And like their peers who had strolled against pollution, many were doing it alone–not under the umbrella of the Communist Party or their schools, or even NGOs.

Red is the symbolic color of the Chinese Communist Party.Provincial-level crackdownThe “hitting the black” campaign has itself been criticized as a politically motivated Cultural Revolution-style movement.

Her father used to be a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but later the CCP demanded his expulsion from the Party due to his support for the June 4th Movement.

. … The slight movement that you make means something. Everything, no matter how small, it means something.

[20] Mao's original words in Chinese were a pun: I am like a monk holding an umbrella—no Tao (or Fa, pun for "hair") nor heaven (pun for "sky").

A few pursued television cameramen with opened umbrellas trying to block their shots -- a comical dance that was broadcast on CNN and BBC. There was no flicker of protest.