Everything Is Fine — Global Silent Protest
- Project
- CAM-004
- Date
- 28 June 2025
- Press
- Deutsche Welle Chinese — 国安法五周年：红胶带捂嘴 港人发起全球艺术抗议The Chaser News — 國安法5年｜中國大媽大鬧德國港人默站行動NTV Japan — 香港の民主活動家らが言論弾圧に都内で抗議TBS NEWS DIG — 「沈黙は平和ではない」都内で抗議のサイレントパフォーマンスDeutsche Welle Chinese — 法蘭克福書展上的默站抗議
- Partners
- Hongkonger in Deutschland e.V.
CCP propaganda says everything is fine. So we stood there and said exactly that — in silence.
On 28 June 2025, the eve of the fifth anniversary of Hong Kong's National Security Law, approximately 300 people across 20 cities in 11 countries participated in a coordinated silent protest. Participants were bound with red rope and sealed their mouths — and in some cases their eyes — with red tape, holding signs that read: "Everything is Fine in Hong Kong." The action is estimated to have reached 30,000 people on the ground and online, making it one of the largest coordinated diaspora actions that year.
The art concept was developed by Hong Kong artist Kacey Wong, drawing on his 2016 performance work created in response to the Causeway Bay Books disappearances, in which he wrapped himself in red rope to symbolise abduction by the Chinese Communist Party. For this action, the format was distributed globally: each city organised its own gathering, with participants adapting the visual language to their local context.
Participating Cities
Sydney (City Town Hall), Melbourne (State Library Forecourt), Vienna (Stephansplatz), Vancouver (Art Gallery), Tokyo (Shibuya Scramble, 27 June), Frankfurt (MyZeil), Berlin (Alexanderplatz), Bern (Bahnhofplatz), Taipei (Liberty Square), Taichung (Lennon Tunnel), Leeds, London (St Martin-in-the-Fields), Manchester (St Peter's Square), Edinburgh (National Records of Scotland), Sheffield (Town Hall), San Diego (Oceanside Civic Center), Lagos.
London drew over 60 participants; some were visibly moved to tears. In Taichung, Kacey Wong stood silently beside a wall of pro-Hong Kong messages at the city's largest Lennon Tunnel. Tokyo participants marched to the Chinese Consulate on 30 June — the NSL's fifth anniversary — where Lady Liberty HK representative Alric Lee stated: "Silence is not peace."
In Frankfurt, a Chinese woman disrupted the action for nearly an hour — verbally abusing participants, spitting, and pushing a camera operator. The incident was recorded in full; police were called three times. Hongkonger in Deutschland e.V. filed a formal complaint for assault and criminal damage.
Frankfurt Book Fair (18 October 2025)
The action was reprised at the 77th Frankfurt Book Fair, where Hongkonger in Deutschland e.V., Amnesty International Frankfurt, and ADHRRF (Association for Defense of Human Rights and Religious Freedom) held a silent stand from 12:00–13:00 outside the main entrance. Protesters again stood bound and sealed as hundreds of book fair visitors stopped to photograph and ask questions. A banner in yellow on black read: "In China, in Hong Kong, everything is fine."