MELBOURNE, Australia—The Chinese communist regime’s vice-president, Xi Jingping’s two-day Australia visit has been marked by protests from Falun Gong practitioners and the aftermath of an embarrassing New Zealand incident.
On June 19 and 20, hundreds of practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual practice gathered to protest against the genocide of Falun Gong practitioners in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
On the 19th, while on its way to the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne, Xi’s convoy was met by Falun Gong protesters holding large banners that read: “Support 75 Million Quitting the CCP—Welcome a National Awakening”, “Publicly Quit the CCP, Disintegrate the CCP”, and “Falun Dafa is Good.” They also shouted slogans demanding an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
On June 20, during Xi’s stop in Australia’s capital Canberra, nearly 200 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the Hyatt Hotel where Xi was staying, and later held a candlelight vigil at the Chinese Embassy.
Previous to the Australian visit, Xi had stopped in New Zealand where he also encountered Falun Gong protesters, as well as another protest that had quite unexpected and embarrassing consequences for the Chinese entourage.
On the morning of June 18, Xi’s Chinese bodyguards manhandled Dr. Russell Norman, a member of New Zealand’s Parliament and co-leader of the Green Party.
Norman was holding a Tibetan flag, in a one-man protest at China’s human rights violations in Tibet, when Chinese security guards pushed and shoved him and pulled the flag from his hands. The incident was all the more bizarre as it occurred on parliament grounds.
Winnie, a Falun Gong practitioner from Sydney, who participated in the protest in Canberra, said that the event in New Zealand “showed the ugly face of the CCP thugs in public, and made them restrain themselves in Australia.”
Winnie said that judging from past experience, the Chinese regime had most likely attempted to pressure the Australian government [to do something about the Falun Gong protesters]. She said that in the past, police parked a large bus in front of the Falun Gong practitioners so they would be hidden from the view of visiting Chinese regime officials.
“But this time the Canberra police were acting very friendly toward Falun Gong practitioners,” she said.
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On June 19 and 20, hundreds of practitioners of the Falun Gong spiritual practice gathered to protest against the genocide of Falun Gong practitioners in China by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
On the 19th, while on its way to the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne, Xi’s convoy was met by Falun Gong protesters holding large banners that read: “Support 75 Million Quitting the CCP—Welcome a National Awakening”, “Publicly Quit the CCP, Disintegrate the CCP”, and “Falun Dafa is Good.” They also shouted slogans demanding an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
On June 20, during Xi’s stop in Australia’s capital Canberra, nearly 200 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the Hyatt Hotel where Xi was staying, and later held a candlelight vigil at the Chinese Embassy.
Previous to the Australian visit, Xi had stopped in New Zealand where he also encountered Falun Gong protesters, as well as another protest that had quite unexpected and embarrassing consequences for the Chinese entourage.
On the morning of June 18, Xi’s Chinese bodyguards manhandled Dr. Russell Norman, a member of New Zealand’s Parliament and co-leader of the Green Party.
Norman was holding a Tibetan flag, in a one-man protest at China’s human rights violations in Tibet, when Chinese security guards pushed and shoved him and pulled the flag from his hands. The incident was all the more bizarre as it occurred on parliament grounds.
Winnie, a Falun Gong practitioner from Sydney, who participated in the protest in Canberra, said that the event in New Zealand “showed the ugly face of the CCP thugs in public, and made them restrain themselves in Australia.”
Winnie said that judging from past experience, the Chinese regime had most likely attempted to pressure the Australian government [to do something about the Falun Gong protesters]. She said that in the past, police parked a large bus in front of the Falun Gong practitioners so they would be hidden from the view of visiting Chinese regime officials.
“But this time the Canberra police were acting very friendly toward Falun Gong practitioners,” she said.
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