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Notably, however, she made it clear that she hadn’t tightened restrictions herself—she had succeeded in requesting that Beijing temporarily cease using the permits. HKers are pointing to this as further proof they no longer control their own borders as promised in the Basic Law.
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This wouldn’t be a bad idea if the border were closed, so anyone already in HK who exhibits #nCoV2019 symptoms is not deterred from seeking treatment due to the potential cost and continues to infect others.
But as long as that’s not the case, it provides a perverse incentive. twitter.com/rthk_enews/sta…
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Saw Revolution of Our Times at an advance screening today (general release in Taiwan Feb. 25) and I have never heard such a chorus of sniffles when the credits ran—not to mention gasps at footage of police violence. No less moving for those of us who were there on the frontlines.
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Hard to imagine this isn’t a nod to the #HongKongProtests.
An exhibition on the 30th anniversary of Taiwan‘s pro-democracy Wild Lilly student movement by Liberty Square speaks of a new “Five Demands”—just like Hong Kong’s—for the new Legislative Yuan voted into power in January.
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Per @StandNewsHK the bus driver arrested y’day for dangerous driving—after he reportedly honked at police blocking the road—has now been charged with possession of a concealed weapon: a spanner.
The divers’ union head says the tool is sometimes used to adjust rear-view mirrors.
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Siobhan Bernadette Haughey takes silver in the 200m freestyle, winning Hong Kong’s first-ever Olympic medal in swimming and, if I may, reflected glory for all us mixed Irish-Hongkongers!
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This is a solidly average home price in HK, where developers and gov’t collude to keep property values sky-high.
For this supposedly leftist group to give a free pass to crony capitalism and instead find fault with ordinary HKers for owning a thing is… very on-brand, actually.
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A national campaign is currently underway to “clean up” the books available at primary and middle school libraries across China. Anything that “does not conform to socialist values,” “threatens national unity” or “defames the Party leadership” will be stripped from the shelves.
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In her victory speech, incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen says the historic #TaiwanElection turnout shows “how much we treasure democracy and our country: the Republic of China Taiwan.” The name she used—「中華民國台灣」—is a subtle but significant shift in nomenclature.
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Beijing’s move to promulgate a nat’l security law for HK constitutes an “all-out assault on basic human rights” and a ploy to seize total control, says the organiser.
“Taiwanese people and the gov’t cannot stay aloof. We will stand together with HK and oppose China’s tyranny.”
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What gaslighting an entire city looks like. twitter.com/maryhui/status…
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Yesterday in Tsuen Wan I noticed two new tactics used by protesters to slow the advance of riot police: emptying small bags of marbles and squirting out dishwashing liquid on the street to slip them up when they charge. If this is what CIA funding looks like, I am underwhelmed.
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From Telegram:
What’s the difference between withdrawing the extradition bill on 9 June and withdrawing it on 4 September?
- 3 eyes lost
- 2 MTR terror attacks
- 2 seriously injured in knife attacks
- 8 dead
- Over 100 prosecutions
- Over 1,000 arrests
- Countless injured
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Jacky Cheung has released a statement after a video he did for CCTV was removed for containing the phrase「香港加油」(“HK add oil”). He says he doesn’t see why the phrase is OK for Shanghai etc but not HK.
He’s so close to getting it’s not really about loving HK and the country.
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Taipei 101 and the Grand Hotel lit up tonight to express gratitude to Japan for its vaccine donation and celebrate friendship between the two countries.
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The turnout for today’s banned #antiELAB march from TST to West Kowloon is remarkable. Two streams moving northward and southward on Nathan Road. #HKprotests #HongKongProstests
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The first of three protest marches planned for today is soon to begin in Edinburgh Place. Marchers will walk to police headquarters in Wan Chai to protest against the effects of the force’s heavy tear gas use on children. Today’s marches are the first allowed by police in months.
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Int’l coverage of Taiwan has come leaps and bounds as more correspondents have moved here in recent years; but, as I listen to a 40-minute podcast on Pelosi’s trip in which Taiwan’s people and their elected leaders are not mentioned once, I’m reminded how far we still have to go.
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Ironically, framing Taiwan as a land on the precipice of war serves both Beijing—keen to scare off growing int’l invest and interest in the country—and Western Sinophobes who view it as nothing more than a political pawn.
It does an incredible disservice to the Taiwanese people. twitter.com/TheEconomist/s…
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HKIA is a warzone right now. Several arrests. Pepper spray. Blood on the ground and passengers still arriving. Hong Kong is broken.
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Five Next Media execs reportedly arrested on suspicion of “foreign collusion” under the National Security Law, after around a hundred police officers raided @appledaily_hk HQ early this morning, taking away reems of documents. tw.appledaily.com/international/…
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.@Dior became the latest company to prostrate itself before Chinese nationalists this morning, apologising profusely for PPT slide in which a map of China did not include Taiwan.
“Dior celebrates the 70th anniversary of the glorious birth of New China!”
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