In Hong Kong, Communist China also blows out candles to make Tiananmen forget
The communist "normalization" imposed on Hong Kong by the Chinese government is reaching unimaginable heights. The former British colony had remained (with Macau) the only city in mainland China where the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was commemorated with a large public demonstration.
A huge crowd gathered in Victoria Square, creating an impressive sight. Everyone lit a candle in memory of the victims of the repression ordered by Deng Xiaoping, and crushed by the tanks of the so-called "People's Liberation Army".
Last year the demonstration, despite the police charges and the numerous arrests, was nevertheless held. The candles appeared the same among the smoke of the tear gas and the batons distributed at will.
This year has been much worse. The square was closed by large police forces and remained quite empty. Here and there small groups of demonstrators have created small groups by turning on the lights of their smartphones , but it was all in vain. Thousands of armored-backed agents have blocked and arrested the brave who still dare to challenge Xi Jinping.
As a preventive measure, Chow Hang Tung, the 36-year-old lawyer who had organized the demonstration to commemorate Tiananmen in previous years, was previously arrested in front of her office. Taken away in a car with tinted windows, there is no news of it.
The result was what Beijing wanted. Despite a few brief skirmishes, the large square remained desolately deserted. Now we can only recall – looking at photos from past years – the thousands of lit memorial candles.
So the normalization process is complete. The People's Republic has betrayed the agreements signed with the United Kingdom, which guaranteed the island city autonomy (albeit relative) until 2047.
The great demonstrations that had seen millions of people take to the streets, who rejected the communist political system and total assimilation to the "mother country", were of no use.
The regime, also taking advantage of the substantial indifference of Western democracies, passed over the protests like a steamroller. His intent is to eradicate the Tiananmen events from the collective memory.
The operation, however, was only formally successful. One can beat, imprison and prevent speaking, but not silence the memory. The latter, if there are valid reasons, survives, and brute force cannot erase the desire to commemorate the victims.
Unfortunately, in recent days, we have once again heard in Italy pro-Chinese stances coming from the usual political side: the grillina one. It would be appropriate, at this point, and given that the 5 Star Movement is still part of the government, an official stance by the Prime Minister Draghi and, above all, by the Democratic Party. Thus, just to remind you that the Italian government supports the oppressed, and not the oppressors.
Of course, this move would not have concrete effects, since the Chinese Communist Party has for some time been pursuing – without encountering major obstacles – its dream of global hegemony. But it would still serve to clearly reiterate which side our country is on. That is to say with those who light candles to remember a massacre, and not with those who extinguish them to make him forget.
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