726
The Assault on Apple Daily: The demise of Jimmy Lai’s newspaper shows how far China will go to bring Hong Kong into line.
Deep dive into #AppleDaily🍎’s history, events that led to its closure and the effect it had on Hong Kong. One for the history books.
bloomberg.com/features/2022-…
727
George Washington University Chinese Students and Scholars Association is going after students who put up #BoycottBeijing2022 posters. They demand that the students make a public apology and be punished.
This is ridiculous. We must not tolerate such witch-hunts at GW (@GWtweets) twitter.com/badiucao/statu…
728
729
730
An Australian-Hong Kong dual national is being prosecuted under Hong Kong’s National Security Law, and could face life in jail. Australian officials have been refused consular access to the man, because HK authorities no longer recognise dual citizenship.
abc.net.au/news/2022-02-0…
731
What’s most concerning about #PengShuai’s “retirement” from professional tennis is that it provides #CCPChina🇨🇳 with an excuse to sweep her under the rug, keep her out of the headlines as @WTA season starts, and prevent her from playing tour events abroad.
deadspin.com/peng-shuai-ret…
732
Unlike the current “leaders” in Hong Kong who are merely puppets of #CCPChina🇨🇳, Chris Patten truly represents the hearts and minds of Hongkongers. 💛 twitter.com/lukedepulford/…
733
“Every one of my succesors either had a foreign passport or had family with foreign passports.
The quislings, including members of HK police, who are doing the persecuting, have 🇬🇧 passports, and the ones being persecuted, the ones being locked up, don't.”
734
“Quislings” is a nice word choice for #CCP🇨🇳 puppets. twitter.com/Stand_with_HK/…
735
🇬🇧MP Alistair Carmichael’s letter on British judges in Hong Kong (@thetimes)
“If British judges want to be on the right side of history they should play no further part in legitimising the gross miscarriages of justice against Hongkongers fighting for their rights and freedoms.”
736
From the 2014 Umbrella Movement to the 2019 anti-extradition protests, our Ukrainian friends have been standing with Hongkongers. We are deeply concerned about the situation in Ukraine and we hope everyone can stay safe. #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
737
Happy Valentine’s Day 💘
#Throwback to 2019: How many of you found your “other half” during the protests?
(Graffiti → #今生只嫁前線巴💛)
738
Historical picture of the Old Bank of China building in Hong Kong next to the old Hilton Hotel, taken in 1968.
A foreshadow of things to come.
739
China’s Internet Firewall enabled the #CCP🇨🇳 to directly manipulate the thoughts of a billion people.
Hong Kong, once known for its free Internet, is now moving towards this direction. TikTok and WeChat is exporting Beijing’s Firewall to the world.
#ErrorCode404 #PageNotFound🖥️
740
BREAKING: Hong Kong singer, and former E-kids boyband member Tommy Yuen (阮民安) has been arrested for violating the National Security Law.
741
Hong Kong protest film sells out within minutes in Vancouver 🇨🇦
The 152-minute documentary Revolution of Our Times (@RoOT_film🔥), a chronicle of Hong Kong protests, is also being shown in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Victoria across February and March.
cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
742
Taiwan cannot even call itself ‘Taiwan’ at major sporting events. Instead, it must use the title ‘Chinese Taipei’.
Young democracies, like Taiwan, are under pressure. They’re forced into playing a game where the rules are rigged in favor of totalitarian regimes like #CCPChina🇨🇳
743
Might be angry at first, but after some thought, feel genuinely sorry for these students. twitter.com/DrewPavlou/sta…
744
Lights Out: Is this the End of Press Freedom in Hong Kong?
International Federation of Journalists just released a report documenting the dire status of Hong Kong’s media since the National Security Law’s enactment. 🇨🇳
The cover art is also very iconic.
ifj.org/media-centre/n…
745
The #Beijing2022WinterOlympics will not be remembered for its #OlympicGames🔥
746
‘I’m Afraid That I Cannot Be a Journalist Anymore’
In the end, Chan said, “my workplace was forced to close; my bosses, who were professional journalists, were put in jail; and I’m afraid that I cannot be a journalist anymore. I feel very sad about it.”
theatlantic.com/international/…
747
A Japanese company posted this drawing of the #Beijing2022 Olympics mascot on Weibo and was promptly banned from the platform. 😏
748
A Hong Konger visits his friend in Kyiv.
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 twitter.com/ArthurKei_UA/s…
749
“None of us was born for war. But we are all here to protect our freedom.”
We stand with our Ukrainian brothers and sisters.
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦
750
HongKongers #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
We are all Ukrainians. An attack against Ukrainians is an attack against us. Since 2014, our Ukrainian friends have been supporting us from Kyiv, and now it’s time for us to show solidarity with 🇺🇦.
Слава Україні! Glory to Ukraine! #нетвойне
An independent, crowdfunded advocacy group. Founded by a collective of individuals who have come together to fight for freedom for #HongKong.