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Hongkongers in Taipei are making the third anniversary of the 12 June 2019 protest today with a march, a rally, and—briefly—flag-burning at the Bank of China steps. They say the struggle has moved overseas but it is not over.
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According to this, HK textbooks are now teaching HK was never a colony because it was stricken from the UN “list of colonies” in 1972. This was in fact a list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, and Beijing had HK removed because UN resolutions promised self-determination to NSGTs twitter.com/initiumnews/st…
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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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Legendary Hong Kong writer Ni Kuang has passed away aged 87. As well as being the author of over 300 wuxia novels, he was also a fierce critic of the CCP. He once said China’s people would continue suffering as long as the Party remains in existence.
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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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Chinese netizens have accused pop idol Hebe Tien of S.H.E. fame of supporting Nancy Pelosi because—wait for it—she posted a picture of herself eating pasta on IG yesterday and Pelosi has Italian ancestry.
You cannot tell me these things are unrelated.
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She is going to lose her mind when she finds out how many Japanese restaurants there are here. twitter.com/SpokespersonCH…
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This isn’t even Orchid Island, it’s Sanxiantai in Taitung.
These people claim Taiwan as their property yet know absolutely nothing about it. It reminds me of “Formosa Betrayed” when the mainlander put in charge of Taiwan’s pineapple industry couldn’t even recognise a pineapple.
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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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The China we could’ve had vs the China we got
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Extremely concerning that @aimenlau has had her account permanently suspended for “platform manipulation and spam”—especially when the only “amplification” she’s engaged in is retweeting #A4Revolution #ChinaProtests content.
If there’s anyone even left @TwitterSupport, fix this.
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Hong Kong police have arrested someone for disturbing public order after they sprayed water at a police officer during Songkran celebrations in Kowloon City earlier this week.
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