Opinion: The A4 Revolution vs high-tech totalitarianism in China - is this start of a new resistance?
Teng Biao A REVOLUTION WAS, perhaps still is, happening in a place where demonstrations are highly unlikely: China.
Demonstrators stage a rally denouncing the Chinese governnent's zero covid policy. Source: Ahn Young-joon In June, before two human rights lawyers departed to meet their client, a citizen journalist sentenced to four years for her reports of the outbreak of Covid-19, their health code suddenly turned red, which was considered a manipulation by the authorities to restrict their travel. This has happened to thousands of petitioners in Henan Province, as well.
The fire that killed dozens of Uyghurs in Urumchi sparked this wave of protests. Still, people’s frustration and anger have accumulated for three years since the coronavirus outbreak and ten years since Xi Jinping came to power. What infuriated people is not only the endless lockdown but also the arbitrariness, absurdity, atrocities and corruption in the name of dealing with Covid.
1989 photo of a Chinese man as he stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Boulevard in Tiananmen Square. The new A4 Revolution is inspired by this. Source: AP/PRESS ASSOCIATION IMAGES The desire for human dignity is unstoppable, and courage is contagious. The A4 Revolution might be crushed for now, but the courage, solidarity and powerful voice for freedom and democracy will enlighten people, inspire activism, and eventually overthrow this giant regime that is based on violence and fear.
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