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#Badiucao Wins the 2020 Havel Prize for his Political Satire Cartoons

The organisers, the Human Rights Foundation, praised Badiucao, a Chinese-Australian satirical cartoonist, for creating the Lennon Flag, which became a protest symbol to mobilise the 2019 protest movement and the global community to stand in solidarity.

Source: Hong Kong Free Press #Sept25

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https://hongkongfp.com/2020/09/26/in-pictures-chinese-australian-artist-badiucao-wins-2020-havel-prize-for-political-satire-cartoons/

#LennonWall #HongKongProtests
Hong Kong Professor's Shanghai Lecture Live Stream Cut Off after Allegedly Being Reported to Party Authorities

Professor Xu Zidong of Hong Kong's Lingnan University spoke at a symposium on Chinese literature in Shanghai, when the lecture's live stream was shut down after an attendee allegedly reported his speech to the China's Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection (CCDI). The actual reason for the shutdown was not known.

Xu is the former Head of Lingnan University's Chinese Department, and attended the symposium in Shanghai's Fudan University as a guest speaker. His talk discussed the three systems of authority portrayed in the 1993 Chinese novel White Deer Plain - "political authority", "clan authority", and "divine authority".

A video clip of the live stream was shared on Weibo, showing the moment it was being shut down. It showed Fudan University Professor Li Nan, the symposium's host, slowly turning the live stream camera away from Xu, who continued his lecture. Li then spoke into the camera: "The disciplinary Inspector came a moment ago, and said we're not allowed to live-stream this lecture. A female student was taking photos earlier, and sent it to the CCDI. The CCDI secretary came to shut us down… Yes, we'll record this with our phones. We'll record it."

The video was shared over 4000 times, until it was ultimately deleted.

#FudanUniversity #LingnanUniversity #AcademicFreedom

Source: Stand News; #Sept25
https://www.thestandnews.com/politics/ab%E5%B6%BA%E5%8D%97%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E7%B3%BB%E5%89%8D%E7%B3%BB%E4%B8%BB%E4%BB%BB%E5%BE%A9%E6%97%A6%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%B8%E8%AB%87%E6%94%BF%E6%AC%8A%E6%97%8F%E6%AC%8A%E7%A5%9E%E6%AC%8A-%E5%82%B3%E9%81%AD%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E8%88%89%E5%A0%B1%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%B7