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Folks from Denmark supporting Hong Kong at DHL Run 2021, the world’s biggest running event. Love the T-Shirts💛
It's always heartwarming to see people from all over the world supporting HK's #FightForFreedom especially when things seem desperate. Thanks!
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Participate in elections → Break National Security Law
Don't participate in elections → Break National Security Law twitter.com/hkfp/status/14…
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Chinese social media site Weibo suspends 22 K-pop accounts
bbc.com/news/entertain…
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To the world,
It is time to act.
From #HongKongers twitter.com/StateDeptSpox/…
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Please act soon before all is lost.
#HongKongCantWait twitter.com/SecBlinken/sta…
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They are literally taking democracy away. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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How China Weaponized the Press
A small Hong Kong newspaper illustrates how Beijing uses the tools of a free society to suppress freedom itself.
An excellent article in @TheAtlantic about Ta Kung Pao, a state-owned newspaper in Hong Kong, by @TMclaughlin3.theatlantic.com/international/…
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Hong Kong: Police raid Tiananmen Square museum
bbc.com/news/world-asi…
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Taliban rolls out red carpet to China's Belt and Road Initiative
A source with close links to the Taliban told @NikkeiAsia on condition of anonymity that #CCPChina🇨🇳 has been courting the Taliban since 2018 on possible projects in Afghanistan.
asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Inter…
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Pro-democracy HK singer Denise Ho livestreams concert after having her venue canceled at the very last minute (due to “reasons”).
“I don't know how to thank everyone—the only thing I can do, the only thing I know how to do…is to keep singing,” she said.
hongkongfp.com/2021/09/13/pro…
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Global Hong Kong Studies (at University of California) is launched!
This is a new initiative to promote research and understanding of HK especially its connections and relevance to the world. The following online events are free and accessible worldwide.
globalhks-uc.org
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Finally, some good news.
@Wikimedia has taken unprecedented action to ban 7 mainland Chinese users from @Wikipedia globally, and revoke admin access and other privileges for 12 other users, following an @hkfp report of alleged threats to Hong Kong users.
hongkongfp.com/2021/09/14/exc…
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During the 2019 protests, @SamuelBickett, an American corporate lawyer in HK, saw a man hitting a teenager with a baton and stopped to intervene. The man turned out to be an off-duty cop, and Bickett was imprisoned for “assaulting an officer”.
Ask him anything on Reddit tonight: twitter.com/SamuelBickett/…
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Hong Kong orders Tiananmen vigil group to delete websites
Organizers of the annual vigil say National Security Police ordered them to delete their online presence. #CCPChina🇨🇳 is increasingly cracking down on dissenting social media accounts in HK.
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HK teachers quit under National Security Law's shadow
“The day I resigned, I told my school: ‘If one day, some students downstairs chant slogans, I would have to call the police to arrest my own students’. I couldn't do that. And I couldn't hold my tears.”reuters.com/world/china/ho…
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Mooncakes with hidden messages, like those used by Ming rebels, have become a metaphor for how Hong Kongers now live their lives in a police state under the National Security Law.
#MidAutumnFestival
#StandWithHongKong🥮
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SCMP = South CCP🇨🇳 Morning Post twitter.com/lokmantsui/sta…
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Wikipedia has suffered an “infiltration” that sought to advance the aims of China
@Wikimedia told @BBCNews that the infiltration had threatened the “very foundations of Wikipedia”. The foundation has since banned 7 editors linked to a mainland China group.bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…
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Hong Kong's National Security Police arrested Student activist group Student Politicism convenor Wong Yat-chin and others, and raided the organization's warehouse. This is a student group that set up street booths and help prisoners.
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The evidence they collected includes a box full of M&M chocolates, which according to the current security chief Chris PK Tang 🇨🇳, is a gross breach of national security.
See:
hongkongfp.com/2021/09/08/chi…
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Here is the ‘evidence’ the Hong Kong police displayed for arresting and charging the student group for subversion: peanuts, crackers, dried squid, hand towels, tooth brushes, pork jerky, hand lotion, and M&M’s.
(Source: @StandNewsHK)
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Wherever you are, Happy Mid-Autumn festival 🌕
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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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We send our congratulations to HKDC for entering a new chapter with a new leadership. HKDC has been an important voice for HK advocacy in the US, we believe the new leadership will bring tremendous value to the cause. We look forward to working closely with our friends at HKDC. twitter.com/hkdc_us/status…
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China Is Dismantling Hong Kong’s Unions
Empowered workers would be a threat to the #CCP🇨🇳. @wang_maya
thenation.com/article/world/…
An independent, crowdfunded advocacy group. Founded by a collective of individuals who have come together to fight for freedom for #HongKong.