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Press in Hong Kong are being profiled and targeted. The vocation of a free media is to reveal and document the truth, while the police and govt endeavor to conceal them.
High conversation of pepper spray burns eyes. The reporter suffered, because he did his job.
credit: PPPNews
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//Totalitarian movements are mass organizations of atomized, isolated individuals...... their most conspicuous external characteristic is their demand for total, unrestricted, unconditional and unalterable loyalty//
The Origins of Totalitarianism - Hannah Arendt
See Emperor Xi.
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China spends billions on it's international propaganda, with lies.
Here's their recent move:
1. Exaggerate their result of containment
2. Fabricate a cooperative gesture
3. Accuse US of spreading the virus, which is fake and groundless
Be aware of them.
nyti.ms/2x6Ul5D
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How CCP propaganda works:
1. Groundlessly accused the US of spreading the virus in China
2. Based on 1. , CCP claims the originality of the virus is “controversial”
3. As it is “controversial”, addressing "Wuhan" to describe the virus is "biased" and "racist"
That’s a true hoax
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Virus outbreak— The failure of the western govts does not justify Chinese authoritarianism. If you want to draw a comparison to show how incapable your country is, look at TAIWAN — not China. Taiwan’s success builds on heavily doubting every information China is giving. It works.
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What are the Chinese Communist Party afraid of? They failed everyone in the world.
hongkongfp.com/2020/03/18/bre… via @hongkongfp
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Thread:
A checklist of what Taiwan does to battle the outbreak (source from the internet)
✅ Travel History check at the airport on arrival
✅ Passport checked for travel history at airport
✅ Temperature and health checks at airport
✅ Hotels temperature checks at check-in
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The Chinese Communist Party propaganda strategy is clear: shift all the blames to the US and crown Emperor Xi for the battle against the virus. But there is no victory in China yet. The effectiveness will be tested when people resume work and the info is still not trustworthy.
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Be responsible to the people around you. Avoid unnecessary contacts if you are exposed to potential infection. twitter.com/yashar/status/…
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You criticize Emperor Xi, you disappear. This is how the Chinese way of "freedom of speech" works. Pathetic.
nyti.ms/2We0TcU
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Get used to put on a surgical mask. It blocks most of the virus-carring particles. It helps you to avoid spreading the disease while you don't have any symptoms but infected. It helps decrease the infecting rate in a community. In Hong Kong, we see it as civil responsibility. twitter.com/laurelchor/sta…
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My deepest gratitude to @freedomhouse for using an image of Hong Kong protest as the cover of their latest annual report. The worldwide democracy index once again declined -- and we need a global effort to restore it.
freedomhouse.org/report/freedom…
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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 Chinese State Media is not a media at all. It does not have the bare minimum of media ethics and always veil the truth in the interest of CCP.
It is a timely response. It reminds us that China is abusing the openness of democracy to anti-democracy. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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//While civil society has been providing medical and other kinds of support to the elderly and the underprivileged, Hong Kong's government has taken advantage of the concern and confusion caused by coronavirus to stab its citizens in the back.//
asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Hong-K…
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한국의 30~40년 전 민주화 운동은 홍콩 사람들에게 깊은 감명을 줬습니다. ‘택시운전사’와 같이 한국의 민주 항쟁을 담은 영화는 홍콩 사람들을 울렸습니다. 이런 한국이 최근 코로나19 확진 환자 수의 급격한 증가로 어려움을 겪고 있다고 들었습니다. 홍콩 사람들은 한국 사람들과 함께할 겁니다.🇰🇷
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This talk is a reminder: Protest in Hong Kong is not over yet. We fight for democracy and autonomy promised by Beijing in an international treaty. We need to hold China accountable. They have to play by the international rules if they want to joshuareap the benefits.
#StandwithHK
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A great thread on what was happening during the talk @joshuawongcf and I gave last night. Hope that the US universities could address the problems mentioned in this thread and we work to create a positive environment for a constructive dialogue. twitter.com/MeganAmmirati/…
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Outragous. China shamed a whistleblower who helped cure the people, and expelled reporters who reveal important information to the mass public. What's next? twitter.com/WSJ/status/123…
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Evidence of a failed state: toilet paper became a target of robbery. twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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Great to speak at Munich Security Conference.
The corona virus outbreak proves that the mistake from an authoritarian country threatens the world. We have to preserve the liberal values by collective effort.
We need to be vigilant to safeguard our democracy.
@AtlanticCouncil
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Terrible scene created by the notorious HK Police. twitter.com/ezracheungtoto…
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Hong Kong Democracy continues to be a strong bipartisan issue, which keeps uniting the force for freedom and democracy. I hope this invitation builds a tradition that there is always a Hong Kong activist invited to attend #SOTU every year! twitter.com/SenRickScott/s…
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//”I am honoured to have Nathan as my guest,” Scott said. “Nathan is an inspiration in the fight for freedom and democracy, and he has sent a powerful message to Communist China that the people of Hong Kong will not back down or be silenced.”// scmp.com/news/china/art…
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I am honored to attend 2020 State of the Union address on Tuesday night as the guest of @SenRickScott. Hong Kong is crucial - it represents the spirit of freedom and democracy in the era of democratic recession. It gets strong bipartisan support and we are all united.
#SOTU2020
Youngest lawmaker of #HongKong. Activist. Exiled in London. Author of Freedom.
Founder @HKDC_US @HKUC_UK @hongkongmarch @demosisto (disbanded)
#TIME100