Thread by @joshuawongcf

[How #Beiing treats #ClimateStrike at home]

1. While #China claims to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, it is better for the world to draw attention to how this world’s biggest carbon emitter actually treats green activists at home. vice.com/en_us/article/…

2. Brave teen activist @howey_ou told @VICE, she was once taken to #police station after calling for #ClimateAction outside local gov offices. During interrogation, cops asked her about how she knew about #ClimateChange, why she protests every day and all ppl who had talked to me

3. She described green activism isn’t welcome at home when public criticism is viewed as acts of defiance and harshly punished, "It’s all about authority. They weren’t concerned about science or the planet at all.”

https://twitter.com/howey_ou/status/1309919652017922048

4. "They also seemed to know a lot about me and even had details about my friends — that was when I knew it wasn’t an innocent chat. I finally understood that these were officers from the national security bureau and realized that it wasn’t a casual arrest," she said.

5. Upon her release, she lost internet connection at home, barred from posting on Twitter, banned from school and restricted from talking to foreigners or journalists. While her phone number was suspended, police also phoned her parents for several days at their workplace.

6. Unlike other gov-funded NGOs that dare not challenge gov, Howey is excluded from events abt climate change in #China. While #Beijing silences scientists & hides facts from public, Chinese companies are allowed to destroy nature & many don’t care abt it nor believe in science.

7 When #China promises to take action, its tolerance on green activism is litmus test of its willingness to implement the plan.Don't forget China's 2015 documentary #UnderTheDome on air pollution was banned within a week after unveiling failure of Chinese regulations on pollution