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「風從南面吹來，他們說那是希望，但我卻只看到火光。」

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「風從南面吹來，他們說那是希望，但我卻只看到火光。」

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

【歷史上的今天 · 10月7日】

76年前的今天，西藏的命運被一場戰爭改寫。1950年10月7日，解放軍越過金沙江，向事實上獨立的西藏昌都地區發動進攻。藏軍僅約8,500人，面對數倍於己的解放軍；到10月19日昌都失守，約5,000名藏軍投降。而談判桌是早就擺好的：北京先開出條件——西藏歸中國、國防與外交歸北京管，接受就叫「和平解放」，不接受就開戰。

【後來的結局】
1951年，西藏代表在北京簽下《十七條協議》，北京承諾西藏自治、不改變原有制度。僅僅八年後，1959年拉薩起義爆發，達賴喇嘛流亡印度，至今未能回家。76年過去，2025年7月，90歲的達賴喇嘛宣佈，他的轉世將在中國境外延續；北京的回應是：轉世必須經中央政府批准。近日在聯合國人權理事會上，多國仍在就藏人的文化、語言與宗教權利受壓表達關切。

【評論】
從槍口下的「和平解放」，到連轉世都要黨來批准——北京對西藏的承諾，兌現的只有控制。習近平廢除任期限制、走向終身執政之後，同化只會加速：一個連來世都不放過的政權，談何「民族團結」？

來源：維基百科「昌都戰役」https://t.co/aD7mcR4Cir
#西藏 #達賴喇嘛 #自由西藏

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【On This Day in History · October 7】

Seventy-six years ago today, war rewrote Tibet's fate. On October 7, 1950, the People's Liberation Army crossed the Jinsha River and attacked Chamdo, in a Tibet that was independent in all but name. The Tibetan army numbered about 8,500 men, facing a PLA force several times its size; by October 19, Chamdo had fallen and some 5,000 Tibetan troops had surrendered. The terms had been set in advance: Beijing demanded that Tibet accept Chinese sovereignty, with its defense and foreign affairs in Beijing's hands — accept, and it would be called "peaceful liberation"; refuse, and face war.

【What happened next】
In 1951, Tibetan delegates signed the Seventeen Point Agreement in Beijing, in which Beijing promised Tibetan autonomy and no change to the existing system. Just eight years later, in 1959, Lhasa rose up and the Dalai Lama fled to India; he has never been allowed home. Seventy-six years on, in July 2025, the 90-year-old Dalai Lama announced that his reincarnation would continue outside China. Beijing's reply: any reincarnation must be approved by the central government. And at the UN Human Rights Council in recent weeks, state after state has raised concerns over the pressure on Tibetans' cultural, linguistic and religious rights.

【Comment】
From "peaceful liberation" at gunpoint to a Party veto over reincarnation — of all Beijing's promises to Tibet, the only one ever kept is control. Under Xi Jinping, who abolished term limits to rule for life, assimilation is only accelerating: a regime that will not leave even the next life alone has no business preaching "ethnic unity."

Source: Wikipedia, "Battle of Chamdo" https://t.co/aD7mcR4Cir
#Tibet #DalaiLama #FreeTibet

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五十年前的今天，文革在一場中南海逮捕中結束，而不是由人民選票或公開清算結束。1976年10月6日，毛澤東逝世不到一個月，華國鋒聯同葉劍英、汪東興在北京逮捕江青、張春橋、姚文元、王洪文「四人幫」，終結了毛於1966年發動的文化大革命。江青是毛澤東的妻子；消息傳出後，多地出現慶祝，人們以為十年浩劫終於過去。1980至1981年審判稱，四人幫迫害729,511人，其中34,800人死亡；1981年中共決議亦承認，文革造成建政以來最嚴重的挫折和損失。

罪責被集中到四人身上，發動文革的毛澤東與一黨專政體制本身卻未被徹底清算，最高權力交接仍由黨內密室決定。鄧小平其後推動把國家主席連任不得超過兩屆寫入1982年憲法，正是為了防範個人獨裁與個人崇拜重演。

五十年後，習近平在2018年修憲廢除國家主席任期限制，親手拆掉這道防線。當一個國家的權力更替只能靠逮捕、密謀或領導人死亡，普通人就沒有和平換人的權利。結束一場災難，不等於建立了讓災難不再重演的制度；只要一黨獨裁不變，下一個「核心」仍可凌駕憲法。
來源：維基百科「粉碎四人幫」「文化大革命」；路透社2018年3月11日
https://t.co/44F8Hn5TCA
https://t.co/3scpJtuqLc
https://t.co/NSJHF871mT
#文化大革命 #四人幫 #習近平

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Fifty years ago today, the Cultural Revolution ended with an arrest inside Zhongnanhai — not with a vote by the people or a public reckoning. On October 6, 1976, less than a month after Mao Zedong's death, Hua Guofeng, together with Ye Jianying and Wang Dongxing, arrested Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan and Wang Hongwen — the "Gang of Four" — in Beijing, ending the Cultural Revolution Mao had launched in 1966. Jiang Qing was Mao's wife; when the news spread, celebrations broke out in many places, as people believed a decade of catastrophe was finally over. The 1980–81 trial stated that the Gang had persecuted 729,511 people, 34,800 of whom died; the CCP's 1981 resolution also admitted the Cultural Revolution had caused the most severe setback and the heaviest losses since the founding of the PRC.

Blame was concentrated on four people, while Mao, who launched it, and the one-party dictatorship itself were never fully reckoned with, and the transfer of supreme power was still decided in secret party meetings. Deng Xiaoping later helped write a two-term limit for the state presidency into the 1982 constitution, precisely to prevent one-man rule and a personality cult from returning.

Fifty years on, Xi Jinping amended the constitution in 2018 to abolish that presidential term limit, tearing down that safeguard himself. When a country's succession can only happen through arrest, conspiracy or a leader's death, ordinary people have no right to change rulers peacefully. Ending a disaster is not the same as building a system that stops it from happening again; as long as one-party dictatorship remains, the next "core" can still stand above the constitution.
Sources: Wikipedia, "Smashing the Gang of Four" and "Cultural Revolution"; Reuters, March 11, 2018
https://t.co/44F8Hn5TCA
https://t.co/3scpJtuqLc
https://t.co/NSJHF871mT
#GangOfFour #CulturalRevolution #XiJinping

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

台灣總統的家人，在美國本土被人跟蹤拍照、記錄車牌——涉嫌動手的，是一名住在加州的34歲女子。FBI 10月4日在洛杉磯國際機場將她逮捕。

美國司法部指控，Wanying Zhang（又名 Heather）是未經註冊的中國政府代理人。起訴書稱，她在2025年按中國官員的指示前往西雅圖，監視台灣總統賴清德一名兒子及其家人，拍下照片和影片、記下車牌號碼，再以反偵察手法傳回給中方官員。FBI 未直接點名目標，《紐約郵報》報道指其為旅居美國的賴廷宇。

台灣總統府發言人 Karen Kuo 回應稱，這是「典型的跨國鎮壓案例」。中國外交部則稱不了解情況，反對炒作所謂「中國間諜」。張婉瑩定於10月5日在洛杉磯聯邦法院出庭——目前這只是指控，未經定罪。

連總統的家人到了美國都不安全——這正是北京跨國鎮壓的日常：監視、跟蹤、施壓，目標不只是異議人士，還有他們的家人。習近平9月30日才剛放話要「堅決打擊台獨」，幾天後就爆出在美國本土監視賴清德家人的案件。當一個政權把長臂伸進別國的土地，它要輸出的是恐懼。修憲廢除任期限制、走向終身執政的習近平，恐懼正是他最依賴的統治工具——對內如此，對外也一樣。

來源：路透社（2026年10月5日）https://t.co/P0xhFqKd6x

#跨國鎮壓 #台灣 #中共長臂管轄

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A son of Taiwan's president was followed, photographed and had his license plates recorded on American soil — and the woman accused of doing it for Beijing is a 34-year-old from California. The FBI arrested her at Los Angeles International Airport on October 4.

The U.S. Justice Department charges that Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, acted as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government. According to the complaint, she traveled to Seattle in 2025 at the direction of Chinese officials and surveilled a son of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and his family, sending photos, video and license plate information back to her handlers using tradecraft. The FBI did not name the target directly; the New York Post identified him as Lai Ting-yu, who resides in the United States.

Taiwan's presidential office, through spokesperson Karen Kuo, called it "a typical case of transnational repression." China's foreign ministry said it was not familiar with the case and opposed sensationalizing so-called "Chinese spies." Zhang was due to appear in federal court in Los Angeles on Monday, October 5. The charges are allegations, and she is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

Not even a president's family is beyond Beijing's reach on U.S. soil. That is what transnational repression looks like: surveillance, tracking and pressure aimed not only at dissidents, but at their loved ones. Just days after Xi Jinping vowed on September 30 to "resolutely crack down" on Taiwan independence, an alleged plot to shadow Lai Ching-te's family in America has come to light. When a regime reaches onto foreign soil, what it exports is fear. Xi, who abolished term limits to rule for life, governs by fear at home — and exports it abroad.

Source: Reuters (October 5, 2026) https://t.co/P0xhFqKd6x

#TransnationalRepression #Taiwan #CCP

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2019年10月4日，香港特首林鄭月娥繞過立法會，動用殖民時代的《緊急情況規例條例》——這是1967年以來首次引用——頒布《禁止蒙面規例》，午夜生效：任何人在公眾集會蒙面，最高可判監禁一年、罰款25,000港元，連臉上彩繪也算違法。當時反修例運動已持續近四個月，警民衝突不斷升級。時任保安局局長李家超直言，禁止蒙面是為了更容易辨認和檢控示威者。林鄭卻同時宣稱，香港「並未進入緊急狀態」。

禁蒙面令沒能平息抗爭，卻打開了以緊急權力繞過正常程序的大門。2020年，北京直接為香港訂立《國安法》；2024年再通過《基本法》第23條立法。《蘋果日報》被迫停刊，創辦人黎智英今年2月被判監20年。當年主推禁令的李家超，2022年更在北京支持下登上特首之位。當年說「不是緊急狀態」的城市，如今連和平集會都已絕跡。

從一條蒙面禁令到一部國安法，路徑再清楚不過：先用緊急之名奪走一項自由，再讓例外變成常態。習近平治下的香港證明，所謂「一國兩制」，從來只是北京隨時可以收回的承諾。禁令禁得住一張臉，禁不住一座城市的人心；七年過去，香港人失去的早已不只蒙面的自由。

來源：NPR（2019年10月4日）https://t.co/bmiqeqyyam ；路透社（2026年9月30日）https://t.co/hTx2l4r9l5

#香港 #黎智英 #釋放政治犯

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On October 4, 2019, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam bypassed the legislature and invoked the colonial-era Emergency Regulations Ordinance — unused since 1967 — to ban face coverings at public assemblies, effective at midnight. Anyone who covered their face, even with face paint, faced up to one year in prison and a HK$25,000 fine. The anti-extradition protests had then been running for nearly four months, with clashes escalating. Security Secretary John Lee said openly that the ban would make protesters easier to identify and prosecute. Lam insisted, in the same breath, that Hong Kong was "not in a state of emergency."

The ban did not calm the streets; it opened the door to ruling by emergency decree. In 2020, Beijing imposed the National Security Law on Hong Kong, followed by Article 23 legislation in 2024. Apple Daily was forced to close, and its founder Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison this February. John Lee, the official who championed the mask ban, was rewarded with the chief executive's office in 2022. In the city that was "not in an emergency," peaceful assembly has all but vanished.

From a mask ban to a national security law, the path could not be clearer: take one freedom in the name of emergency, then make the exception the rule. Hong Kong under Xi Jinping proves that "one country, two systems" was always a promise Beijing could revoke at will. A ban can cover a face; it cannot extinguish a city's conscience — and seven years on, Hong Kongers have lost far more than the right to wear a mask.

Sources: NPR (October 4, 2019) https://t.co/bmiqeqyyam; Reuters (September 30, 2026) https://t.co/hTx2l4r9l5

#HongKong #JimmyLai #FreePoliticalPrisoners

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

星巴克在新疆開了第一批店——開在關押過百萬維吾爾人的土地上。10月2日，路透社報導，星巴克在烏魯木齊開設首兩間門市，一間在大巴扎，一間在國際機場。美國眾議院中共問題特設委員會主席穆勒納爾隨即要求星巴克關店，直斥此舉「令人震驚、道德破產」。路透社還留意到一個細節：門市照片裡只有英文和中文招牌，看不到維吾爾語。

穆勒納爾在信中指出，中共已關押超過一百萬維吾爾人，強迫勞動與大規模拘禁至今未停。聯合國人權高專辦早在2022年就認定，新疆存在嚴重人權侵犯，部分行為可能構成危害人類罪。在這種地方高調開店，等於用全球品牌的招牌，為這片土地的「正常化」背書。

評論：對跨國企業來說，新疆從來不是一塊普通市場——進去做生意，就要接受不談人權、不見維吾爾語、與拘禁營共存的規則。習近平要的正是這個效果：讓全世界一邊譴責、一邊排隊進場賺錢，最後把鎮壓過成日常。當咖啡香飄進大巴扎，被關押的一百多萬人不會因此少一個；但中共的宣傳會多一句：「看，一切正常。」而這，正是獨裁最想要的畫面。

來源：路透社
https://t.co/krJhcI0j8Q
#新疆 #維吾爾人 #星巴克

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[News] Starbucks has opened its first stores in Xinjiang — on land where more than a million Uyghurs have been detained. Reuters reported on Oct 2 that Starbucks opened its first two Urumqi outlets, one at the Grand Bazaar and one at the international airport. John Moolenaar, chair of the House Select Committee on the CCP, immediately demanded Starbucks close them, calling the move "shocking and morally bankrupt." Reuters also noticed a telling detail: photos of the stores show English and Chinese signage — with no Uyghur in sight.

In his letter, Moolenaar pointed out that the CCP has detained more than a million Uyghurs, and that forced labor and mass detention continue. The UN Human Rights Office concluded back in 2022 that Xinjiang had seen serious human rights violations that may amount to crimes against humanity. Opening stores there with fanfare lends a global brand's name to the "normalization" of that land.

Comment: For multinationals, Xinjiang was never just another market. To do business there, you accept the rules: don't mention human rights, keep Uyghur off the signs, coexist with the camps. That is exactly the effect Xi Jinping wants — the world condemns on one side and queues up to profit on the other, until repression becomes everyday life. The smell of coffee in the Grand Bazaar will not free a single one of the million-plus detainees. But it hands the CCP one more line of propaganda: "See? Everything is normal." And that image is what a dictatorship wants most.

Source: Reuters
https://t.co/krJhcI0j8Q
#Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Starbucks

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

香港第一次有記者因「煽動」被國安警察帶走。9月30日，獨立媒體 Boom News 創辦人鄧浩榮被國安處拘捕，直到10月2日凌晨才獲准保釋——他在警署裡被扣了近48小時。

鄧浩榮37歲，Boom News 在 Instagram 上有超過6.6萬追蹤者。警方指控他涉嫌煽動、散播不實資訊，案件與「八三一」太子站事件的採訪報導有關；連同這次悼念活動，共有8人被捕。這是《維護國家安全條例》（23條）實施以來，首宗公開已知的針對記者的煽動拘捕。國際記者聯盟與香港記者協會要求港府交代理據，強調不能把記者的專業工作刑事化。

評論：在今天的香港，做新聞本身已經成了高危職業。國安法之後再加23條，一條比一條寬；先關媒體老闆，再抓獨立記者，習近平治下的「一國兩制」，剩下的只有「一國」，沒有「兩制」。當採訪都可能被扣上煽動的帽子，沉默就是這個政權想要的全部答案——而鄧浩榮們偏偏不肯沉默。

來源：國際記者聯盟（IFJ）
https://t.co/wVodq0jWqw
#香港 #新聞自由 #23條

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[News] For the first time in Hong Kong, a journalist has been taken away by national security police for "sedition." On Sept 30, Tang Ho-wing, founder of the independent outlet Boom News, was arrested by the National Security Department. He was not released on bail until the early hours of Oct 2 — after nearly 48 hours in custody.

Tang is 37, and Boom News has more than 66,000 followers on Instagram. Police accuse him of sedition and spreading false information, over reporting linked to the "831" Prince Edward station incident; eight people were arrested in connection with the commemoration. It is the first publicly known sedition arrest of a journalist under the Article 23 national security law. The International Federation of Journalists and the Hong Kong Journalists Association have demanded the authorities explain the grounds, insisting that journalists must not be criminalised for doing their job.

Comment: In today's Hong Kong, practicing journalism is itself a high-risk occupation. First the National Security Law, then Article 23, each drafted broader than the last. First they jailed the media owner; now they arrest independent reporters. Under Xi Jinping, "one country, two systems" has kept the "one country" and discarded the "two systems." When reporting can be branded sedition, silence is the only answer this regime wants — and people like Tang Ho-wing refuse to give it.

Source: International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
https://t.co/wVodq0jWqw
#HongKong #PressFreedom #Article23

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国慶前夜，成都還在抓人。
秋雨聖約教會會友、八九參與者陳雲飛，9月23日被成都市溫江區警方以「尋釁滋事」正式批捕。對華援助9月30日報道，消息來自親屬和知情人。家屬當時還沒收到書面逮捕通知。溫江警方也沒公布具體指控。
時間線很清楚。2025年3月，他剛服完四年刑出獄。這是2015年以來第二次入獄。2026年8月他在甘肅被行政拘留。8月17日期滿，肅北縣拘留所沒有放人，直接移交給趕來的成都公安。人從甘肅進了成都辦案系統，罪名又落回「尋釁滋事」。
這個罪名沒有明確邊界。批評政府、紀念六四、參加家庭教會，都可以往裡裝。秋雨聖約的牧師王怡仍在獄中。9月11日，教會一群多半六十歲以上的會友在茶館讀經，11人被帶走，長老吳伍慶、會友申曉青各被行政拘留10天。國慶招待會上講民族復興、社會穩定。同一座城市裡，到期該放的人不放，書面手續可以不給家屬，讀經可以變非法聚會。
沒有獨立法院，穩定就是看住不肯閉嘴的人。
On the eve of National Day, Chengdu was still making arrests.
Chen Yunfei, an Early Rain Covenant Church member and a participant in the 1989 democracy movement, was formally arrested on Sept. 23 by police in Chengdu’s Wenjiang District on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” ChinaAid reported this on Sept. 30, citing relatives and people familiar with the case. The family had not received a written arrest notice. Wenjiang police published no specific allegations.
The timeline is plain. He was released in March 2025 after a four-year sentence, his second imprisonment since 2015. In August 2026 he was placed under administrative detention in Gansu. When that term expired on Aug. 17, the Subei detention center did not release him. He was handed to Chengdu police. The charge that came back was, again, “picking quarrels.”
That offense has no clear edge. Criticizing the government, marking June 4, or joining a house church can all be fitted into it. Early Rain pastor Wang Yi remains in prison. On Sept. 11, eleven congregants, most over 60, were taken from a teahouse Bible reading. Elder Wu Wuqing and member Shen Xiaoqing each got 10 days of administrative detention. The National Day reception spoke of national rejuvenation and social stability. In the same city, a man due for release was not released, the family got no paperwork, and a Bible reading became an illegal gathering.
Without independent courts, stability means watching the people who will not stay quiet.
https://t.co/ZwI7ehihkz https://t.co/HSLTd3693d https://t.co/vvKyBI0vdN
#陳雲飛 #秋雨聖約 #尋釁滋事 #中共 #反獨裁

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这是我朋友陈宁，现场受害者之一拍摄的第一视角。

[Daniel Chan @RockyC_91]

我是受害者之一陈宁，这个视频是我的第一视角，中共雇佣的人员朝我喷了大量辣椒水，现在在医院，脸上身上还是火辣辣的，中共 跨境镇压 无法无天！

[Daniel Chan @RockyC_91]

我是受害者之一陈宁，这个视频是我的第一视角，中共雇佣的人员朝我喷了大量辣椒水，现在在医院，脸上身上还是火辣辣的，中共 跨境镇压 无法无天！

[李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele]

突发！10月25日，北京。刚刚结束四中全会的三里屯街头。
有一位勇士挂起两面横幅：
“共产党的本质是反人类的邪教，它们必将给中国带来无尽的灾难。”
“开放党禁，自由组党，自由竞争，自由选择，建立自由，人性，法治的新中国”。——pque2025

[李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele]

10月16日，北京市西城区永定门西街甲一号（国家信访局附近），一名上访者跳入永定河自杀。#维权

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

独裁政体在这个世纪就应该被人人喊打！
In this century, the dictatorship should be beaten by everyone!

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

那天晚上，我去了万达广场旁的小区。 我带着传单，沿着楼道一层一层地放。 有的门口亮着灯，有的黑着。 我知道那里有监控，也可能有人在看。 但我还是去了。 我只是想让更多人看到真相。
That night, I went to the neighborhood next to Wanda Plaza. I carried the leaflets and placed them door by door along the hallways. Some doors had lights on, others were dark. I knew there were cameras, maybe someone watching. But I still went. I just wanted more people to see the truth.

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

那是老刘失踪后的第十天，我依然在夜里把反独裁、反共产党的传单放在每家门前。 我们曾在封控期间记录人们因断供、缺药而受苦的真相。 老刘被带走后，我知道危险离我更近了，但我还是选择继续。 因为沉默，就是默认不公。 我戴着头盔和口罩，不是为了隐藏，而是为了让真相继续被传递。 我没有使用暴力，只是在黑夜里留下一点光。
It was the tenth night after Liu disappeared. I was still out there, leaving anti-dictatorship and anti-CCP leaflets at people’s doors. During the lockdowns, we recorded the truth — the pain and hunger caused by strict government control. After Liu was taken, I knew the danger was closer to me. But I chose to continue, because silence means accepting injustice. I wore a helmet and mask not to hide, but to keep the truth moving forward. I used no violence — only left a bit of light in the darkness.

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

老刘失踪后的第九天，我继续一个人发传单。 我知道这样做有风险，但如果我停下，就没人会继续。 我没有喊口号，只是默默把真相送到每家门前。
On the ninth day after Liu disappeared, I kept handing out leaflets by myself. I knew it was risky, but if I stopped, no one else would continue. I didn’t shout slogans — I just quietly delivered the truth to every door.

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

老刘失踪九天后，我继续做我认为正确的事情。
Nine days after Liu disappeared, I continued to do what I believed was right.

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

老刘失踪后的第八天，我依然在夜里发反独裁、反共产党的传单。 街上很安静，我知道有人可能在监控，但我没有停。 我只是想坚持正确的事。
On the eighth day after Liu disappeared, I was still out at night handing out anti-dictatorship and anti-CCP leaflets. The streets were quiet, and I knew there might be surveillance. But I didn’t stop — I just wanted to keep doing what was right.

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

老劉失蹤的第八天，我繼續堅持正確的事
On the eighth day after Liu disappeared, I kept doing what I believed was right.

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

@RonaldSimmonsUS @wangzhian8848 小粉红很多都是体制内的，他们看到那些看不起病的穷人，农民，只会一句嫌恶的没出息就划走了，然后继续赢麻了。

[火光～FIRELIGHT @Skyler9905]

神祇是他们捧起的，
庙堂是他们跪下的，
神像倒塌时，
唯有他们在石屑中鼓掌欢呼。

历史如潮，往复不息。