Overview
- On Aug. 29 in Chongqing, giant anti-Communist slogans were projected onto a high-rise for about 50 minutes, with videos later verified by Reuters.
- Qi Hong, 43, told The New York Times he set up a projector and a surveillance camera in a hotel room before leaving China with his family and then operated the devices remotely from the UK.
- Police traced the display to the room and were filmed entering and shutting down the equipment, but the projectionist was not present.
- Qi said authorities later threatened his brother and elderly mother, a tactic rights groups say reflects broader reprisals against critics’ families.
- A post featuring the video by dissident Li Ying drew about 18 million views on X as domestic platforms suppressed the material, and Human Rights Watch cast the act as part of a creative protest trend since 2022.