{"id":53415,"date":"2022-12-13T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53415"},"modified":"2022-12-13T11:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T02:29:37","slug":"n-koreans-astonished-at-white-paper-demonstrations-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-koreans-astonished-at-white-paper-demonstrations-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Koreans astonished at &#8220;white paper demonstrations&#8221; in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans cannot hide their astonishment at the so-called \u201cwhite paper demonstrations\u201d that recently erupted in major Chinese cities in protest over the government\u2019s COVID-19 lockdowns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK that word of the protests in China quickly circulated among residents of Hoeryong recently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow, people joke that if you haven\u2019t heard news of the Chinese protests, you must be some sort of reactionary,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, news of the large-scale protests in China is spreading through residents in border regions who stay in contact with the outside world using Chinese-made mobile phones. People who are suffering extreme hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic are taking a keen interest in the news, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Above all else, residents of Hoeryong are most surprised that protests are taking place in a country with a socialist regime similar to North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, in a phone conversation with Daily NK, one person said they were \u201creally surprised to hear that protests had broken out in China,&#8221; adding that &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China is a socialist nation, and their political restrictions on the population are largely similar to ours [North Korea], so I think people are taking more interest in the news.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man further said that people were really curious why Chinese people \u201cwho are better off than us [North Koreans]&#8221; are protesting, and what the result of those protests will be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFar from complaining about COVID lockdown policies, we\u2019re living lives [so restricted] that we can hardly breathe, so we\u2019re even more amazed that Chinese people are protesting,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another resident of Hoeryong said some people are reacting to news of the Chinese protests by \u201cboldly declaring that we, too, must cause some trouble like the Chinese are, as if our lives depended on it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, there is reportedly plenty of talk among North Koreans about \u201crising up together as one at the same time in our country, too, just like in China,\u201d and \u201cif we all rise up together, the state can\u2019t kill all of us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, other people are reacting more cautiously, warning that \u201cpeople who needlessly run their mouths disappear without a trace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some North Koreans are expressing envy towards Chinese people because they can protest against their government.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople can\u2019t openly express their discontent, but they\u2019re boiling inside,\u201d said the source. \u201cThey also feel jealous of the Chinese because [their country] is so different from our country, whose authorities don&#8217;t let anyone complain.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20221208-4\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Koreans cannot hide their astonishment at the so-called \u201cwhite paper demonstrations\u201d that recently erupted in major Chinese cities in protest over the government\u2019s COVID-19 lockdowns.\u00a0 A source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK that word of the protests in China quickly circulated among residents of Hoeryong recently.\u00a0 \u201cNow, people joke that if you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":38667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,649],"tags":[759],"class_list":["post-53415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-china-north-korea-border","tag-china"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. 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