http://www.boxun.com/news/gb/yuanqing/2011/12/201112050002.shtml
Sydney Harbour Demonstration - 4th December 2011
Sydney Harbour and Sydney Town Hall
Demonstration -
International Human Rights Day 10th December 2011
http://www.peacehall.com/news/gb/intl/2011/12/201112101720.shtml - Read more details here
Town Hall
Sydney Harbour
Day one. Wet and lonely vigil |
A very wet Monday 12th December 2011 and photo quality has suffered.
Even though the weather was unwelcoming the opportunity was still made available for Sydney Chinese Consular Staff to have a positive discussion with my wife. Typically, another opportunity lost.
A small queue waits to enter China |
A photographic record will be maintained here of the opportunities missed by Sydney Consular staff. (A record of this type was not possible in China due to the risk to personal safety in taking photographs around "sensitive" buildings and of "sensitive" subjects - the abuse of Petitioners in China.)
Same queue.. but now bunching |
It is also a record of the disregard China has for the Legal Rights of Australians. Please also refer to the count up at the top of this page for days (and years) already elapsed.
Day two. Weather is better |
Longer queue ignoring Falun Gong demonstrator |
SYDNEY
Tuesday, 13th December 2011
The children's faces have been obscured intentionally. They have no part in the argument with the Chinese Courts and Government. Not until later when they are adult, perhaps.
A Falun Gong supporter confronts people waiting to enter the Chinese Consulate. They demonstrate outside this building every day should you wish to contact them. They have photos to show you and stories to tell.
My wife and Mr. Tang gave the Chinese Government another opportunity for discussion. Another opportunity wasted as the Chinese Government continues to deny the Legal Rights of my wife, Mr. Tang and Miss He.
I am just here, only metres away. Time for a chat? |
SYDNEY
Wednesday 14th December 2011
Chinese Consular Staff did not walk across the street to talk to my wife. How effortlessly they squander opportunities and continue to deny an Australian their Legal Rights.
The Chinese Consul General has made no response to our letter given him on 1st August 2011.
Possibly Chinese Officials did not want to get close to the Falun Gong demonstrator (who took the photograph for my wife) demonstrating against the Chinese Government just to the left of the driveway shown in this photo.
Every passing day makes China poorer and poorer for not fixing an illegal civil court case and for denying an Australian their Legal Rights. This record is proof of the disdain the Chinese Government and Courts have for Australian Legal Rights and for their own Laws. They perpetuate the crime... I record the elapsed Time.
We'd both like a chat. About fixing problems. |
Thursday, 15th December 2011
Two petitioners demonstrate in Dunblane Street
Camperdown opposite number 39, the Chinese Consulate.
You know I can wear this when I walk around Sydney, as well? |
Another day confirming the Chinese Government's support for their corrupt and illegal Court Administration.
They emphatically confirm that they deny Legal Rights, within and outside China. The questions for Australians (and others) are.
Who in China has Legal Rights?
No Australian, certainly.
Who, going into China, will have Legal Rights?
No Australian, certainly.
Freedom to wear this cloth banner anywhere, any time |
The Consulate is usually late to open of a morning.It is hoped that there is a large crowd waiting when Pee Bucket joins the demonstration.
Falun Gong demonstrator is not bowing to China. She is reading a paper behind her banner. |
(My wife) I'm watching you (China) watching me. |
SYDNEY
Friday, 16th December 2011
An early, light drizzle did not dampen my wife's resolve to continue her demonstration for her Legal Rights and for resolution of the illegal 1998 civil court case.
Relax. It is a photo session not a firing squad. |
Falun Gong demonstrator's banner goes up and Chinese flag seems to go into hiding. |
I read reports where the Government was cracking down on Officials who were using Official cars for private use. I'm sure ordinary Chinese were not impressed with that news! Such a "heavy" crackdown on corruption.
Westerner arrives amused by the frenzy of camera shutter releases |
She heard familiar words and phrases amongst the waiting assembly and tried to identify the Northerners. But they all ignored her, this strange woman (to them) standing outside the Chinese Consulate in Sydney.. with a banner, no less! Such a cool reception makes me wonder if these people were officials of sorts and that is why they wanted photos taken under the plaque on the wall. Perhaps they also got the Chinese Flag fluttering above their heads. Such bliss, to travel so far for such a photographic occasion. And no need to ask permission to take photos of this sensitive building, either.
Their experience of our Freedom must be wonderful?
WTF. The Westerner cannot believe his eyes |
My wife photographed a plane coming in to land at Kingsford Smith Airport. It had no open bomb bay doors and posed no threat to the Consulate.
Pee Bucket will visit Dunblane Street and salute the Consulate, appropriately. Hail Chinese Petitioners everywhere! Hail Pee Bucket!
Meanwhile, while nothing is done to resolve the problem, the Chinese Government and their corrupt and illegal Court Administration sinks deeper into a fowl mire of their own making. Can anyone argue with that?
I only report here what I see and hear.
Photographs are taken.. of Chinese taking photographs |
No bomb bay doors on this plane to worry Chinese Consulate Staff |
My wife keeps the Consulate under surveillance. |
Symbolic loading of the IPONU pee bucket |
SYDNEY
Friday 23rd December 2011
Chinese Sydney Consulate
39 Dunblane Street
Camperdown NSW
SYDNEY
PEE BUCKET DAY
My wife adds her symbolic load to the IPONU pee bucket |
There is room for a wee bit more..... |
In Beijing in 2010 I had placed our new, empty pee bucket on my head and saluted the Letters and Visits Office building with it. At that time it was a gesture of defiance and a return of the crap Chinese Officials had so generously heaped on us while we sought settlement of the 1998 illegal civil court case.
In Australia and on our turf in 2011 it seemed fitting that we should return the "crap". The Sydney Chinese Consulate made no response to our letter of 1st August 2011, requesting their help, and so became a deserving and exposed, conveniently located target for the douching.
I give China back the crap they gave to my wife and I in 2010 |
In China my wife and I were far more vulnerable than the Sydney Consulate standing as it does on protected ground in Australia. It is protected by NSW and Australian Federal Police. In China, we two Australians only had the support of Australian friends way, way back in Australia. Chinese Police were not there to protect us but to gaol us. Law Courts were not there to uphold the Law but to continue to break it and attempt to murder my wife. The Chinese Government wanted nothing to do with us or take ownership of their Courts' illegal actions. Our symbolic pouring of "crap" onto the Sydney Consulate, while insulting, is nothing compared to China's treatment of ourselves.
I have said, several times, that it is not my intention to waste time and effort demonstrating outside the Chinese Sydney Consulate. So few Westerners travel Dunblane Street and, for that matter, so few Chinese visit the Consulate that never opens on time. But opportunities must be given, as we did in China, for officials to talk to us if they want. Those opportunities are dwindling very fast. I expect they will do what they do best, ignore Australian Petitioners in Australia just as we were ignored in China. They continue to deny an Australian their Legal Rights.
The threatened rain held off. Only a light sprinkle while we set up the banner at the bus stop. The weather improved dramatically on the walk to the Consulate and everything bade well for our Pee Bucket Day. Passing traffic slowed to read the banner and to wonder at the head gear I was wearing. I am happy in the knowledge that no matter how stupid I look, China is made to look ten times more stupid.
We set the banner up using a light pole as a support at one end and our shopping bag at the other. When that was done we captured the Pee Bucket photographs for the Blog and for the benefit of early arriving Consulate staff. Consistent with their normal practice the Consulate opened ten to fifteen minutes late.
The threatened rain held off. Only a light sprinkle while we set up the banner at the bus stop. The weather improved dramatically on the walk to the Consulate and everything bade well for our Pee Bucket Day. Passing traffic slowed to read the banner and to wonder at the head gear I was wearing. I am happy in the knowledge that no matter how stupid I look, China is made to look ten times more stupid.
We set the banner up using a light pole as a support at one end and our shopping bag at the other. When that was done we captured the Pee Bucket photographs for the Blog and for the benefit of early arriving Consulate staff. Consistent with their normal practice the Consulate opened ten to fifteen minutes late.
Walking up Dunblane Street away from the Consulate |
Sydney-siders ask about our banner and Pee Bucket |
NTDTV interview my wife |
The banner is panned... |
My wife and NTD TV crew |
The man across the road watches.. everything |
Mr. Zhang confronts the crowd about Human Rights |
This man in the checked shirt is not happy |
Mr. Zhang speaks to the crowd. The man watches. |
At last, I get to speak on camera. |
Falun Gong supporter distributes her leaflets. |
The man focuses his attention on Mr. Zhang |
"I PEE ON YOU" Dedicated to Chinese Court Officials |
Demonstration 30.12.2011. Opposite crime scene |
SYDNEY
Friday 30.12.2011
Armed hold up at Alfred Hotel, cnr Dunblane Street and Missendon Road, Camperdown.
Unable to demonstrate outside Sydney Chinese Consulate, 39 Dunblane Street.
Demonstrated on Missendon Road opposite Dunblane Street.
Demonstration.. on the move |
Happy demonstrators react to onlookers |
How happy we are to have Television and several thousand curious onlookers seeing our demonstration against the Chinese Government and lack of Legal and Human Rights in China.
We decided that our 30.12.2011 campaign would be more direct. Targeting issues, not just affecting my wife's illegal civil court case, but other issues that spin off from it.
Mr. Tang protests his loss of Business property |
"Law is only for the Rich and Powerful"- Laws are broken at very high levels. "Quanxi" rules with high levels of corruption. Law can be bought or Sold, if you have money. If you have money you also have Rights. Money buys you Rights. Ordinary Chinese are generally poor. They have no Laws to protect them and no Rights. The cases of my wife, Mr. Tang and Ms. He support my argument (along with several million in China).
CHINESE LAW KEEPERS ARE LAW BREAKERS |
My wife demonstrates before a "captive"audience |
Petitioners demonstrate freely in Australia unlike in China |
Stamp out Law Keepers who are Law Breakers. Stamp Out Rights held only by the Rich and Powerful. Stamp out Murderers of Petitioners |
Crossing the street grabs the attention of people and traffic |
Whiteboard Message displayed 30.12.2011 |