In February 2024, images circulated online showing the address plaque at Li Keqiang's former residence on Hongxing Road 80 covered up. (Screenshot from the internet)
[October 25, 2024] Ahead of China’s 75th National Day anniversary on October 1, Chinese authorities intensified stability maintenance efforts. Veteran journalist Gao Yu revealed that several of her friends have been under government surveillance since the National Day and will remain so until October 28, as October 27 marks the anniversary of former Premier Li Keqiang’s death.
On October 24, Gao Yu posted on the overseas platform X, saying, “Several of my friends were placed under surveillance or followed throughout the National Day holiday due to the 105th birthday and burial anniversary of Zhao Ziyang. Some were kept under watch for two or three days straight. Afterward, local police informed them that they would continue daily checks until October 28.”
Gao noted, “At first, no one understood why the monitoring was extended to October 28, but later realized it was due to the one-year anniversary of Li Keqiang’s death on October 27.” Some individuals in Beijing, she added, have been under surveillance since September 27 and remain so even now.
She also described her own experience, saying her phone line had been cut, and security officers came to her door. They had to knock on her back window with a stick to get her attention.
Gao remarked that October could now be called “Surveillance Month,” with far more stringent monitoring than during the “Two Sessions” or the June 4 anniversary.
October 27 marks the first anniversary of Li Keqiang’s death. In Henan, where he once worked, a large marathon scheduled for that day and another event in his hometown in Anhui were postponed “for unspecified reasons.” The event organizers did not provide an explanation, prompting complaints and questions from registered participants on social media.
On October 27, 2023, former Premier Li Keqiang, 68, died suddenly in Shanghai. Authorities stated he died of a heart attack, though speculations about factional struggles within the Chinese leadership quickly emerged. Following his death, spontaneous, large-scale memorials occurred in places like his former residence in Hefei, Anhui, his ancestral home in Dingyuan, and Zhengzhou, Henan, where he once worked.
On February 17 of this year, online images showed the address plaque for Li Keqiang’s former residence in Hefei, "Hongxing Road 80 Cultural History Museum Dormitory," was removed and completely covered by a local government propaganda poster. A source familiar with the situation confirmed to Epoch Times that this was done by local officials at the instruction of the neighborhood committee.
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