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【玻璃心】Fragile: It might Break Your Pinky Heart.
New Chinese pop song by artists @nameweemusic 黃明志 + Kimberley Chen 陳芳語 racked up close to 6 million YouTube views in just days! Instantly banned in China.
Come for the lyrics, stay for the music:
youtu.be/-Rp7UPbhErE
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Stunning photos indeed (in the replies)! 📸📸
#BoycottBeijingOlympics🇨🇳
#BoycottBeijing2022🇨🇳 twitter.com/Beijing2022/st…
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We welcome the Greek authorities’ decision to release Hong Kong activist @jooeysiiu and Tibetan activist Tsela Zoksang. Their action was an important reminder the world should #BoycottBeijing2022. It is also important that all EU countries protect activists’ rights under EU laws. twitter.com/hk_watch/statu…
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Top English private schools put Chinese communists on boards
The board of Harrow International School Hong Kong (@Harrow_HK), whose expensive campus was built with an interest-free £22.5m loan from the HK government, includes four senior #CCP🇨🇳 members.
thetimes.co.uk/article/top-en…
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Greek police detained human rights activists Tsela Zoksang and @jooeysiiu after they unfurled banners at the Athens Acropolis on Sunday opposing the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China's Games organisers prepare to receive the Olympic flame.
reuters.com/lifestyle/spor…
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Tibetan and Hong Konger activists staged a protest at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, where in just 48 hours, the Olympic Torch will be officially handed over to the Beijing 2022 Committee.
studentsforafreetibet.org/breaking-tibet…
#BoycottBeijingOlympics #BoycottBeijing2022 twitter.com/frances_hui/st…
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We are profoundly devastated to learn Sir David Amess has died after an attack. Sir David was a kind man, a dedicated MP with compassion, and a keen supporter to Hong Kong. Earlier this year he sent his greetings when HK celebrated its 180 Anniversary. We will miss him dearly. twitter.com/SkyNews/status…
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Together with 27 other organizations, SWHK sent an open letter to @Mayer_Brown urging the US law firm to rescind their agreement to represent the University of Hong Kong in demanding the removal of the “Pillar of Shame” sculpture from the university campus.
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On 30 June, SWHK and a group of MEPs wrote to 🇪🇺 HR/VP @JosepBorrellF to mark the 1 year anniversary of NSL.
We called on the 🇪🇺 to issue #HumanRightsSanctions on HK officials, end extradition treaties with 🇨🇳 and 🇭🇰 & create new immigration avenues for HKers
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“Terrorism and sedition charges are being improperly used to stifle the exercise of fundamental rights, which are protected under intl. law, including freedom of expression and opinion, freedom of peaceful assembly and the right to participate in public affairs.” @UNHumanRights twitter.com/UN_SPExperts/s…
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Harvard moves Chinese language programme to Taiwan
“From 2022, what was formerly the Harvard Beijing Academy…will continue in partnership with the National Taiwan University under the name Harvard Taipei Academy.”
No paywall: redd.it/q6hcda
timeshighereducation.com/news/harvard-m…
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Starting next year, all schools have to raise the Chinese flag and sing the national anthem weekly.
Unlike democratic nations with education policies that are ultimately instituted by elected representatives, this is forced upon by unelected CCP🇨🇳 cronies.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/…
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《少年》“May You Stay Forever Young” is a film about a group of young people trying to prevent their friend from commiting suicide during the HK protests.
It received 2 nominations @Golden_Horse film festival. Trailer ends with “Cannot be screened in HK”
youtu.be/eT4eFCfSnbs
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Today, Hong Kong. Tomorrow, Taiwan.
#TaiwanNationalDay #DoubleTenDay
Artist: mOnkmOnki
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Hong Kong university hires US law firm to seek Tiananmen statue’s removal – @FT
Chicago-based law firm @Mayer_Brown sends letter to pro-democracy group demanding ‘Pillar of Shame’ is removed from HKU’s campus.
ft.com/content/feef87…
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Danish Artist Condemns Hong Kong University’s Removal of His Tiananmen Monument After Over 20 Years: ‘I Think They Will Destroy It’
@VivienneChow @artnet
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“Hong Kong Policy Address”
Artist: @AhTo_comic
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Amigurumi Love for Hong Kong
This hobbyist group in Hong Kong continues to knit dolls in 2021. 💛
Do you know who they are?
facebook.com/amigurumiloveh…
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Chinese whistleblower exposes torture of Uyghur prisoners
In a CNN interview conducted in Europe where he's now in exile, Jiang revealed details on what he described as a systematic campaign of torture against ethnic Uyghurs China's detention camp system
youtu.be/-PjkwylN7q0
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A former Chinese policeman said Uyghur Muslims were hanged from cell ceilings, tortured with electric batons and ordered to be raped by fellow prisoners, in what appears to be the first interview with an official whistleblower. @erinhale
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
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"The 'Pillar of Shame' is a sculptural outcry from an artist with the right to say what he likes, to people who risk their lives for making use of the same right," Jens Galschiøt said.
This sculpture is a popular site for visitors. It engraves:
“The old cannot kill the young.”
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The Danish artist behind an artwork which pays tribute to victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre has urged the University of Hong Kong to let it remain on campus, amid rumours it will be removed.
Photo: Reuters
hongkongfp.com/2021/10/05/sac…
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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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A reminder that two years ago, Carrie Lam used her powers to enact a controversial anti-mask law in Hong Kong. Even the High Court ruled the anti-mask law unconstitutional. Refusing to give up, during the height of the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020, she appealed the ruling.
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New Hong Kong security law – Article 23 – will only affect ‘a small group of people,’ says top official.
The city’s security chief Chris “PK” Tang said last week that it was the “best time” since Hong Kong’s handover to legislate Article 23.
hongkongfp.com/2021/10/04/new…
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