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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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Again: despite their “One Country” bluster, Chinese nationalists do not actually view us as their coequals or compatriots. They view HK as a colonial possession, and us as their unruly subjects. They’re not championing unity, they’re asserting ownership.
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“Today’s Xinjiang, tomorrow’s Hong Kong”: New video shared on Telegram expresses Hongkongers’ fears about lampposts being installed in parts of the city that are feared to have facial recognition technology reminiscent of those used to track people’s social credit score in China.
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Organisers have just said over 135,000 people took part in the 45km-long #HongKongWay human chain tonight. Here are some of the amazing photos of Lion Rock being shared on Telegram:
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Since Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has again closed stations nearby today’s (authorised) protest march, protesters are sharing this map of the area’s pedestrian footbridge network and are warning each other to avoid Tai Wo Hau Station, since it’s next door to a police station.
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It is urban warfare in Tsuen Wan right now. Tear gas, rubber bullets, petrol bombs, bricks and more.
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More molotov cocktails falling on police in Tsuen Wan.
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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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In which Carrie Lam finally admits she does not want to see a peaceful resolution to the political crisis she started. She just expects police to make it disappear with evermore tear gas, baton charges, pepper-balls, foam grenades, rubber bullets, water cannons, and arrests. twitter.com/phila_siu/stat…
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Outside Sham Shui Po Police Station, a group of local residents—mostly unmasked and not wearing black—have gathered to have beers and dessert and yell at the cops across the street. Just an ordinary Tuesday night.
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Hong Kong netizens are using the hashtag #HKLastWord in response to news that the government is considering invoking the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, which would enable the Chief Executive to cut off the city’s internet like in Xinjiang—and it is heartbreaking pit of despair.
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At first it was just at Shenzhen that Hongkongers had their phones confiscated and checked and were held for hours on end. Then we started hearing about the same happening in Beijing. Now, even Hongkongers entering Macau are being singled out and detained. topick.hket.com/article/243862…
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What’s happened in the past five hours?
Rick Hui, Sha Tin District Councillor: arrested
Althea Suen, former HKUSU president: arrested
Cheng Chung-tai, New Territories West Legislative Councillor: arrested
When will it end? twitter.com/rhokilpatrick/…
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This is what a real-time cyber attack map of Hong Kong looks like right now.
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Just 15 minutes into the “Stuck with You” pressure test protest at Hong Kong International Airport and there are already several hundred #antiELAB protesters gathered outside at the airport bus terminus. These things tend not to get serious until a few hours after the start time.
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“You can scrub away our words, but you can’t scrub away the truth.”
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Except tonight in Hong Kong it’s called Operation #Backhome. Hundreds of driving are offering their protesters changes of clothes and food and drink as well as safe passage home. This is so heartwarming, easily worth the three-hour walk from the airport.
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Look at this fleet of supports and kind-hearted strangers trying to get protesters out of the Tsing Ma Bridge toll plaza and #backhome safe.
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Everyone here is calling it “Hong Kong’s Dunkirk”
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Police, many in full riot gear, were deployed to schools across the city today. Uniformed schoolchildren were stopped, searched and intimidated for staging peaceful protests or handing out flyers. A bleak glimpse of Hong Kong under martial law.
(Pics via AD, TG, HKUSU Campus TV)
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Hong Kong students are magic. Change my mind.
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This is deeply bizarre and troubling. Rally-goers in Tamar Park say a police helicopter hovering overhead earlier scattered a fluorescent neon powder over the crowd that sparkles under torchlight, helping more easily identify attendees to this (still perfectly legal) gathering.
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