I’m not using people’s death as political cudgel. I’m Chinese and I have friends who attended these protests and I’m genuinely scared for their life. The news articles have to use “unverified videos on social media” because no “official” news outlet in China would ever publish any real story about the protests. My friends and I who have been sharing the videos taken by people who were at the protest are getting shadow banned, some got their entire profiles wiped out, and we’ve lost contact with two. The US government might be using this all as political ploy, but how does this make Chinese people’s demand for freedom and end of authoritarian rule any less valid?? Sure, for some people they just want their lives to go back to pre-Covid, but for others they are finally opening their eyes to the atrocities that the Communist Party has committed and finally had enough to be not afraid and speak for themselves. I realize how Covid has negatively impacted Asian Americans, but this is a separate fight. The Chinese people is finally rising up and calling for change, and I genuinely hope the call for freedom and rights could be supported.