Over one hundred New Zealand Chinese rallied on Dec. 2 at Auckland’s Aotea Square, mourning victims of a fatal apartment fire in Urumqi and showing solidarity with Chinese protests against the regime’s zero-COVID policy. Members of New Zealand’s parliament showed support.
White papers, with words supporting China’s “White Paper Movement” and calling for the Chinese government to lift lockdown policies, on a wall in Aotea Square, Auckland, New Zealand, on Dec. 2, 2022. (Shawn Lin / The Epoch Times)
At the rally on the evening of Dec. 2, the walls of Aotea Square were covered with A4-sized papers condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Participants sang songs in memory of those who died in the Urumqi fire, and chanted “Step down CCP!” “Step down Xi Jinping!” “We want democracy and freedom!” and “Freedom or death!”…