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| Hong Kong protested for democracy for a third straight year. Here's a personal selection of the pro-democracy banners from July 1, 2005 |
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Sir Donald Tsang ate my hamster. But I can't vote him out of office
And who wouldn't feel politically alienated after that?
2005 was the third year of Hong Kongers marching for democracy. These are some of the placards used by demonstrators - who must surely be setting the bar for the world on what assertive-yet-peaceful demonstrating is all about. Around 5% of the half-million who marched in each of 2003 and 2004 attended in 2005. Was this a telltale sign that what people wanted most was the removal of Mr Tung? Or merely that people were adopting a wait-and-see attitude to Sir Donald Tsang's actions to further democracy? |
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New China Begins When the CCP Vanishes
CCP: China Communist Party |
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"The Lonely Salesman"
Cartoon shows Sir Donald Tsang trying to sell three projects to the Hong Kong public.
The projects for sale are (left) the West Kowloon Cultural District, a valuable and controversial property development; Political Reform, represented by an empty birdcage with an open door; and NPC interpretations from Beijing (right), represented by a judicial hammer squashing people |
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"Revise judgement of 6/4"
"6/4" is a reference to the June 4 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square. The photo on this t-shirt is Mr CHING Cheung, a Singaporean journalist currently detained by mainland authorities without trial. More from the Committee to Protect Journalists is here... |
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"Beijing's Puppet"
The ever creative "Bull" showing his puppetry skill: Hu Jin-tao, president of China, operates every aspect of the bow-tied Sir Donald Tsang |
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Democracy = strength
...with the extra advantage of stability. |
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"Heaven will not forget Communist crimes"
A general reference to Communist transgressions, especially the June 4 1989 massacre. |
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"Give us the job and we will become the tools"
Shows an authoritative hand providing a shoe to be polished. Shoe-shining is a popular Cantonese metaphor for sycophancy |
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Psalm 23
Article 23 is scored out. Whatever. I didn’t get it either but at least they were enjoying themselves. |
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"The World (red characters) declares itself against (turquoise) China's Communists (black)"
Carried horizontally so it can be read from high rise buildings |
