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The University of Hong Kong has taken down all the posters and banners displayed on its famous “democracy walls” around its campus.
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BBC story on police officers in #Myanmar who defected over to the resistance in the fight to restore democracy.
“We are paid by the people. The weapons we have belong the people. It is totally wrong that we are using these weapons against the people.”
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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The director of the China Centre, Peter Nolan, cautioned students against discussing China’s human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, saying it might not be ‘helpful in advancing mutual understanding’. ‘We have a lot of mainland students,’ he warned.
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We need people on the Wikipedia front line. twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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The foreigners in China’s disinformation drive
Foreign video bloggers denouncing what they say is negative coverage of China on highly controversial subjects such as Xinjiang are attracting large numbers of followers on platforms like YouTube.
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Love this doodle of "Hong Kong" 💛
Photo: @chungf
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Teaching kids Cantonese can be a challenge for those who left Hong Kong.
Open-source community projects, like this one, provide Cantonese learning sets in the form structured lessons with storytelling and activities, are available under the CC-BY license:
hambaanglaang.hk
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BREAKING: The Financial Times reports that the Biden administration will this week warn US companies of the increasing risks of operating in Hong Kong as China asserts greater control over the financial hub, citing three people familiar with the matter.
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Hong Kong’s Exodus Is Real and Painful
“The migration is accelerating and will likely be permanent. Officials and businesses are wrong to downplay the impact on a hub fast losing financial and global appeal.”
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Before and after Hong Kong's National Security Law 🇨🇳
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At the end of the day, many Hong Kongers are leaving simply because we want to live a life with dignity: twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
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“The situation in HK was getting worse—more and more people were getting arrested and you never knew whether you'll be the next one by simply expressing your political philosophy online. If I did the same thing now, I would 100% be arrested.” @blitzchungHS invenglobal.com/articles/14517…
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“There is a different level of risk for people like me who edit using my real name, because I’ve done so for the last 15yrs and—until 2020—there is no reason why that should be dangerous at all.”
We need @Wikimedia to be aware and assist in structural issues with HK's @Wikipedia twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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This year's Hong Kong book fair under the National Security Law
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BREAKING: U.S. Senate passes bill to ban all products from China's Xinjiang
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Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Tragedy Is Not an Isolated Event
“Beijing may even claim that HK’s [propped up] economy is doing even better after political crackdowns, and use that claim to challenge the US’s values of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.”
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Cannes film festival takes diplomatic gamble, gives late festival slot to ‘Revolution of Our Times’ Hong Kong protest feature.
Thank you #Cannes2021🎥 @Festival_Cannes @Variety
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Map of Chinese Government-financed projects that were implemented between 2000-2014.
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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.
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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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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
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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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The Official #Cannes2021🎬 webpage for “Revolution of our Times” lists HONG KONG as a Country. 🔥🔥🔥
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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.
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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.”
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