cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/55074418
Hundreds of Tibetans from various NSW regions, including Sydney, Dee Why, the Blue Mountains, and Newcastle, gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Sydney.
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The rally was jointly organised by seven local Tibetan community organisations, including the regional “Chushi Gangdruk”, and the regional “Youth Congress” based in Sydney and surrounding areas, to pay tribute to Tibetan activist Rangzen Lobga for fighting to reclaim the independence of Tibet, to protest against continued political repression in Tibet, and to oppose the implementation of the so-called “Ethnic Unity Law”.
As Tibetans living in different countries, such as the US, India, and European states, have been staging day-long mass protests since Lobga Rangzen set himself ablaze and died at the Headquarters of the United Nations, the protests have been carried out to show their strongest solidarity with him and their strongest support for his calls to reclaim the national sovereignty of Tibet, and to protest against China’s illegal invasion, continued military occupation, and modern authoritarian communist and socialist colonisation.
They also oppose the recently introduced so-called “Ethnic Unity Law”, which is particularly aimed at completely erasing the national sovereignty of Tibet and the cultural, spiritual, and linguistic identities of the Tibetan people.
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The mass rallies across the world sent a clear message that captured the attention of the international community and governments. Their rally slogans were as follows: “Stop ‘Ethnic Unity Law’, in Tibet!”; “Independence of Tibet, Crystal Clear!”: uncompromised and absolute; “Long live, Dalai Lama!”; “Stop cultural genocide, in Tibet!”; “Stop political repression, in Tibet!”; “We will never give up, freedom in Tibet!”; “People of the world, support Tibet!”; “Tibet belongs to, Tibetans!”; “Wake up, UNO!”; “UNO, we want justice!”; “Stop torturing, in Tibet!”; “What do we want? Freedom!”; “When do we want it? Now!”; “Who is the killer? Xi Jinping”; “Allow free media, in Tibet!”; and “Stop genocide, in Tibet!”.
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Why would Tibetans speak Cantonese?
The same reason they would speak any of the 250+ aboriginal languages 🙄 but my point was they would probably be protesting in a relevant language, so, English because most people in Australia speak English, or Cantonese because they’re outside the Chinese consulate.
Cantonese is not one of the official language of China. Mandarin Chinese and Tibetan are. Further, Tibet is in southwest China, while Cantonese is spoken by people from Southeast China.