China’s National Day is written in the blood and tears of its people. Across the world, protesters gathered to challenge the false image of harmony projected by the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities under political repression.
In London, around 200 participants from Hong Kong, Uyghur, Tibetan, Chinese and Taiwanese diaspora groups held a rally outside the Royal Mint. The protesters projected the slogan “Say No to CCP” onto the Mint’s exterior wall and chanted “No to the super embassy”, voicing their defiance against Beijing’s expanding influence.
Christopher Mung, Executive Director of Labour Rights Monitor, said:
“The Chinese Communist Party is a liar. It once promised Hongkongers ‘one country, two systems’, high autonomy and universal suffrage, yet not only has it broken every promise, it has also taken away the freedoms Hong Kong once had. The CCP’s history is a history of betraying its own people, and Hong Kong is living proof of that.”
He further stressed that the struggle is not only about those living under the CCP’s rule. Beijing, he said, has long colluded with other dictators, backing Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and Myanmar’s military junta in its brutal repression of pro-democracy movements. “The CCP’s toxic influence,” he warned, “has already spread across the globe.”