Beijing Premier’s Visit Draws the Who’s Who of Human Rights Campaigners

A who’s who of campaigners against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) human rights abuses made an appearance on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra, in response to CCP Premier Li Qiang’s official visit. The communist regime’s number two leader has embarked on a high-level tour of New Zealand and Australia, amid an ongoing “normalisation” of trade ties between Australia and China. Yet Mr. Li’s visit has also attracted the focus of long-time critics of the CCP, some former party members, and others the target of its oppression. Vicky Xiuzhong Xu, a China-born Australian journalist who has carried out extensive investigative work into Beijing’s human rights abuses, said she hoped the CCP would stop pressuring overseas dissidents....