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What else sank in Hong Kong, by @AhTo_comic twitter.com/krislc/status/…
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Am in the area for an event at Tai Kwun, but came across riot police, water cannon and teargas in Central, where an approved rally is cut short. #HongKong
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A sense of deja vu in #HongKong as posters for protest pass around online, shops announce they’re joining the general strike and police ramp up security around LegCo, all in preparation for the reading of the controversial National Anthem bill tomorrow.
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Here’s the new Hong Kong for you. A work by local artist Ah To.
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Two people among 17 arrested for bomb plots this weekend suffered bone fractures during police arrests and were admitted to hospital. But this is not isolated case. Since June, at least 100 defendants missed first hearing as they were still being treated thestandnews.com/politics/%E5%8…
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“By the time you see this post, I’m already in UK,” illustrator Hong Kong Worker wrote on Facebook.
“You might think HK lost another voice, but if I stay, I will be silenced. This choice allows me to continue.”
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Riot police fired pepper balls at protesters and passersby. A father argued with a officer, who also lost control emotionally, after the pepper balls landed near his baby. The baby and the mother were heard crying as they took shelter in a building’s lobby.
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#HongKong unveiled new “National Insecurity Office”
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A friend found a “parking ticket” on his car this morning.
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The fear that #HongKong will be assimilated and turned into just another Chinese city was precisely what drove people to the streets last year. Now the nightmare's coming true. They couldn't extradite people to stand trial in mainland China, so now they extend their law to HK. twitter.com/austinramzy/st…
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Not your regular souvenir. #HongKong tycoon Li Ka-shing, who just returned from New Zealand, brought back 5,115 set of protective coveralls, to be donated to medical staff at hospitals.
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Masks, glasses are banned at this church cult. Followers attend even when they’re sick, sit tightly together during services, are taught not to be afraid of illness.
Now 150 members test positive for #coronavirus and authorities can’t locate the rest.
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Philippines is repatriating all Chinese tourists who arrived from Wuhan before the city's put under lockdown. news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/24/20/…
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Small, scattered installations and signs in commemoration of the #TiananmenSquareMassacre and a growing crowd outside the Victoria Park, where #HongKong govt has banned the annual vigil on the grounds of public health.
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Checked out this marketplace today, which is on its 2nd day. It’s not exactly a protest-related lunar new year fair, but it hosts booths by a lot of local illustrators that have contributed to protest artworks. E.g, this poster, is done by @HeungShinghk who did star-wars flyers.
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It may be brief, but after hours of moseying around the streets, protesters retook Hennessy Road to make a statement that is loud and clear: they do not fear the national security law.
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"I will not leave, cannot leave and should not leave... I cannot give up. I am still the Bishop Emeritus of #HongKong," said Cardinal Joseph Zen, in an interview with the now-shuttered Stand News last May. The 90-year-old was arrested today.
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam on why election has to be postponed: a lot of voters live in mainland China and are now unable to travel to HK. They are willing to come back for every election because they care about Hong Kong and some are now stuck. 🤔
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In my first piece for @thenation, I spoke to three #HongKong political artists across generations - Zunzi, Ah To and Harcourt Romanticist - on why cartoons and paintings can be a threat to the regime.
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As an action star, #DonnieYen has never been more sought after. He is starring alongside Keanu Reeves in #JohnWickChapter4. He was recently on the cover of GQ Hype as "Hong Kong's Ageless Action Hero."
But here's why not everyone back home is celebrating:
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In the charge sheet against @JimmyLaiApple for collusion with foreign forces, police listed excerpts of his interviews with media as well as commentaries he wrote, including this op-ed on New York Times, where he asked:
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Now is a good time to revisit what the composer of #GloryToHongKong, PI told me last year: “If a regime were to react so severely that a simple song is banned and all who are involved are arrested, it shows that it is the regime itself that fears the people and its ideas.” twitter.com/damon_pang/sta…
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After #Shanghai residents held a vigil for a deadly fire in Urumqi on Wulumuqi Road, in Hong Kong, some twenty people held a rally in solidarity with Chinese protesters on…Shanghai Street.
Photo by @inmediahk
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#HongKong govt declares last night that the slogan “Liberate HK, the Revolution of Our Times” connotes independence and violates national security law. In response, protesters prove that you may outlaw certain words but you cannot ban ideas or thoughts.
Journalist based in Hong Kong. Formerly @VICEWorldNews, @SCMPNews. Words in @WPReview, @latimes and @AJEnglish
Contact: rachel_cheung1@protonmail.com