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Pro-democracy candidates won 80% of District Council seats last November and polls indicate that close to 3 million HKers joined protests last year, with their supporters outnumbered their opponents nearly 2:1.
Yet Carrie Lam is still calling them “enemies of the people”. Wow. twitter.com/alvinllum/stat…
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Obviously all eyes have been on Central and Prince Edward tonight but far down south in sleepy Aberdeen hundreds of people are gathering ok the waterfront promenade to chant, watch #HKprotests footage and play with lasers. This place never sees demonstration!
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I was very on the fence about sharing that story about @WHO Director-General @DrTedros blaming Taiwanese for all the criticism levied at his organisation, due to the flimsy attribution—but considering the attitude of his senior advisor here, that story is looking more credible... twitter.com/ezracheungtoto…
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Their act of “subversion” was participating in primaries to determine democratic candidates for the 2020 Legislative Council elections, subsequently cancelled by Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
If convicted, they could face life in prison under the draconian National Security Law. twitter.com/HKDemocrats/st…
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Carrie Lam adviser and cabinet member Regina Ip today proposing making HK residency—plus ensuing rights—subject to a loyalty test.
In the same week that police blocked access to a protest site, another troubling sign of what's to come as HK gets full “restive region” treatment.
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Feels like far too long since I’ve heard this sung: #HongKongProstests anthem “Glory to Hong Kong”.
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Ukraine (currently facing a genocidal invasion) and Armenia (famously victims of a genocide denied to this day by the perpetrators) abstained.
No words. twitter.com/UN_HRC/status/…
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47 opposition figures in HK charged with “inciting subversion” under the NSL today and denied bail, all because they tried to win an election.
How appropriate that this is happening as Taiwan marks the anniversary of the 228 Incident and the White Terror. tw.appledaily.com/international/…
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Then-President Lee Teng-hui on the eve of Hong Kong's in November 1996: “50 years without change won’t be so simple. Our country already plans to enact laws to take in HK people who support democracy when the necessary time arrives, and I believe parliament will pass this bill."
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Some minor corrections to the local signage.
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Wholesome “patriots-only” mooncakes ☺️
Via 香港地FB
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Report raises questions about Chinese leader's #coronavirus timeline dpa-international.com/topic/topic/re… 來自 @dpa_intl
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After losing to Taiwan’s Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in the badminton men’s doubles gold medal match yesterday, China’s Li Junhui takes to Weibo to congratulate… China.
“Congratulations to our Taipei, China team 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳,” he writes.
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And right on cue, the first tear gas of 2020.
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In yet another assault on a pro-democracy figure in Hong Kong, former Democratic Party leader Albert Ho is reportedly in hospital after being attacked by a gang at the Tin Hau MTR Station: 民主黨前主席何俊仁天后遭圍毆 送院治理 hk01.com/article/400185
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Like 2019 itself, the exhibition “Be Water, Be Fire, Be a Voice” in Kaohsiung’s Pier 2 art district is an emotional rollercoaster that made me beam and tear up in turns.
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Taiwan reports this AM that 5 million Covid‑19 vaccines ordered from Pfizer–BioNTech last year have been “intercepted” due to “Chinese political intervention”: cna.com.tw/news/firstnews…
How’s that "campaign to win hearts of Taiwanese” (reuters.com/article/us-tai…) with vaccines going?
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Guangdong province is requiring everyone wear a face mask in public or face fines, while the city of Shantou has closed its borders. HK officials are still refusing to wear masks or countenance a border closure as advocated by public health professionals.
hk01.com/article/426695
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@TiffanyAndCo For anyone who hasn’t been following the #HongKongProtests, here’s the story behind the medic who was shot in her right eye at a protest and how she became an icon for the #antiELAB movement: theguardian.com/world/2019/aug…
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On police-lined Nathan Road, the pavement is packed with people walking north chanting protest slogans, including the now-banned “liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time.
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Even McDonald’s in Taipei is now advertising using the phrase「缺一不可」made famous by the #HongKongProtests’ chant「五大訴求，缺一不可」(“five demands, not one less”).
Unlike McDonald’s HK, owned by China’s CITIC Capital, McDonald’s Taiwan franchise is owned by a local firm.
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The turnout for District Council elections this morning is absolutely unprecedented. The queue at my local polling station does a complete lap around the housing estate. I didn’t have to line up *at all* to vote in the last election. Demographics are a cross-section of society.
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“The CCP is attempting to strengthen its control over HK with the National security law but I know that both our brothers and sisters in HK and our friends in Taiwan who love freedom and democracy won’t be deterred,” says a HK student currently studying in Taiwan.
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Taiwanese President @iingwen announces her gov’t has overdelivered on promises to produce 4m masks daily, churning out 4.2m instead and delivering 1.7m to healthcare facilities nationwide every day.
Today, HK’s gov’t said it has no plans to control the supply or prices of masks.
Managing Editor @cnmediaproject 中國傳媒研究計劃主編