Three pro-democracy banners were hung from an overpass in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Tuesday morning, in a daring echo of the famed “Bridge Man” protest in 2022.
China’s vast censorship apparatus sprang into action immediately, deleting social media posts that described the banners or included photos of them, but some of the photos were posted on a popular dissident X account called “Mr. Li Is Not Your Teacher,” so the images went viral despite the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts:
“Mr. Li Is Not Your Teacher” is an exiled artist and citizen journalist named Li Ying who rose to prominence during the “White Paper” protests of 2022, which also led to Bridge Man’s astounding act of defiance. Even though X is banned
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