Tag: Urumqi Fire

Undoing Zero-COVID Reveals the CCP’s Greatest Fear

Commentary The great fear of the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that it will suffer the fate of the Soviet Union was on full display with the abrupt decision to abandon the country’s COVID-zero policy. The unrelenting policy, which had been strictly applied month after month for almost three years, was the personal…


Penn State Chinese Students Rally in Solidarity With White Paper Revolution Protests in China

Some 50 students gathered at Penn State’s main campus on Dec. 2 for a candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of the Urumqi fire that sparked protests in China. Under a lit Christmas tree in front of the Allen St. Gate, the students held white papers to show solidarity with the so-called White Paper Revolution….


Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Students Rally Against Chinese Communist Regime

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—About three hundred students attended a candlelight rally at Carnegie Mellon University on Dec. 2 to mourn those who lost their lives in the recent Urumqi fire and support ongoing protests in China. The rally was held in front of The Fence, a symbol of free student voice on Carnegie Mellon’s campus, to express…


Carnegie Mellon Students Rally Against Chinese Communist Regime

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—About three hundred students attended a candlelight rally at Carnegie Mellon University on Dec. 2 to mourn those who lost their lives in the recent Urumqi fire and support ongoing protests in China. The rally was held in front of The Fence, a symbol of free student voice on Carnegie Mellon’s campus, to express…


SoCal Chinese Students Support Anti-Lockdown Protests in China

Hundreds of Chinese international students from several Southern California universities this week joined the wave of anti-lockdown protests that started in late November in mainland China calling for an end to COVID lockdowns and for the ruling Chinese Community Party (CCP) to step down. Students across the region were seen holding blank sheets of paper—called…


LIVE 7:15 PM ET: Candlelight Vigil for the Lives Lost at Urumiqi Fire

On Dec. 1, hundreds of Chinese students at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania will hold a candlelight vigil to mourn those who lost their lives in the Urumqi fire in Xinjiang and to support people in China who are protesting Beijing’s draconian “zero-COVID” policy. China’s strategy of controlling the coronavirus with lockdowns, mass testing, and quarantines…


LIVE: Protest at Stanford University Against China’s COVID Lockdowns; Urumqi Fire Victims Mourned

The Epoch Times will livestream the event “Vigil for Urumqi Fire Victims at Stanford University,” starting at 10:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 30. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble:…


LIVE NOW: Protest at Stanford University Against China’s COVID Lockdowns; Urumqi Fire Victims Mourned

The Epoch Times will livestream the event “Vigil for Urumqi Fire Victims at Stanford University,” starting at 10:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 30. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble:…


Protest at Stanford University Against China’s COVID Lockdowns; Urumqi Fire Victims Mourned

The Epoch Times will livestream the event “Vigil for Urumqi Fire Victims at Stanford University,” starting at 10:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 30. Access the livestream on this page, and also at EpochTV. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble:…


Support for Mainland Chinese Protests at University of Pennsylvania Candlelight Vigil

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Several hundreds of Chinese students at the University of Pennsylvania held a candlelight vigil to mourn those who lost their lives in the Urumqi fire in Xinjiang on Tuesday night, and support the demonstrations in China calling for an end to COVID-19 lockdowns. At 7 p.m., Chinese students gathered around the LOVE Sculpture on…