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Because these are the sort of things that we expect to happen in an international global financial centre hub ...
The full 6-min animation on YouTube (will probably get taken down soon): youtu.be/LEVgISJFQGY
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Hong Kong's National Security Police 🇨🇳 arrested the creators of the children's story “The Twelve Heroes of Sheep Village” 《羊村十二勇士》
Here is the animated version: twitter.com/galileocheng/s…
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Collection News《果靈·聞庫》is a community led project to archive historical #AppleDaily🍎 articles with images and videos, using a great web interface.
Example link to an article on Yuen Long mob attack from 2019.7.21, with original text, video, images.
collection.news/appledaily/art…
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Art helps us retain our memories of our past.
An art thread 👇 twitter.com/NiaoCollective…
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Stand News reports that Man-chung Lam, former executive chief editor at #AppleDaily🍎, has been arrested by Hong Kong's National Security Police 🇨🇳 and charged with “colluding with foreign forces”.
警國安處拘前《蘋果日報》執總林文宗 指控串謀勾結境外勢力
thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B…
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Senior Hong Kong police officials who held commanding positions during the #721YuenLongTerrorAttack have since been promoted. #PoliceState
thestandnews.com/society/721-%E…
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A new @StandNewsHK investigative report co-produced by former RTHK journalists @Baochoy and @ChengCiCi1 into the origins of the #721YuenLongTerrorAttack
English subtitles provided by @RealHKNews Team
Subtitled Video → youtu.be/Gch5ikVyI80 twitter.com/RealHKNews/sta…
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Hong Kongers will never forget the terrorist attack on 7.21
#721YuenLongTerrorAttack #721YuenLongAttack twitter.com/Superdr4942546…
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Hong Kongers in the UK have been organizing community litter pick events at local parks. The aim is to improve the environment, help the newly arrived connect with the local community and with other Hong Kongers, and give a positive impression of Hong Kongers to the community. 🗑️
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Mantas Adomėnas 🇱🇹, Lithuania's deputy minister of foreign affairs, shows his support for Hongkongers following a meeting with HKers living in the Baltic states. He pledges to support HKers under political oppression, by working on a humanitarian visa for political asylum claims.
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At one point, Hong Kong police popularised this colour twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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“I asked my son: If I get arrested, should I still produce this film? He said: After the government sees daddy's film, they will become a good government again.”
Chow's interview reflecting on producing #RevolutionOfOurTimes + “Ten Years”
Full Interview: youtu.be/VpnJMzEZfiM
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Let's convince @netflix to stream #RevolutionOfOurTimes
Netflix is also streaming “Ten Years” (十年), a film co-directed by Chow.
@YouTube, Amazon @PrimeVideo, @hulu should also definitely stream it.
Somehow we doubt @DisneyPlus will stream it though 😏
twitter.com/nathanlawkc/st…
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One book that went on display at this year's Hong Kong book fair is an English/Cantonese dual-language version of George Orwell's Animal Farm (“Kong-Pig” 🐷 Edition), with illustrations from Hong Kong comic artist vawongsir.
《動物農莊（港豬版）》雙語對照
facebook.com/hillwaypress
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US businesses operating in China are often more pro-CCP than most Chinese people
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Companies in Hong Kong fear being crushed between China and US
Most US business orgs (@AmChamHK) care more about their bottom line and access to China markets, than about democratic freedoms and human rights—core values their business foundations rely on. ft.com/content/0d5600…
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The film presents not only an overall macro view of the movement, but also a more personal account of 7 groups of frontline protestors categorised as the sentries, the drivers, the elderlies, first-aiders, mothers and fathers, the reporters and the valiant.screendaily.com/features/i-can…
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China Wants a Chip Machine From the Dutch. The US Said No.
The Biden administration, continuing a Trump policy, seeks to stop @ASMLcompany from selling China machines crucial to advanced microprocessors.
wsj.com/articles/china…
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“There were times when I cried so much I had to stop editing.”
Mr. Chow had tried to tune out concerns about what he could and couldn’t say, in order to stay true to his vision.
“I don’t want to speculate where the red line is. Only then can I be free.”
wsj.com/articles/canne…
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US issued a new Hong Kong Business Advisory, and sanctioned 7 Chinese officials (deputy directors of the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong) under the Hong Kong Autonomy Act of 2020.
home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/…
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The Official #Cannes2021🎬 webpage for “Revolution of our Times” lists HONG KONG as a Country. 🔥🔥🔥
festival-cannes.com/en/films/revol…
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“Revolution of our Times” — Official Trailer
《時代革命》預告片
Watch Full Trailer: youtu.be/WbBU1AZS8HA
#Cannes2021🎬 #RevolutionOfOurTimes #時代革命
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National Security Police search @HKUniversity’s Student Union
HKU also stopped recognising the student body, and will “seriously investigate” students involved in a declaration commemorating a man who killed himself after stabbing a police officer on 7.1
hongkongfp.com/2021/07/16/bre…
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“The situation in Hong Kong is deteriorating. And Beijing is not keeping its commitment that it made on how it would deal with HK, and so it is more of an advisory as to what may happen in HK. It's as simple as that and as a complicated as that.” @JoeBiden reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
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WSJ reporter @yuenok spoke with “Revolution of Our Times” director Kiwi Chow.
Kiwi Chow is known in HK as one of the directors of a dystopian anthology of five short films called “Ten Years” (十年), which won best picture at Hong Kongs’s top film awards.
wsj.com/articles/canne…
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