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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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“[The govt is] left with so little legitimacy and social capital that citizens simply no longer believe it will act in their interests.”
HK’s handing of the #coronavirus crisis would be bad for any city; for a modern, global metropolis that weathered SARS, it’s an embarrassment. twitter.com/mbrookerhk/sta…
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Hong Kong’s Commerce and Economic Development Bureau is now engaging in a political struggle session against the city’s most trusted news service, public broadcaster @rthk_enews, after journalist @yvonne_tg questioned a top @WHO official about the UN agency’s exclusion of Taiwan. twitter.com/creery_j/statu…
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A: 100%.
Two thieves impersonating plainclothes police stole over $200k from a man last night during a “stop and search” just around the corner from Tuen Mun Police Station.
thestandnews.com/society/%E5%85… twitter.com/LeoAW/status/1…
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This is what Hong Kong already looks like *without* a national security law. twitter.com/ShibaniMahtani…
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Hong Kong police preventing people from gathering in Victoria Park by gathering in Victoria Park.
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Over 100 police officers currently raiding the newsroom of pro-democracy newspaper @appledaily_hk following arrest of @JimmyLaiApple and other senior staff. Apple Daily is only the major newspaper in the city to buck Beijing’s authority and openly support the democracy movement. twitter.com/hkcnews_com/st…
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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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Behold the racing outfits on display at today’s #HKstreetathon, one of the first road running competitions since the outbreak of the city’s pro-democracy protest movement not to have been cancelled.
Photos courtesy of Stands News and AM730.
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Tear gas fired on Hong Kong protesters marching between Causeway Bay and Wan Chai to oppose national security legislation that threatens to end One Country, Two Systems.
The first tear gas of the post-COVID season and what will not only be a long day but another summer of rage.
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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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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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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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The crowd at the rally in Central tonight in support of the US Human Rights and Democracy act is so huge is essentially become a march by necessity, as overspill from Chater Garden fan out in all directions. #StandWithHongKong #HKHRDA
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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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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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Kettled on Nathan between Saigon and Ning Po after a blue flag was raised near where Student Politics members were giving out face masks.
Most journalists were allowed out after checking our press passes but some reporters, either students or from small outlets, were retained.
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China and the @WHO accused Taiwan of overreacting when they blocked arrivals from China. The results?
Korea: 1,595 #COVID19 cases
Japan: 894
Singapore: 93
Taiwan: 32
Taiwan's authorities showed more wisdom than the global public health agency they’ve been unfairly barred from. twitter.com/MPWangTingyu/s…
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The China we could’ve had vs the China we got
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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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HK01 reports that three maritime escape routes connecting HK and Taiwan, plied by protesters since July, have been effectively “plugged up” since China’s coastguard strengthened its presence in the waters around HK in order to intercept fleeing dissidents. hk01.com/article/516387…
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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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What gaslighting an entire city looks like. twitter.com/maryhui/status…
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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.
Managing Editor @cnmediaproject 中國傳媒研究計劃主編