China

Hong Kong, April 30, 3pm:

***** The Pillar of Shame painted Orange *****

The eight meter tall sculpture The Pillar of Shame
was today painted orange by the Chinese Democracy Movement

We have just received photos and uploaded them to the internet at:
http://www.thecolororange.net/uk/page160

The authorities had tried to obstruct the painting of the sculpture by denying the Danish artist Jens Galschiot and his staff access to Hong Kong as they landed in the airport on April 26. The expulsion has caused wide discussions in Hong Kong about whether China is now introducing their own visa rules and censorship on to Hong Kong. The Danish artist has been in Hong Kong several times before and is known for making peaceful art installations. He has put up The Pillar of Shame which has become a renowned memorial about the massacre on the Tienanmen square in Beijing 1989.

speaking for The Color Orange Project

Can China forbid the color orange?

Purpose: To use the Olympics in Beijing 2008 to visually put focus on China's violations of human rights, and to create a visual symbol, using the color orange, to remind people that "we do know there is something wrong with the respect for human rights in China." We will use the color orange and make it a symbol of the protest against the human rights violations in China.

We are now entering the third week of 2008,the holiday decorations are put away and we are done dating everything 2007.Soon winter will be spring,and then summer.And the biggest thing on the world calander this summer is the upcoming Olympics in China.China will be celebrating it's entry onto the world stage as a power player in social and economic matters.They will be trying to represent themselves to the world as a modern and civilized.Yet all the while they continue to treat their own citizens,and North Korean refugees in a most barbaric manner.In advance of the upcoming Olympics China is stepping up persecution of it's own christian population,Jailing church leaders,confiscating christian literature,and expeling foreign nationals that they suspect of evangelistic activities.All the while Chinas constitution actually allows freedom of religion.Another troubling practice of the Chinese government is the illegal forced repatriation of North Koreans.China performs these repatriations contrary to international law.These refugees have automatic citizenship waiting for them in South Korea,and actually have a place waiting for them here in America due to their status as religous refugees.Yet China continues to send these poor people back,knowing the fate that awaits them.They are imprisoned,tortured,but most are killed,because the most common penalty for leaving North Korea is dea