On July 4th morning a young woman live-streamed herself splashing ink on an image of Xi Jinping in front of a Shanghai office building while speaking out against one-party rule in China. The woman, surnamed Dong, shouted in protest, “I oppose Xi Jinping’s autocratic rule and tyranny!” before then splashing black ink onto Xi Jinping's face in a “Chinese dream” poster located on the street in front of the HNA Building in Pudong. She also claimed to have been under Chinese Communist Party “mind control” for the past year, asking international organizations to intervene and investigate this issue. Dong then went on to taunt the Chinese President declaring, “Xi Jinping, I’m waiting here for you to catch me! I splashed ink onto your portrait in front of your property.” Around 3 pm that day Dong posted a photo on Twitter of what appeared to be multiple officers standing outside her door and wrote “Right now, there are people in uniform outside my door. Once I get changed, I will go out. I haven’t done anything wrong. The ones who have done wrong are the people and organizations that hurt me.”
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