Israel should stop its "collective punishment" of Gaza's civilians with actions beyond self-defence, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, warning it would worsen regional tensions and lead to humanitarian disaster. In a call with Saudi Arabian counterpart, Wang also condemned the continued Israeli retaliation to a shock attack a week ago by Palestinian militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip. "Israel's actions have gone beyond self-defence," Wang told Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Sa
    • Joncash2@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      In HK: the police calmed the protests with no deaths attributed to the police, only the protestors such as the girl's suicide and the man they lit on fire.

      In USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiU8sL7Yq9Q

      But yeah, China bad

      • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        The man lit on fire survived, but there was the old dude the protestors hit with a brick [that you link below, but he wasn't the same as the arson victim] and that protestor who fell off a ladder or something and died.

        • Joncash2@lemmy.ml
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          9 months ago

          Right, I knew 2 died, I got them mixed up a tiny bit. Below I have provided sources.

          • GarbageShoot [he/him]
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            9 months ago

            I didn't know about the suicide, so debateably it was 3. Anyway, I appreciate your integrity.

        • Joncash2@lemmy.ml
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          9 months ago

          I love giving sources!

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Luo_Changqing

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Chan_Yin-lam

          https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/11/11/hong-kong-police-shoot-protester-man-set-fire/2560215001/

          I was just waiting for someone to ask!