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Tiananmen Square Vigil Across Hong Kong – 4 June, 2021

Standing united across Hong Kong and the world, millions of people lit a candle to remember the dead and remind those who might have forgotten the truth about the CCP.

In banning the annual memorial vigil in Victoria Park to remember those murdered in and around Tiananmen Square on 4 June 1989 the HK police publicised the massacre to the world.

Never Forget!

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Tiananmen Square Vigil @ Victoria Park – 4 June, 2020

Quite surprisingly the 31st Anniversary vigil of the CCP’s massacre of its own citizens in Tiananmen Square for daring to question the party passed peacefully.

After a year of violence and aggression, the CCP militia formerly known as the HK Police showed a bit of common sense and avoided what could have been a second bloody 4 June.

Wearing blue uniforms, instead of riot green while keeping riot shields and weapons hidden, they turned a blind eye to the tens of thousands of HongKongers who congregated at Victoria Park to stand together and remember those murdered in 1989.

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The mood was as sombre as it’s been in several years, with many of those gathering wondering if they were going to be victims of the next CCP massacre…

As the time of the vigil passed and the police hadn’t attacked, the strains of Glory to Hong Kong began to reverberate across the park and a sea of raised hands reminded Beijing – 5 Demands, Not 1 Less.

With the CCP again perverting the Basic Law and ignoring the signed international treaties that define One Country 2 Systems with the forced implementation of a ‘National Security’ law. While their glove puppets in Legco reinterpret the rules to pass the ‘Respect the National Anthem’ law – HongKongers stood united in remembrance and spirit.

HongKongers understand, they like China. They just don’t trust, like or respect the CCP. The March of the Volunteers is not China’s anthem it’s the CCPs. The National Security law is about keeping the CCP and its corrupt sycophants in power not about protecting China.

Standing united across Hong Kong and the world last night, millions of people remembered and reminded those who might have forgotten the truth about the CCP.

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Protest March – 1 July, 2017

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Someone spent a massive amount of money to stage a 3 day Chinese space exploration exhibition in Victoria Park, even bringing an actual rocket. On the first day it was only open to select Mainlanders. For the last two it was seldom busy, mainly perhaps because it was patriotic first and foremost, informative a distant second.

Why is that relevant to the annual 1 July protest march – because it’s exactly that an annual march… And a big deal was made across local media about the march being cancelled because access to the park had been denied to the organisers. Not true, the gathering point was simply moved to the lawn, with massive police barricades ensuring that march and indoctrination could not meet.

A big deal is made over numbers, and they are important. But Hong Kong has never really had a political or protest culture. That one has properly evolved over the last few years is a true indication of the depth of Hong Kongers frustrations with incompetence, nepotism and increasing corruption. Most people are lazy and it needs something like tear gas – or in the case of pro-China groups cold hard cash and a free meal – to stir them. That so many do still turn out should be statement enough.

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The End of 5 Terrible Years

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Sadly the idea of a leader trying to improve the lot of those he/she leads rarely applies in politics. And so it was with ‘what’s in it for me’ 689 who’s naked pursuit of $elf-intere$t is perhaps only exceeded by 54’s.

Thankfully, though it seemed far longer, the 5 years of 689 are over. A ‘fuck-off and don’t come back’ drink, accompanied by a lone piper for the departure countdown, was held at Tamar Park.

Hong’s Kong’s stunning skyline a reminder that whatever incompetent leaders Beijing imposes on Hong Kong. We will survive, for we are HongKongers!

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Tiananmen Square Vigil @ Victoria Park – 4 June, 2017

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Tens of thousands of HongKongers gathered to remember those who died as China’s communist leaders turned their guns on their own unarmed people.

Tiananmen was 28 years ago, but the CCP continues to use violence to suppress freedom of speech, sexual equality and especially against those who speak out on corruption, incompetence, nepotism and party members self-enrichment.

While news of few of these violent put downs makes it past China’s draconian censors, we only need to see what has happened here in Hong Kong to know it’s far worse north of the border.

Here publishers disappear, kidnapped from our streets while the police do nothing. A police force that used to be respected and trusted by all. But now a force that cannot ‘see’ a pro-Beijing supporter beat someone up even when it happens infront of their eyes and is recorded on multiple cameras – yet thinks a woman’s breast is a weapon…

Sadly China is infesting Hong Kong with it’s corruption, bribery, censorship… anything that helps China’s leaders and their sycophants to make more money.

If China is so wonderful why do so many people there, especially the very rich CCP leaders, want to take their personal money out of the country and stash it in countries they claim to despise?

We cannot keep silent! We want to keep our city corruption free. Retain freedom of expression, the press, religion, sexuality, an impartial judiciary…as enshrined in the Basic Law.

If you prefer China’s vision of life, everyone working to enrich the chosen and connected few. Feel free to move North.

China gave us the Basic Law, article 25 of which states ‘HongKongers are all equal before the law’. Some though are more ‘equal’ than others and we’ve seen our government buy the tools and guns to suppress the views of those who disagree with China’s view of ‘equality’…

Who will hold a vigil for us?

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