{"id":243774,"date":"2022-10-19T14:38:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T21:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=243774"},"modified":"2022-11-07T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:37:13","slug":"protest-posters-the-flames-of-sitong-bridge-cannot-be-extinguished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2022\/10\/protest-posters-the-flames-of-sitong-bridge-cannot-be-extinguished\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest Posters: \u201cThe Flames of Sitong Bridge Cannot Be Extinguished\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
Following one man\u2019s <\/span>daring political protest<\/span><\/a> against Xi Jinping\u2019s continued rule and harsh zero-COVID policies on the eve of China\u2019s 20th Communist Party Congress, citizens and activists have launched a poster campaign in solidarity with the protester\u2019s demands. Due to <\/span>heavy censorship<\/span><\/a> of protest-related text, video, and images on Chinese social media, much of the protest art is being shared via Telegram, Twitter, and other social media outside the Great Firewall, and via Apple’s local wireless file sharing feature AirDrop within it<\/a>. Chinese students abroad have joined in as well, posting <\/span>handwritten signs and posters<\/span><\/a> at a variety of university campuses around the world.<\/span><\/p>\n While the posters display creativity and variety, many quote directly from the two banners displayed by the protester on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge on October 13. One banner read, “We want food, not nucleic acid tests \/ <\/span>Freedom, not lockdowns \/ <\/span>Dignity, not lies \/ <\/span>Reform, not Cultural Revolution \/ <\/span>Elections, not rulers \/ <\/span>To be citizens, not slaves.” The other banner exhorted, “Boycott classes. Boycott work. Depose the traitorous despot Xi Jinping.”<\/span><\/p>\n The following is an initial collection of <\/span>protest posters collected, archived, and translated by CDT Chinese editors<\/strong><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Red text:<\/em> <\/p>\n Black text, top:<\/em> Red text, bottom:<\/em> <\/p>\n Still photo of the October 13, 2022 protest at Sitong Bridge, with superimposed text:<\/em><\/p>\n On October 13, 2022, on the eve of the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Party Congress, Sitong Bridge in Beijing’s Haidian District was the site of a rare political protest in opposition to Xi Jinping’s reappointment [for a third term] and his “dynamic zero-COVID” policy. The lone protester has been arrested by the police, and news of the protest has been completely blocked in mainland China. Any discussion of the topic on social media will be met with a permanent account ban. <\/strong>October 13, 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Red text:<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Top two rows:<\/em> Bottom six columns:<\/em> <\/p>\n Large dark grey characters, top:<\/em> Light grey text within larger characters, top:<\/em> Red text on white banner:<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Top:<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yellow text, top:<\/em> Yellow text, middle and bottom:<\/em> <\/p>\n
\nGet off the bus when it reaches the final stop.<\/strong>
\nAccept responsibility for your mistakes and resign.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWe want food, not nucleic acid tests<\/strong>
\nFreedom, not lockdowns<\/strong>
\nDignity, not lies<\/strong>
\nReform, not Cultural Revolution<\/strong>
\nElections, not rulers<\/strong>
\nTo be citizens, not slaves<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDestroy the old world.<\/strong>
\nBuild a new world.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWe f<\/strong>reedom, not lockdowns.<\/strong>
\nThe flames of Sitong Bridge cannot be extinguished.<\/strong>
\nDear Chairman Xi Jinping, kindly get off the bus when it reaches the final stop.<\/strong>
\nAccept responsibility for your mistakes and resign.<\/strong>
\nOctober 13, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDon’t be silent<\/strong>
\nProtest peacefully<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWe want food, not nucleic acid tests
\nFreedom, not lockdowns
\nDignity, not lies
\nReform, not Cultural Revolution
\nElections, not rulers
\nTo be citizens, not slaves<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nI saw it!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWe want food, not nucleic acid tests
\nFreedom, not lockdowns
\nDignity, not lies
\nReform, not Cultural Revolution
\nElections, not rulers
\nTo be citizens, not slaves<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBoycott classes
\nBoycott work
\nDepose the traitorous despot Xi Jinping<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAbolish corrupt practices<\/strong>
\nTurn over a new leaf<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOppose “zero-COVID” political persecution<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nANTI ZERO COVID<\/strong>
\nANTI POLITICAL PERSECUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n