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The Wall Street Journal cover of one of the children's book authors arrested by the National Security Police 🇨🇳
In Hong Kong, this is what happens to people who write children's stories about sheep and wolves that are considered to be “a threat” to the government.
#羊村守衛者🐑
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The #CCP🇨🇳 may have absolute power within China, but outside of China they'll need to think twice before messing with Hong Kongers. twitter.com/EmmyScilaris/s…
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A Japanese company posted this drawing of the #Beijing2022 Olympics mascot on Weibo and was promptly banned from the platform. 😏
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Hong Kong @ArtBasel ‘hijackers’ install mini @hkladyliberty statues at exhibition
Because “There’s No Art Without Freedom”
hongkongfp.com/2021/05/24/no-…
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A brave Ukrainian trying to block the course of the Russian army.
Hong Kong will always remember.
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 #нетвойне twitter.com/nexta_tv/statu…
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Political satire cartoonist Ah To (阿塗) has left Hong Kong ☹️
instagram.com/p/Ccy8e1noefV/
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HongKongers cannot say No. We simply have No Say.
Another week:
-People arrested for “sedition” for clapping their hands
-A respected journalist, columnist and scholar #AllanAu arrested by National Security Police 🇨🇳
-Stores with any displays of resistance harassed, shut down
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“Quislings” is a nice word choice for #CCP🇨🇳 puppets. twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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This is what the annual #HongKong🇨🇳 Book Fair now looks like, in 2022:
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What’s most concerning about #PengShuai’s “retirement” from professional tennis is that it provides #CCPChina🇨🇳 with an excuse to sweep her under the rug, keep her out of the headlines as @WTA season starts, and prevent her from playing tour events abroad.
deadspin.com/peng-shuai-ret…
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The #CCP🇨🇳 cannot change Hong Kong overnight, but every night they will remove another piece of Hong Kong’s identity, it’s culture, and it’s history, until any hint of Hong Kong being different is erased.
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181 years ago saw the birth of a place called Hong Kong
181 years — That’s older than many nations, including #CCPChina🇨🇳.
Whatever happened on these rocks 181 years ago set off a chain of events that has formed the cultural identity and collective values of Hong Kongers today.
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Brave Hong Kong students continue to resist #CCP🇨🇳 tyranny, even on their graduation day, under this political climate.
Their protest lasted only for 5 minutes before security officers showed up.
But we heard you.
Congratulations on your graduation, and keep the spirit alive. twitter.com/rachel_cheung1…
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Who are the real criminals?
barrons.com/news/china-say…
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"Publish or Perish" is in the mindset of the remaining free media outlets in Hong Kong. twitter.com/phoebe_kongwy/…
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Sad to see an American former world champion wrestler kowtow to #CCPChina🇨🇳 twitter.com/JoeXu/status/1…
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The stark contrast between totalitarianism and freedom in this iconic photograph. #極權與自由 twitter.com/archillect/sta…
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Freudian slip or useful idiot? twitter.com/rhokilpatrick/…
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A special episode about the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests on Japan's NHK Educational TV channel
Tonight at 10:00pm Japan Time on #ねほりんぱほりん
Details (日本語): nhk.jp/p/nehorin/ts/N… twitter.com/nhk_nehorin/st…
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Look for LED trucks featuring Keep Taiwan Free Bear in Manhattan starting today. They'll be circling near Times Square and United Nations.
The future we want, the @UN we need, must include Taiwan!
#KeepTaiwanFree
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We wish you a Merry Christmas and that in the new year, we will work together to #LiberateHongKong!
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China is not just shackling Hong Kong, it is remaking it: And it does not think global finance will object.
A painful read from @TheEconomist that summarises the essence of what has happened to Hong Kong, and what is likely to come in the future:
economist.com/briefing/2021/…