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NEWSFEED TUESDAY: China: Celebrating 70 Years of Butchery and Oppression

J Robert Smith

  • Oct. 1, 2019
  • 3 min read

National Day is an important holiday in China’s political calendar and the authorities in Beijing have left little to chance: For weeks they have imposed an extensive security crackdown around the country and across the internet.

But as much as China wants to project a vision of itself as prosperous, powerful and unified, anti-government protests in Hong Kong threaten to overshadow the festivities.

— New York Times, September 30, 2019
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