6.6K views · 200 reactions | The streets of #Barcelona were ablaze as Catalan independence #protests unfolded last week. Spain witnessed some of its most violent demonstrations in decades. On Friday, more than 500,000 activists marched in the streets to demonstrate against the sentencing of nine Catalan separatist leaders. Police struggled to maintain control of the situation, firing rubber bullets and teargas into the crowd. | China Daily | Facebook

【#HuSays】I hope the #Catalan independence movement provokes Westerners to reevaluate their stance on separatist movements in China and gradually make a clean break with them: Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin | Global Times

193K views · 988 reactions | Spain is in the middle of a political battle that threatens to split the country. At the heart of it: Catalan independence. | Vox | Facebook