1/ THREAD: Riot police vs. residents in Beijing’s #Changping district. June 29, 2020.
A longtime Beijing contact just sent me these videos. My contact says, “My friend got beat up. He went to be negotiator, got beat up by the throng of cops.” Reportedly in Wa Village. More...pic.twitter.com/gu19IwPPdu
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2/ Quote from my contact who also claims 1,000 riot police: “During lockdown, the police illegally sent riot police to do the forced demolition of homes in a village in changping, with orders from the mayor of Beijing.”
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3/ “They used social distancing and lockdown as cover for this demolition. Many of these homes were the retirement homes of Beijing residents, who will not be compensated for their loss.” Context: what's happening today not new but clashes more intense, dramatic.
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4/ Opinion from my source: “Things have been getting gradually worse in china, like frogs cooking in hot water. Everyone up to now has just tolerated it, but I think people are not doing better than they were before Xi. Lights at end of tunnel just illusion.”
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