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When did swearing become a more serious crime than physical assault and kidnapping?
twitter.com/carmenkamanlau…
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Today, on July 1st, Hong Kongers across the UK🇬🇧 will rally in solidarity against the #CCP🇨🇳. Those of us in the diaspora community must continue to do our part. twitter.com/d4hk_scotland/…
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1/2 - While we welcome the 🇪🇺@EUCouncil's decision to sanction 4 Chinese individuals, we stand with the solidarity of MEPs' & join them in urging EU leaders to expand #Magnistky sanctions to those involved with the erosion of democracy and freedom in Hong Kong. #StandWithHongKong twitter.com/EnginEroglu_FW…
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‘Be careful you don’t die in an accident’: Hong Kong protester living in Canada receives daily threats.
Read the story about Alison Lai, a Hong Konger who has fled to Calgary, Canada as a refugee, to build a new life:
theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
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就當共你 有舊情沒有往事
像你沒來過 沒去過 twitter.com/badiucao/statu…
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Hong Kong is transformed from Asia's financial hub to Xi's 'wallet'
“Chinese investors now account for more than 50% of all equity investment in #HongKong…As US/EU financial professionals exit HK, they are increasingly being replaced by mainland Chinese.”asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Data…
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“Since Twitter is blocked in China and has a negligible business presence in the country, Twitter can afford to pay no heed to Beijing’s political sensitivities.”
Having minimal exposure to #CCPChina🇨🇳 makes running a multi-national company so much easier.qz.com/1993774/a-twit…
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Stopping people from leaving their country, nothing could be more Communist than this.
#HongKong is the new #EastBerlin. twitter.com/ezracheungtoto…
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Around that time in 2019, students hung a banner inside the Chinese University of Hong Kong that read: “This autumn day, they banned us from wearing face masks. Tomorrow, they would no longer let us speak.”
They were right.
(Source: redd.it/q1oqb5)
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Congratulations to @AntGiacchino @AliceDoyard for winning best documentary short at #Oscars for #Colette!
Colette Marin-Catherine was a resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied France during WW2.
75 years later, she visits the concentration camp where the Nazis killed her brother.
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How #CCPChina🇨🇳’s crackdown on the free press put 1,000+ Hong Kong journalists out of work.
“Some have become taxi drivers or food delivery workers.”
If you’re in a position to do so, please consider hiring these Hong Kongers, especially for remote work.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Lithuania: Throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns
Xiaomi phones sold in Europe have a built-in ability to detect and censor terms like "Free Tibet", "Long live Taiwan independence" or "democracy movement", said Lithuania's cybersecurity body.reuters.com/business/media…
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British National (Overseas) passports issued to Hong Kong residents per year since 1997
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China ≠ #CCP🇨🇳
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
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One of my memories of Edward Leung (梁天琦) was from this documentary of him taken right before he was jailed in 2018. He was playing Hong Kong rock band <Beyond>’s song, “Eighteen” (十八).
I thought he had really captured the power of innocence, in our generation, at that time.
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Germany and China at a crossroads: A detailed analysis of 🇩🇪🇨🇳’s economic relationship by @dwnews
Under Merkel, 🇩🇪 believed that “by engaging with China, we can encourage it to open up politically” but what happened to HK has put all that in doubt.
Video youtu.be/3UN99-3kJ_Y
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The Death of Hong Kong’s University Student Unions
Student societies have long played an important role in Hong Kong activism. Now they are dying out amid the wider crackdown on dissent.
thediplomat.com/2022/04/the-de…
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Google discovered that "state-backed" hackers injected malicious code into the websites of a Hong Kong media outlet and a prominent pro-democracy political group, which targeted the visitors, enabling the attacker to run operating system-level code on visitors' iOS/MacOS devices.
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Hong Kongers say they're being targeted by Chinese agents on Canadian soil
Out of an abundance of caution, @chercywong’s room was booked under another name by a member of the group–but they found her anyway. "They" being suspected CCP agents.
Full story: ctvnews.ca/canada/hong-ko…
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Thanks @StandNewsHK for coverage of the #StandWithHongKong #UKxHK billboard campaign in the UK🇬🇧, and for all the comments from fellow Hong Kongers back home.
It means a lot to those of us fighting abroad. 💛
Article thestandnews.com/international/…
FB Discussion facebook.com/standnewshk/po…
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‼️ Together with HongKongers around the world, SWHK calls for Overseas Non-Permanent Judges sitting on the #HongKong Court of Final Appeal to resign. The presence of foreign judges only serves to lend legitimacy to the authoritarian regime.
Open Letter 🔗 bit.ly/3wCj0tT
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“At present, Hong Kong has the highest [Covid] death rate in the developed world, prompting criticism that authorities were ill-prepared and spent too much time, manpower and funds 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 2021”
theguardian.com/world/2022/mar…
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Taiwan will not send a team to @GayGamesHK2022 due to fears its athletes could face arrest if they wave the 🇹🇼 flag or use its name.
“There's no guarantee of a player's safety because under HK's national security law, arrests can be made under any excuse.”news.yahoo.com/taiwan-wont-at…
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We are also working with other 5 UK-based orgs to support Hongkongers with the new UKxHK.info,
@hongkongarc, @HongkongersUK, @hklinkup, @hk_watch and @DemocracyforHK
The connection between UK and Hong Kong is strong, let's find strength in each other.
#thankyouUK
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Human rights advocacy group @amnesty International will close its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong by the end of the year due to constraints on its operations from the National Security Law 🇨🇳
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Hong…
An independent, crowdfunded advocacy group. Founded by a collective of individuals who have come together to fight for freedom for #HongKong.