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The next Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
//By 2016, when Law was elected into the legislature, Lee "was already notoriously difficult to deal with" and seemed hostile to any journalists or opposition lawmakers who raised questions or challenges, Law said.// cnn.com/2022/05/07/asi…
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Trenmendouns achievement. twitter.com/lukedepulford/…
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See you all at @ColbyCollege with @GoldfarbCenter tonight.
Live stream for tonight's event at 7PM ET: colby.edu/livestream/
But I would love to see students attend in person!
(P.S.: This is one of the best event posters I've seen. The designer is talented.)
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"I think it is extremely irresponsible to give it to a country that violates human rights as blatantly as the Chinese regime is doing."
'I really think it is terrible' - Double Winter Olympic gold medallist Nils van der Poel criticises Beijing 2022 eurosport.co.uk/speed-skating/…
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All illegal Chinese Overseas police stations should be banned, and individuals responsible for harassment and intimidation of dissidents should be prosecuted.
FBI arrests two New Yorkers accused of running covert Chinese police station theguardian.com/world/2023/apr…
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It's a passionate debate. If you are still wondering whether we should treat China (under CCP's control) as an adversary or a partner, please listen to it.
@intelligence2
Debate: It’s Time to Treat China Like an Adversary not a Partner youtu.be/OVJrtzbK4zE via @YouTube
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BREAKING: Twitter says China-backed , deceptive information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong
blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/c…
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Thank you for the hard work @HawleyMO and @marcorubio 💪💪 Stand with Hong Kong in solidarity!
#HongKong twitter.com/HawleyMO/statu…
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Police working with patriotic thugs. They both serve the same boss. twitter.com/anti_elab/stat…
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2. In mainland China, all media outlets are controlled by party branches. Now, this trend is extended to Hong Kong. What's worth noticing is the charge the government used -- "conspiracy to publish seditious publications." It has never been used for more than five decades.
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“Daryl Morey was right”
It’s not hard to say it. twitter.com/RealSaavedra/s…
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Bipartisan support -- a term that we can rarely contemplate. But on the HK issue, we have strong support in both aisles.
We should move forward the HK human rights act in the Senate ASAP, to demonstrate the commitment of the US to the advocacy of freedom. We need solidarity.
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Most of the players enjoying the China market are millionaires if not billionaires. It’s not a difficult task for them to be affluent without kowtowing to China twitter.com/SenRickScott/s…
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Now the music industry is suffering. Who’s next if we don’t persist in solidarity? twitter.com/Zedd/status/11…
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//"freedom is restricted only to protect, and not to empower authority," Law writes.
The true meaning of freedom is "the ability to hold values and make choices that the ruling party does not like."//
A Hong Kong exile's manifesto for freedom axios.com/hong-kong-chin…
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A precise conclusion.
//it is the canker in China’s body politic that turned the coronavirus outbreak into a health crisis far worse than it needed to become. And the epidemic, in turn, has only exposed the extent of the party-state’s sickness.//
nyti.ms/3crfac4
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The actor Gregory Wong was arrested at his home this morning for charges related to the Legislative Council incident on July 1. He is now in detention at the Wan Chai police headquarters. More details to follow once we hear from his lawyers.
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I feel strange to walk on the street wearing a procedure mask in the US -- passerby sometimes stare at you and express a puzzled face. But it is crucial for us to adopt this culture in the epidemic outbreak: it is a manner of protecting the community.
Get used to it.
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3. Luckily, under our liaison, pressure, and protest, Joshua safely returned. After that, even though I like the Thai culture and people, I was too worried to go because of the regime's close relationship with China.
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5. Then we must ask: what's left in Hong Kong's press freedom? What does journalism mean if journalists cannot report what the government does not like? It will only become propaganda. And propaganda is the opposite of press freedom.
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Crazy police. No captions needed.
Photo: STANDNEWS
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A few takes of who's John Lee
- Most hawkish among candidates Beijing could choose from
- No experience apart from Security issues (silencing dissidents is his main task)
- Difficult to work with, refuses to be held accountable
- Applauds Xinjiang's way of control and oppression twitter.com/bbcworldservic…
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5. Beyond any doubt, the new pledge of allegiance is a new form of speech crime, stifling all dissenting voices and demanding absolute loyalty from public servants to Beijing, instead of serving HK people. Now Beijing has cleared its way to more disputed measures in HK.
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Youngest lawmaker of #HongKong. Activist. Exiled in London. Author of Freedom.
Founder @HKDC_US @HKUC_UK @hongkongmarch @demosisto (disbanded)
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