Hong Kong protests: 'I'm in Australia but I feel censored by Chinese students'
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#2> At the University of Queensland, the tensions spilled over into violent clashes last week, when a group staging a support rally for the Hong Kong demonstrators were confronted by pro-Beijing protesters.
Hundreds of protesters faced off against each other, yelling insults and abuse as the Chinese national anthem was blasted from a speaker.
Videos posted online showed pro-China supporters ripping posters from the hands of opponents, prompting shoving and physical confrontations.
Yeah, when "pro-government" protesters start appearing and they are the ones that immediately become violent or start doing stuff that invites violence, there's a 99.7% chance that those "protesters" were government-paid bullies, especially when we're talking about a more corrupt/authoritarian government.
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#3> Ms Fan and Ms Leung say such harassment has also continued off campus. They have found pictures of themselves being shared on Chinese social media sites next to threatening messages. Ms Fan said one comment warned she would "face consequences".
If anyone's there, or knows someone who's there who happens to be protesting this, you should probably recommend they wear Winnie the Pooh merchandise, or wear t-shirts mentioning the Tiananmen Square protests, for their own personal safety. This has already gone too far, fighting fire by taking advantage of censorship your opponents are defending with violence is the most rational thing to do.
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#4The violent pro China protestors should be kicked out of Australia.
If you violently push your pro authoritarian views in your democratic host country, they have every right to kick you out.
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#5Haven't these pro-Beijing students ever tried to access uncensored information online that was denied to them until they arrived in their host countries? Why are they content to continue believe in the propaganda? You'd think that even a casual search for a subject like Tiananmen Square would be a wake-up call.
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#6"Are there chinese influences in australia?"
Does a bear shit in the woods?
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#7Haven't these pro-Beijing students ever tried to access uncensored information online that was denied to them until they arrived in their host countries? Why are they content to continue believe in the propaganda? You'd think that even a casual search for a subject like Tiananmen Square would be a wake-up call.
That’s just western propaganda /s
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#8They'll be well primed to consider the Tienanmen Square information available to be anti-China propaganda, won't they?
This is hardly unique to China. Go to a Trump rally and see how many people respond positively to an AP fact check of one of his claims.
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#9Good. China has every right to control its territories and this includes Hong Kong. If the KKK were to stage an anti-Black protest in an American university they would be rightfully similarly attacked and persecuted. China is only defending its rights. Those HK protesters need to face justice.
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#10Haven't these pro-Beijing students ever tried to access uncensored information online that was denied to them until they arrived in their host countries? Why are they content to continue believe in the propaganda? You'd think that even a casual search for a subject like Tiananmen Square would be a wake-up call.
If you've unknowingly been fed propaganda your entire life, it's easy to dismiss the truth as propaganda from the "enemy".