Overseas Hong Kong, Tibet Groups in Taipei Protest CCP on China's National Day
Human rights activists from Hong Kong and Tibet gathered with supporters at Taiwan's legislature to protest China's national day. They said that Hong Kongers, Uyghurs and Tibetans are unable to express their true feelings on the holiday marking the founding of the PRC. They called on overseas communities to keep a watch on China, which they say is expanding its oppression and surveillance abroad.
The leaders of overseas Hong Kong, Tibetan and Uyghur human rights groups are calling attention to the plight of their communities on China’s national day, celebrated on October 1.
They say this is a painful day for minority communities in China, including Tibetans and Uyghurs, who face oppression of their cultures under the Chinese Communist Party.
Tibetans may not feel like smiling but they must.
If you are not happy under the Chinese Communist Party, you still need to fake happiness.
We who suffer under the CCP have come to Taiwan and hold these events together in solidarity.
I hope that one day, everyone can achieve their goals.
Even though the situation is different in each country, Tibet is different, Taiwan is different, Uyghurs, Hong Kong is different, we are all up against the CCP.
So today, standing in a democratic country, we want to let the world know that what the CCP says and what it does are not the same.
A Taiwanese democracy activist who had spent five years in Chinese jail for breaching national security laws, says China’s reach extends beyond its borders.
The rise of China’s power is supported by the use of advanced technology to export and consolidate its authoritarian power globally including the threat of military force against neighboring countries.
Oct. 1 is the People’s Republic of China’s National Day.
But for the rest of the world it’s a disaster and a disgrace to the world.
China claims Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out the use of force to take it. During national holidays, Beijing often emphasizes its claims to Taiwan. And with frequent Chinese military activity near Taiwan’s airspace and waters, there are people here calling out the threat that China poses to Taiwan’s democratic systems. Saying they’ll continue to stand up for communities that face oppression.
