China - Protest shows Xi Jinping giving the finger in Paris

Reporters without borders

As Paris rolls out the red carpet for visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, Reporters Without Borders staged a protest early today to draw attention to the lack of sincerity of Xi and his government about civil liberties, especially freedom of information as enshrined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eight-square-metre photomontages showing the Chinese president giving the finger were to have been driven around Paris on five trucks all morning. One truck (...)

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