also paid to those fought against the authoritarian rule in Myanmar.
#Mayanmar #FightForHongKong #Authoritarianism #PerformanceArt #ProtestArt #GlobalSolidarity
Source: Fight for Hong Kong; #Nov7
https://t.me/Fight_for_HK/55
China Closes U.S. Auditor as Tensions Mount Over Forced Labor Allegations
Chinese authorities have shut down a U.S. labor auditor’s local China partner, escalating Beijing’s campaign to counter forced-labor allegations in its northwest Xinjiang region and potentially complicating efforts by multinationals to certify supply chains in the country.
China-based Shenzhen Verite, which is affiliated with U.S. labor rights nonprofit Verite Inc., was closed following an April raid on its offices by Chinese security forces, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Source: WSJ #Aug19
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-closes-u-s-auditor-as-tensions-mount-over-forced-labor-allegations-11629390253
#China #US #Auditor #Labor
Chinese authorities have shut down a U.S. labor auditor’s local China partner, escalating Beijing’s campaign to counter forced-labor allegations in its northwest Xinjiang region and potentially complicating efforts by multinationals to certify supply chains in the country.
China-based Shenzhen Verite, which is affiliated with U.S. labor rights nonprofit Verite Inc., was closed following an April raid on its offices by Chinese security forces, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Source: WSJ #Aug19
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-closes-u-s-auditor-as-tensions-mount-over-forced-labor-allegations-11629390253
#China #US #Auditor #Labor
#PoliticalOppression
Pro-democracy retail shop decides to exit Hong Kong after months of harassment and nuisance by Pro-Beijing Force
Source: Stand News; #Nov18
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Pro-democracy retail shop decides to exit Hong Kong after months of harassment and nuisance by Pro-Beijing Force
Pro-democeacy retail chain, #CHICKEEDUCK, announced on November 18, 2021 that it will close down all retail shops in Hong Kong in June/July 2022.
Owner of the brand, #HerbertChow said that he is considering to turn one of the shops in Tin Hau into a museum to display artworks like statue of noble prize winner and Chinese dissident #LiuXiaobo and the Hong Kong's Lady Liberty statue.
Chow told reporters that his company suffered too many oppressions in the past 18 months. The NationalSecurityPolice has once stopped his production factory in China from shipping out orders.
Some staff member of the retail chain have been followed and tracked.
“This decision was not made for me, this decision was made for the company’s staff… considering the daily torture they endured,” said Chow.
The shop received hundreds of nuisance calls per month during peak hours, he added.
“It’s not related to my personal safety,” Chow said. “I took this step not because I was worried that I might get arrested, I never thought that I had violated the law.”
Chow said that he “could not stand injustice," reiterating that he can stop getting involved in other areas, “but when it comes to Hong Kong, our home, how can [I] shut up?”
Source: Stand News; #Nov18 https://thestandnews.page.link/GSZ8x2cUoJNjgFcBA
#YellowShop
Pro-democracy retail shop decides to exit Hong Kong after months of harassment and nuisance by Pro-Beijing Force
Pro-democeacy retail chain, #CHICKEEDUCK, announced on November 18, 2021 that it will close down all retail shops in Hong Kong in June/July 2022.
Owner of the brand, #HerbertChow said that he is considering to turn one of the shops in Tin Hau into a museum to display artworks like statue of noble prize winner and Chinese dissident #LiuXiaobo and the Hong Kong's Lady Liberty statue.
Chow told reporters that his company suffered too many oppressions in the past 18 months. The NationalSecurityPolice has once stopped his production factory in China from shipping out orders.
Some staff member of the retail chain have been followed and tracked.
“This decision was not made for me, this decision was made for the company’s staff… considering the daily torture they endured,” said Chow.
The shop received hundreds of nuisance calls per month during peak hours, he added.
“It’s not related to my personal safety,” Chow said. “I took this step not because I was worried that I might get arrested, I never thought that I had violated the law.”
Chow said that he “could not stand injustice," reiterating that he can stop getting involved in other areas, “but when it comes to Hong Kong, our home, how can [I] shut up?”
Source: Stand News; #Nov18 https://thestandnews.page.link/GSZ8x2cUoJNjgFcBA
#YellowShop
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CCP State Media Justifies Propaganda on #JournalistsDay as Crackdown on Citizen Journalists Continue
Source: Stand News; #Nov8
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CCP State Media Justifies Propaganda on #JournalistsDay as Crackdown on Citizen Journalists Continue
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CCP State Media Justifies Propaganda on #JournalistsDay as Crackdown on Citizen Journalists Continue
Journalists in China are either part of state-owned propaganda or being imprisoned for criticising the government.
November 8 marks the Journalists’ Day in China. Most state-funded media published articles praising the work done by media workers.
In the party funded People’s Daily, several journalists were interviewed to talk about their work on the ground. Among them, one described their work as a "tribute to the [Chinese Communist] Party's centennial anniversary."
Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the state-funded tabloid Global Times, tweeted that "journalists are part of state-owned propaganda."
Never mentioned on these official media were those independent journalists and citizen journalists who have been imprisoned, detained, or arrested for pursueing truths under the Chinese Communist Party’s (#CCP) rule.
Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist and former lawyer, was sentenced in December 2020 to four years in jail for her reporting on CCP’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It has been confirmed that Huang Xueqin, a women's rights activist, and independent journalist, was being arrested.
#PressFreedom #ZhangZhan #HuangXueQin #Propaganda
Source: Stand News; #Nov8
https://www.facebook.com/standnewshk/posts/4718665174885732
CCP State Media Justifies Propaganda on #JournalistsDay as Crackdown on Citizen Journalists Continue
Journalists in China are either part of state-owned propaganda or being imprisoned for criticising the government.
November 8 marks the Journalists’ Day in China. Most state-funded media published articles praising the work done by media workers.
In the party funded People’s Daily, several journalists were interviewed to talk about their work on the ground. Among them, one described their work as a "tribute to the [Chinese Communist] Party's centennial anniversary."
Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the state-funded tabloid Global Times, tweeted that "journalists are part of state-owned propaganda."
Never mentioned on these official media were those independent journalists and citizen journalists who have been imprisoned, detained, or arrested for pursueing truths under the Chinese Communist Party’s (#CCP) rule.
Zhang Zhan, a Chinese citizen journalist and former lawyer, was sentenced in December 2020 to four years in jail for her reporting on CCP’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It has been confirmed that Huang Xueqin, a women's rights activist, and independent journalist, was being arrested.
#PressFreedom #ZhangZhan #HuangXueQin #Propaganda
Source: Stand News; #Nov8
https://www.facebook.com/standnewshk/posts/4718665174885732
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“All about the Rule of Law, No Politics” The Seven-Step Checkmate on Protests - Myths of the Rule of Law and Controversy on Judicial Protests in Hong Kong
Translated by the Guardians of Hong Kong - Sept 5, 2021September 07, 2021
"I was really surprised to hear someone say today that the government should be careful not to weaponize the National Security Law (NSL). The NSL is a legal provision that protects national security and the security of Hong Kong. To a certain extent, it can be said to be a weapon of the rule of law itself, punishing those who commit crimes.” - Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong on 8 August 2020
Read our fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/All-about-the-Rule-of-Law-No-Politics-The-Seven-Step-Checkmate-on-Protests---Myths-of-the-Rule-of-Law-and-Controversy-on-Judicia-09-07
Source: The Stand News #Jul01
#NSL #ChowHangTung #RuleOfLaw #CCP #Judiciary #Law #LegalProcess #PocketCrime #PRCLaw
https://bit.ly/3tmTpTO
Translated by the Guardians of Hong Kong - Sept 5, 2021September 07, 2021
"I was really surprised to hear someone say today that the government should be careful not to weaponize the National Security Law (NSL). The NSL is a legal provision that protects national security and the security of Hong Kong. To a certain extent, it can be said to be a weapon of the rule of law itself, punishing those who commit crimes.” - Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of Hong Kong on 8 August 2020
Read our fully translated article here:
https://telegra.ph/All-about-the-Rule-of-Law-No-Politics-The-Seven-Step-Checkmate-on-Protests---Myths-of-the-Rule-of-Law-and-Controversy-on-Judicia-09-07
Source: The Stand News #Jul01
#NSL #ChowHangTung #RuleOfLaw #CCP #Judiciary #Law #LegalProcess #PocketCrime #PRCLaw
https://bit.ly/3tmTpTO
HK AmCham president resigns over city's quarantine rules
Image: Stand News
Source: Reuters #Nov16
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HK #AmCham president resigns over city's quarantine rules
//The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham) Tara Joseph said on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 she is resigning as she cannot appeal to the city’s government to ease COVID-19 restrictions at the same time as having to undergo quarantine herself.“
Hong Kong has entered a new phase so quickly and it should appeal to people who don’t mind its new normal and see opportunities. American companies have a lot to navigate in the coming few years but there is always potential in Hong Kong.”
Despite barely recording any local coronavirus cases in recent months, authorities in the global financial hub have tightened up quarantine rules in a bid to convince Beijing to allow cross-border travel.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has repeatedly said opening the border with mainland China, Hong Kong’s main source of growth, was her priority.//
Image: Stand News
Source: Reuters #Nov16
https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-amcham/hk-amcham-president-resigns-over-citys-quarantine-rules-idUKL4N2S737A
#TaraJoseph #Expats #Investors #CarrieLam
//The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (AmCham) Tara Joseph said on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 she is resigning as she cannot appeal to the city’s government to ease COVID-19 restrictions at the same time as having to undergo quarantine herself.“
Hong Kong has entered a new phase so quickly and it should appeal to people who don’t mind its new normal and see opportunities. American companies have a lot to navigate in the coming few years but there is always potential in Hong Kong.”
Despite barely recording any local coronavirus cases in recent months, authorities in the global financial hub have tightened up quarantine rules in a bid to convince Beijing to allow cross-border travel.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has repeatedly said opening the border with mainland China, Hong Kong’s main source of growth, was her priority.//
Image: Stand News
Source: Reuters #Nov16
https://www.reuters.com/article/hongkong-amcham/hk-amcham-president-resigns-over-citys-quarantine-rules-idUKL4N2S737A
#TaraJoseph #Expats #Investors #CarrieLam
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HK AmCham president resigns over city's quarantine rules
The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said on Tuesday she is resigning as she cannot appeal to the city's government to ease COVID-19 restrictions at the same time as having to undergo quarantine herself.
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Hong Kong’s Stage-Managed Election Is Fooling Nobody
Source: Bloomberg #Nov7
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Hong Kong’s Stage-Managed Election Is Fooling Nobody
//Arrangements for Hong Kong’s first legislative election under a revamped system are leaving little to chance. There must be competition — but not too much, and of the right kind. Meanwhile, the anti-corruption agency has warned against calls to cast blank ballots or abstain from voting — two of the few ways left for people to register disapproval of a Beijing-designed process from which political opposition has been excluded.
As of Nov. 3, five days after nominations opened, only 48 had been received for the 90 seats in the Legislative Council. The nomination period runs until Friday.
Hong Kong’s electoral system was always designed to favor pro-establishment interests. In the last LegCo election in 2016, when turnout reached a record 58%, only half the seats in a 70-member council were directly elected. After Beijing’s changes, just 20 seats, or less than a quarter of the expanded chamber, will be chosen by the full electorate of 4.5 million. Even if opposition candidates somehow got past new vetting procedures and achieved a clean sweep, they would still be in a minority. With the result not in doubt, such micro-management should be unnecessary. Why bother?
In practice, most authoritarian regimes attach a high significance to elections because they are seen as conferring legitimacy. Feigning conformity to established rules carries a ritual and symbolic power, as Lee Morgenbesser, who studies authoritarian systems at Australia’s Griffith University, has observed. Dictators from Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus to Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad have proclaimed a democratic mandate after elections that were clearly far from free and fair.
Autocracies have three, mutually reinforcing pillars of stability, according to the German political scientist Johannes Gerschewski: repression, co-optation and legitimation. After the instability of the 2019 pro-democracy protests, Hong Kong has relied primarily on the first, aided by a national security law that China imposed in mid-2020. Opposition candidates have been arrested, civil society has been hollowed out, and the media environment has become more constricted.//
Source: Bloomberg #Nov7
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-07/hong-kong-s-stage-managed-election-process-will-be-tested-by-turnout
#LegCo #Election #FailedState
Hong Kong’s Stage-Managed Election Is Fooling Nobody
//Arrangements for Hong Kong’s first legislative election under a revamped system are leaving little to chance. There must be competition — but not too much, and of the right kind. Meanwhile, the anti-corruption agency has warned against calls to cast blank ballots or abstain from voting — two of the few ways left for people to register disapproval of a Beijing-designed process from which political opposition has been excluded.
As of Nov. 3, five days after nominations opened, only 48 had been received for the 90 seats in the Legislative Council. The nomination period runs until Friday.
Hong Kong’s electoral system was always designed to favor pro-establishment interests. In the last LegCo election in 2016, when turnout reached a record 58%, only half the seats in a 70-member council were directly elected. After Beijing’s changes, just 20 seats, or less than a quarter of the expanded chamber, will be chosen by the full electorate of 4.5 million. Even if opposition candidates somehow got past new vetting procedures and achieved a clean sweep, they would still be in a minority. With the result not in doubt, such micro-management should be unnecessary. Why bother?
In practice, most authoritarian regimes attach a high significance to elections because they are seen as conferring legitimacy. Feigning conformity to established rules carries a ritual and symbolic power, as Lee Morgenbesser, who studies authoritarian systems at Australia’s Griffith University, has observed. Dictators from Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus to Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad have proclaimed a democratic mandate after elections that were clearly far from free and fair.
Autocracies have three, mutually reinforcing pillars of stability, according to the German political scientist Johannes Gerschewski: repression, co-optation and legitimation. After the instability of the 2019 pro-democracy protests, Hong Kong has relied primarily on the first, aided by a national security law that China imposed in mid-2020. Opposition candidates have been arrested, civil society has been hollowed out, and the media environment has become more constricted.//
Source: Bloomberg #Nov7
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-07/hong-kong-s-stage-managed-election-process-will-be-tested-by-turnout
#LegCo #Election #FailedState
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Hong Kong’s Stage-Managed Election Is Fooling Nobody
The trappings of democracy are important to an authoritarian system. Getting people to go to the polls may be the biggest challenge.
China Is Blocking Fleeing Hong Kongers From GettingTheir Retirement Money
HSBC, Manulife and AlA are among financial institutions embroiled in a fight over billions of dollars in savings in retirement accounts.
As tens of thousands flee Hong Kong for a new life in the U.K., they're confronting the risk that they will be forced to leave behind their retirement savings as China intensifies its crackdown on the city's freedoms.
Scores are being denied access to money in the Mandatory Provident Fund because of the cascading impact of Beijing's decision in January to withdraw recognition of British National Overseas passports as valid official documents.
Source: Bloomberg #Aug19
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/china-s-hong-kong-crackdown-billions-in-retirement-money-blocked-for-uk-emigres
HSBC, Manulife and AlA are among financial institutions embroiled in a fight over billions of dollars in savings in retirement accounts.
As tens of thousands flee Hong Kong for a new life in the U.K., they're confronting the risk that they will be forced to leave behind their retirement savings as China intensifies its crackdown on the city's freedoms.
Scores are being denied access to money in the Mandatory Provident Fund because of the cascading impact of Beijing's decision in January to withdraw recognition of British National Overseas passports as valid official documents.
Source: Bloomberg #Aug19
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/china-s-hong-kong-crackdown-billions-in-retirement-money-blocked-for-uk-emigres
China Is Blocking Fleeing Hong Kongers From GettingTheir Retirement Money
HSBC, Manulife and AlA are among financial institutions embroiled in a fight over billions of dollars in savings in retirement accounts.
As tens of thousands flee Hong Kong for a new life in the U.K., they're confronting the risk that they will be forced to leave behind their retirement savings as China intensifies its crackdown on the city's freedoms.
Scores are being denied access to money in the Mandatory Provident Fund because of the cascading impact of Beijing's decision in January to withdraw recognition of British National Overseas passports as valid official documents.
Source: Bloomberg #Aug19
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/china-s-hong-kong-crackdown-billions-in-retirement-money-blocked-for-uk-emigres
HSBC, Manulife and AlA are among financial institutions embroiled in a fight over billions of dollars in savings in retirement accounts.
As tens of thousands flee Hong Kong for a new life in the U.K., they're confronting the risk that they will be forced to leave behind their retirement savings as China intensifies its crackdown on the city's freedoms.
Scores are being denied access to money in the Mandatory Provident Fund because of the cascading impact of Beijing's decision in January to withdraw recognition of British National Overseas passports as valid official documents.
Source: Bloomberg #Aug19
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/china-s-hong-kong-crackdown-billions-in-retirement-money-blocked-for-uk-emigres
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US Report Condemns Judges Handpicked for National Security Cases in Hong Kong: Judiciary Independence "In Name Only"
Source: RFA #Nov19
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US Report Condemns Judges Handpicked for National Security Cases in Hong Kong: Judiciary Independence "In Name Only"
The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (#USCC) released its annual report to the US Congress on November 18, 2021.
In the Chapter on Hong Kong, the Commission stated that Hong Kong's judiciary independence has been impaired under Beijing's imposition of the #NationalSecurityLaw.
The report also criticized that the judge's impartiality in handling national security law cases has been questioned. The report especially named three judges involved in such cases. They are District Court Judge Stanley CHAN Kwong-chi; Magistrate Victor SO Wai Tak; and judge Johnson Lam. These pro-establishment judges are handpicked by the Hong Kong authorities to handle national security charges.
The report reiterated that the National Security Law has impaired media freedon and subverted Hong Kong's social and political environment. The report pointed out that the independence of the judiciary in Hong Kong was "in name only," as the judiciary is no longer impartial especially when dealing with cases relating to the Chinese government under National Security Law.
To make It worse, Beijing decides which judges in which jurisdiction to trial national security cases, so as to ensure an outcome that is what the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) wants.
While US and Taiwan scholars commented that the possibility for the US to impose sanctions against Hong Kong judges shall not be ruled out, it takes time to evaluate the strategy. In any case, the "distrust" of the rule of law in Hong Kong will continue to be a concern of foreign companies and will seriously weaken Hong Kong's business status.
Full report:
https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/2021_Annual_Report_to_Congress.pdf
Source from: RFA #Nov19
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/us-hk-11192021072903.html/ampRFA
#PoliceState #Freedom #USCongress #Beijing #Report #Court #Judges
US Report Condemns Judges Handpicked for National Security Cases in Hong Kong: Judiciary Independence "In Name Only"
The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (#USCC) released its annual report to the US Congress on November 18, 2021.
In the Chapter on Hong Kong, the Commission stated that Hong Kong's judiciary independence has been impaired under Beijing's imposition of the #NationalSecurityLaw.
The report also criticized that the judge's impartiality in handling national security law cases has been questioned. The report especially named three judges involved in such cases. They are District Court Judge Stanley CHAN Kwong-chi; Magistrate Victor SO Wai Tak; and judge Johnson Lam. These pro-establishment judges are handpicked by the Hong Kong authorities to handle national security charges.
The report reiterated that the National Security Law has impaired media freedon and subverted Hong Kong's social and political environment. The report pointed out that the independence of the judiciary in Hong Kong was "in name only," as the judiciary is no longer impartial especially when dealing with cases relating to the Chinese government under National Security Law.
To make It worse, Beijing decides which judges in which jurisdiction to trial national security cases, so as to ensure an outcome that is what the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) wants.
While US and Taiwan scholars commented that the possibility for the US to impose sanctions against Hong Kong judges shall not be ruled out, it takes time to evaluate the strategy. In any case, the "distrust" of the rule of law in Hong Kong will continue to be a concern of foreign companies and will seriously weaken Hong Kong's business status.
Full report:
https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/2021_Annual_Report_to_Congress.pdf
Source from: RFA #Nov19
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/us-hk-11192021072903.html/ampRFA
#PoliceState #Freedom #USCongress #Beijing #Report #Court #Judges
#Art
#Brescia Exhibits #Badiucao's Artwork that Mocks Beijing’s #Propaganda
Source: Radio Free Asia; #Nov13
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#Brescia Exhibits #Badiucao's Artwork that Mocks Beijing’s #Propaganda
Defying the calls of the Chinese government to cancel an exhibition in a northern Italian city, #Brescia is hosting the first international solo exhibition by the 35-year-old artist, #Badiucao, an exile from China who now lives in Australia.
Displaying a torture instrument such as a rocking chair, dissident artist Badiucao mocks the propaganda of Beijing in this exhibition named “China is (not) near”.
The show denounces political repression in China and the country’s censorship of the origin of #Covid19.
Beijing responded to the exhibition in anger, accusing Badiucao’s works of being “full of anti-Chinese lies” that “jeopardise the friendly relations between China and Italy”. The PRC's embassy in Rome sent a letter to Brescia’s town hall.
Deputy Mayor #LauraCastelletti responded, “None of us in Brescia, neither in the city council nor among the citizens, had the slightest doubt about this exhibition going ahead.”
"Brescia, known for its Roman ruins, has a long tradition of welcoming dissidents, painters and writers, in defence of artistic freedom”, she added.
In an interview, Badiucao, who is nicknamed the Chinese #Banksy said he is “very happy and proud” that the city “had the courage to say ‘no’ to China to defend fundamental rights.”
Source: Radio Free Asia; #Nov13
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/11-11132021172450.html/ampRFA
#ProtestArt #WolfWarrior #FreedomofExpression #Creativity #Italy #NoToChina #Culture #Exhibition
#Brescia Exhibits #Badiucao's Artwork that Mocks Beijing’s #Propaganda
Defying the calls of the Chinese government to cancel an exhibition in a northern Italian city, #Brescia is hosting the first international solo exhibition by the 35-year-old artist, #Badiucao, an exile from China who now lives in Australia.
Displaying a torture instrument such as a rocking chair, dissident artist Badiucao mocks the propaganda of Beijing in this exhibition named “China is (not) near”.
The show denounces political repression in China and the country’s censorship of the origin of #Covid19.
Beijing responded to the exhibition in anger, accusing Badiucao’s works of being “full of anti-Chinese lies” that “jeopardise the friendly relations between China and Italy”. The PRC's embassy in Rome sent a letter to Brescia’s town hall.
Deputy Mayor #LauraCastelletti responded, “None of us in Brescia, neither in the city council nor among the citizens, had the slightest doubt about this exhibition going ahead.”
"Brescia, known for its Roman ruins, has a long tradition of welcoming dissidents, painters and writers, in defence of artistic freedom”, she added.
In an interview, Badiucao, who is nicknamed the Chinese #Banksy said he is “very happy and proud” that the city “had the courage to say ‘no’ to China to defend fundamental rights.”
Source: Radio Free Asia; #Nov13
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/11-11132021172450.html/ampRFA
#ProtestArt #WolfWarrior #FreedomofExpression #Creativity #Italy #NoToChina #Culture #Exhibition
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意大利城市力挺 中国异议创作人巴丢草如期开展
Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Jailed over Covid-19 Report, Weighing Less Than 40kg on Hunger Strike
Her Family: She may not live long
Source: The Stand News #Nov02
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Her Family: She may not live long
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