The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/tibet/)
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A report from The Sun yesterday adds ballast to what many had long suspected: that pro-Hong Kong materials are being vandalized on campus, with Snapchat screenshots suggesting that students were responsible for vandalizing stickers stuck to a footbridge railing. It harkens back to dark memories two years ago when pro-Tibet human rights posters on Arts Quad were similarly stolen. The repetition of such an act of grave immaturity and irresponsibility puts into question the conscience of those perpetrators, widening the chasm within the larger Chinese community between the mainland Chinese and Hong Kong people. But one question lingers: why? Why would someone destroy materials meant to support those protesting an overbearing state?
“We’ve made the physical posters more durable, with laminated paper and metal stakes instead of wooden ones.”
The stealing of the Tibet Initiative at Cornell’s signs last week emphasized a campus divide among international students regarding China’s policy toward Tibet.