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The Chinese civil society has entered an unprecedented ice age after years of the crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said a veteran dissident Ou ....
Chinese civil society has entered ice age after years of crackdown: Activist ANI | Updated: Jan 11, 2021 22:21 IST Beijing [China], January 11 (ANI): The Chinese civil society has entered an unprecedented ice age after years of the crackdown by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), said a veteran dissident Ou Biaofeng, adding that any form of resistance these days is almost guaranteed to draw retaliation and clampdown . China s clampdown on criticism of its response to the Coronavirus pandemic has included rounding up citizen journalists and silencing prominent academics and party members who have openly criticised its handling of the crisis, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported. ....
As the world struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic during the holiday season and Americans focused on Donald Trump’s frantic efforts to overturn the election he lost, China ended the year in a typical manner. As usual, the Chinese authorities embarked on their annual Christmas tradition of locking up dissidents and critics when the world was too distracted to pay attention. Soon after Thanksgiving, Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam, young icons of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests of 2014, were all sentenced to prison for taking part in an illegal assembly in 2019. Three days after Christmas, a Shanghai court sentenced citizen journalist Zhang Zhan to four years in prison for critical reporting on the government’s handling of COVID-19 in Wuhan early in the outbreak. ....
This article is more than 2 months old Wednesdayâs arrests give the lie to official claims that the national security law would affect only a tiny minority Pro-democratic party members hold a press conference in response to mass arrests in Hong Kong. Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP Pro-democratic party members hold a press conference in response to mass arrests in Hong Kong. Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP Wed 6 Jan 2021 13.32 EST Last modified on Wed 6 Jan 2021 15.10 EST China is crushing any shred of resistance in Hong Kong, in breach of its promises to maintain the regionâs freedoms. The arrest of more than 50 pro-democracy figures in the early hours of Wednesday morning, under the draconian national security law introduced last year, makes it clear that not only peaceful protest but political opposition itself is no longer acceptable. ....