"After China held a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, with troops marching in tight formations and state-of-the-art missiles on display, a single act of defiance around 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) away began to capture global attention. On August 29, just days before the big parade, a slideshow of giant anti-communist slogans lit up the night, projected on the exterior wall of a high-rise building in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing."
"Such acts of dissent are rare in China, where public criticism of the Communist Party can lead to police harassment, persecution, or imprisonment. On Weibo, one of the country's largest social media platforms, there is no information about Qi's protest. For days, posts praising the parade dominated top searches, followed by news of a man's arrest on September 4 for critical online comments on the event."
An activist in Chongqing projected giant anti-Communist slogans on a high-rise on August 29, condemning the Communist Party and urging people to resist. Slogans included "Down with the Red Fascists! Overthrow Communist tyranny!" and "Arise, you who refuse to be slaves!" Police later entered the room with the projector, by which time the activist, Qi Hong, had fled and left a handwritten letter urging people "not to aid a tyrant." Qi arrived in London with his wife and daughters and said the Beijing military parade motivated the action. Public criticism in China remains rare and can prompt arrest or persecution; social media showed little reporting and widespread praise for the parade.
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