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2019 Hong Kong Extradition Protests (view source)
Revision as of 22:12, August 21, 2020
, 22:12, August 21, 2020→2020
The common people in [[Australia]] are angered by their pro-Chinese politicians.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHgvcrxarLo</ref>
The common people in [[Australia]] are angered by their pro-Chinese politicians.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHgvcrxarLo</ref>
In June 2020, thousands gathered in the streets of Hong Kong to mark the one-year anniversary of the protests. Dozens of non-violent demonstrators were arrested.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/09/retrieving-our-hong-kong-pro-democracy-protesters-mark-one-year-on-the-streets</ref>
In July 2020, China passed a "National Security" law reinforcing and strengthening its stranglehold over Hong Kong<ref>https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901220054/beijing-attempts-to-remake-hong-kong-in-its-image-as-national-security-law-takes</ref> (read the full English translation of the law [https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/01/in-full-english-translation-of-the-hong-kong-national-security-law/ here]). Subsequently, in August, Jimmy Lai, a prominent pro-democracy journalist and activist in Hong Kong, was arrested along with several other activists,<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertolsen/2020/08/10/hong-kong-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-arrested-under-new-national-security-law/#62a2d07f2c42</ref><ref>https://www.rebelnews.com/china_arrests_hong_kong_pro-democracy_media_magnate_jimmy_lai</ref> sparking protests in Canada against Chinese authoritarianism and against what appears to the protesters to be appeasement of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] by Canadian federal (and local) politicians.<ref>https://www.rebelnews.com/hong_kong_falling_to_communist_china_mp_kenny_chiu_on_why_freedom-loving_canadians_must_act_now</ref><ref>https://www.rebelnews.com/make_hong_kong_british_again_pro-democracy_protesters_burn_chinese_flag_in_calgary</ref>
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