NEWS UPDATES: CCP Premier Tour Comes to a Close in Western Australia
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and CCP Premier Li Qiang are seen at the Kaarta Gar-up Lookout in Kings Park before an Australia-China CEO Roundtable in Perth, Australia, on June 18, 2024. (AAP Image/Richard Wainwright)
Australian journalist Cheng Lei observes a signing ceremony by China’s Premier Li Qiang and Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 17, 2024. (Lukas Coch/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a luncheon for China’s Premier Li Qiang at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on June 17, 2024. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) CCP Premier Li Qiang inspects a guard of honour outside the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on June 17, 2024. Li Qiang, who is second only to CCP leader Xi Jinping, is on a four-day visit to Australia. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) The Hyatt hotel in Canberra, Australia, on June 14, 2024. (The Epoch Times)
Falun Gong practitioners fly balloons carrying their messages to counter pro-CCP protesters’s attempts to block their banners from view in Canberra, Australia, on June 17, 2024. (The Epoch Times)
Sunday, June 16
A cameraman trying to film the arrival of CCP Premier Li Qiang for Australian media was blocked by a pro-CCP protestor. It is suspected that the protestor thought the cameraman was a Falun Gong practitioner.
This implies the CCP has given instructions to disrupt FLG protestors. pic.twitter.com/98gCMJtmoq
Human rights demonstrators and pro-CCP protestors are seen holding banners and flags in Canberra, Australia, on June 16, 2024. (Luo Ya/The Epoch Times) Human rights demonstrators and pro-CCP protestors are seen holding banners and flags in Canberra, Australia, on June 16, 2024. (Luo Ya/The Epoch Times) Wang Wang the Panda at Adelaide Zoo in Adelaide, Australia, on June 16, 2024. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images) A pro Hong Kong protestor holds a placard reading ‘Human Rights over Pandas’ at Adelaide Zoo in Adelaide, Australia, on June 16, 2024. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images) Pro-CCP protestors try to obstruct a banner held by Falun Gong practitioners in Adelaide, Australia, on June 16, 2024. Falun Gong practitioners are persecuted by the communist regime in China. (Yangyang Lu/NTD) Falun Gong practitioners and pro-CCP protestors are seen holding banners and flags ahead of CCP Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Canberra, Australia, on June 16, 2024. (The Epoch Times)
Pro-CCP protester seeing pushing and jostling a #FalunGong practitioner in #Adelaide to prevent the #ChinesePremier from seeing banners exposing human rights abuses in China.
Police restrain the young man a few times, however, it does not stop him from harassing the older lady pic.twitter.com/Dmv6yVRQmn
Pro-CCP supporters attempting to obscure a banner that describes the peaceful meditation practice Falun Gong, which is currently being persecuted in China by the Chinese Communist Party, taken in Adelaide, Australia on June 15, 2024. (Yangyang Lu/NTD Television) CCP’s Premier Li Qiang (R) greets Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong (C), South Australia’s Premier Peter Malinauskas (2nd L) and other officials at Adelaide Airport in Adelaide, Australia on June 15, 2024. (Asanka Ratnayake/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Pro-CCP protesters slash #FalunGong practitioners’ banner with a knife during #ChinesePremier‘s visit to New Zealand. A person was seen running away after vandalising the FLG banner. pic.twitter.com/NcuWtq98cn
A bus blocked Falun Gong practitioners’s banner in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 14, 2024. (Supplied) A passenger helped a female Falun Gong practitioner who was pushed to the road by a pro-Beijing protester in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 14, 2024. (Supplied) Pro-CCP organisers erecting flags at the back of the Hyatt Hotel Canberra where Premier Li Qiang will be staying, taken in Canberra, Australia on June 14, 2024. (Courtesy of Songfa Liu) The Hyatt hotel in Canberra, Australia, on June 14, 2024. (The Epoch Times) Australian Shadow Home Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 13, 2021. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) Falun Gong adherents stand next to pro-Beijing demonstrators as CCP Premier Li Qiang visits New Zealand’s Government House in Wellington on June 13, 2024. (Rex Widerstrom/The Epoch Times) Pro-Beijing demonstrators as CCP Premier Li Qiang visits New Zealand’s Goverment House in Wellington on June 13, 2024. (Rex Widerstrom/The Epoch Times) CCP Premier Li Qiang (L) and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon pose after attending a joint press conference at Government House in Wellington, New Zealand on June 13, 2024. (Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images)