TOKYO: A group of human rights activists of various nationalities and regions including Japanese, Indians, Taiwanese, Tibetans, and others staged a demonstration in Tokyo on Sunday to register to protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping for pushing his expansionist agenda and bullying neighboring countries.
Holding placards in their hands with anti-China slogans, these activists gathered near the famous Hachiko (dog) statue at Shibuya station in Shibuya, Tokyo on June 28.
The press release issued by this group of people who identified themselves as activists of diverse nationalities and regions did not carry the quote of any of them.
In what looked like a joint statement by them, the press release said, “This protest has occurred within the context of Chinese President Xi Jinping being criticized around the world for a dictatorial style of working- a trait which is unbecoming of an aspiring world leader.”
Since the past few years, it is quite evident that the highly ambitious Xi Jinping is aggressively trying to expand and encroach territories of all its neighbors including Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Bhutan, South China Sea, East China Sea, etc either by force or by grand, opaque and dubious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and One Belt One Road (OROB) projects, the release stated.
It further said that it was noteworthy, that while denying democracy to Chinese citizens, the Chinese dictator was trying everything within his means to suppress the genuine voices of pro-democracy youth activists in Hong Kong which was beset with pro-democracy protests for over a year. Till the 1950s, Tibet used to be a beautiful peace-loving Buddhist country that has been swallowed by Chinese expansionism.
On other hand, the press release said, a highly advanced and progressive country such as Taiwan is also facing various pressure tactics from China and was recently denied representation at WHO at China’s behest- even though Taiwan was one of the two countries in South East Asia, other being Vietnam which put forward a brilliant counter-strategy to combat the spread of Covid-19.
The protestors blamed WHO for not paying heed to the alert flagged by Taiwan about the severity of COVID-19.
“Had the WHO paid heed to the early alarm raised by Taiwanese health authorities regarding COVID-19, the global devastation wrought upon by Covid-19 would have been greatly mitigated and reduced. Within this context, Xi Jinping’s surreptitious handling of COVID-19 and lack of transparency has raised eyebrows from all over the globe against him,” they said.
While terming Xi Jinping as a typical dictator, the protestors stated in the release that he had manipulated the Chinese Communist system to secure himself as a lifelong Chinese President. Even Chinese citizens are also at the receiving end and they also would like to get rid of Xi Jinping’s dictatorship, which is evident by the huge support being received by the protestors in Hong Kong.
“The entire world is joining hands and uniting in its fight against COVID-19 where many countries have exchanged medicines and other medical equipment – either at subsidized rates or free on humanitarian grounds. However, many countries have complained about receiving faulty equipment including faulty test kits from China,” the protestors stated in the release.
This may be due to genuine quality control issues but what is more shocking is that under the given situation the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) under Xi Jinping’s leadership has been caught initiating unprovoked violence in Galwan valley, Ladakh, India violating the agreement between India and China.
Based on various media reports and intelligence inputs, this bloody fight led to the martyrdom of 20 Indian soldiers and perhaps more than 43 PLA soldiers. While the world’s biggest democracy, India has duly disclosed the details of the casualties at the Indian side and paid rich tributes to all the martyrs, China under Xi Jinping has been again caught for hiding the casualties on its side. To hide Chinese humiliation by Indian soldiers, Xi Jinping’s regime has not even paid tributes to its soldiers who were martyred to fulfill Xi Jinping’s ambitions.
