Hong Kong 01 Self-Censorship? “Anti-Xi” Report Taken Down and Silenced Within Six Hours on Eve of 20th Party Congress
香港 01 自我審查？ 二十大前夕「反習」報導刊登 6 小時內主動下架消音
With the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th National Congress imminent, attention has focused on whether Xi Jinping can become the first person to be elected state president for a third time. However, numerous voices of resistance have emerged on the streets ahead of the meeting. Yesterday, a man was arrested by public security authorities after hanging an “anti-Xi” banner at Beijing’s Sitong Bridge. The incident was blocked across the Chinese internet, and no reports appeared in Hong Kong’s mainstream media. Hong Kong 01 initially published a report on the incident at 4:21 p.m. yesterday, but proactively took it down and silenced it within six hours.
「中共二十大」召開在即，各界重點關注習近平能否成為三度當選「國家主席」的第一人，唯會議前街頭出現頗多反抗聲音。昨日一名男子於北京四通橋掛起「反習」橫額被公安拘捕。事件遭到中國全網封鎖，香港主流媒體未見報導。「香港 01」原有在昨日 4 時 21 分刊登該事件報導，唯於 6 個小時內，主動將該報導下架消音。