Station Piano Becomes Symbol of Defiance After Chinese TV Crew Clashes With Pianist

Published on January 26, 2024

A street piano in London has accidentally become a symbol of defiance after a livestream of flag-waving Chinese TV crew clashing with a British pianist went viral. Following the bizarre incident, in which the Chinese individuals demanded pianist Brendan Kavanagh not to show their faces on his popular YouTube channel, some musicians went to the piano at the St Pancras International station to play “Glory to Hong Kong”—a symbol of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. Mr. Kavanagh, also known as Dr. K, told The Epoch Times that it’s “very interesting” how things have developed. “So the piano has unintentionally become an anti-CCP [Chinese Communist Party] zone and an iconic symbol of freedom,” he said on Friday....