Hong Kong held its first authorized protest since the coronavirus pandemic began. The demonstration, against a land reclamation plan, was limited to 100 people, who had to walk within cordon tape and wear numbered tags.
HONG KONG — Hong Kong has held its first authorized protest in three years — a demonstration against a land reclamation plan — but imposed strict rules on the participants, including requiring them to wear numbered tags and walk along a route cordoned off with police tape.It was a sign of the control that Hong Kong’s government, which has become increasingly beholden to Beijing, is seeking to exert over a city that is supposed to enjoy a degree of autonomy from China.
They also had to make sure that the participants did not make political statements with their attire — such as carrying yellow umbrellas, the symbol of the pro-democracy demonstrations that brought the city to a standstill in 2019. James Ockenden, a 49-year-old British journalist who has lived in the city for two decades, joined the protest with his children. He said the rules, like the cordon tape, were absurd.“As soon as we came to a corner, the cordon got tangled up. … It was humiliating,” Ockenden said. “It felt like being herded like sheep.”
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