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Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster | Antony Dapiran The pain is visceral, but civil society, media and the creative community have been in retreat since the 2019 pro-democracy protests, says author Antony Dapiran

“From Beijing’s point of view, there is only one measure that will determine whether Lee will keep his job: will he be able to prevent any protests and snuff out any signs of dissent? By that measure, his performance so far has been faultless.” @antd.bsky.social

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Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster | Antony Dapiran The pain is visceral, but civil society, media and the creative community have been in retreat since the 2019 pro-democracy protests, says author Antony Dapiran

Oh hey! It's @antd.bsky.social ! (He really needs to come visit Bluesky more often)

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I don’t think there’s much “creeping” left about it. It’s been stomping for quite a while (a la Orwell’s boot).

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Can’t decide which of these two posts I like more.

This was a actual packet rustling and crunching going on. Just saw their email and think I found the evidence…

Plus he was like eating potato chips or something during the interview?!

+ you’re all set in case of fire

When you want a Tesla but you don’t want people to judge you for it:

小红书 HQ: “How we will brand our app for international markets so that they don’t notice it’s literally named after a book by one of the 20th century’s most notorious murderous dictators?”

It’s like misheard rap lyrics.

Wait til they find out the bribes needed to pay doctors in PRC to get any actual treatment is more than their US insurance premiums…

Vic 20, baby!

If one phrase could sum up post-2020 Hong Kong, it just might be: “For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.”

Get back to me when Mark Zuckerberg can take you hostage and detain you indefinitely based solely on contents of your data…

Lol Klein wrote a whole book about this and it’s still happening to her… naomiklein.org/doppelganger/

Love a good Tim Hamlett burn: “We must note that Richard Cullen spends more time writing for the China Daily than he does teaching law, & he appears to have no problem avoiding legalistic formal language in his usual output, which comprises rousing denunciations of American foreign policy.”

Oh, “emergency situations”? Ok… // “With the development of science & technology, more submarine cables & communication cables are laid on the seabed of all parts of the world & the cables need to be cut off in some emergency situations," the Lishui University authors wrote.

Sad news. “Bottle” (known for his thick round glasses) inspired many as the cheerful MC of the Admiralty “main stage” during 2014’s Umbrella Movement. He was also a social worker, legislator, pro-democracy &—after his own stint behind bars—prisoners’ rights activist.

Learning LA neighborhoods through obsessively following current news events conveniently supplementing my similarly acquired familiarity with Arizona and Pennsylvania counties.

Hilarious but also basically a description of his father Brian Stewart:

In that vein, a shout out for the Judgment Night soundtrack!

The wheels of justice turn slowly…

Hong Kong enjoys ‘greater investor appeal’ amid Swiss sanctions on Russia Treasury minister says city more likely to entice investors to set up family offices after Switzerland’s neutral image called into question.

HK is definitely NOT a sanctions-evading hub. But also: “HK’s treasury chief said the city has a greater chance of enticing investors to set up family offices due to Switzerland’s neutral image being impacted by the country’s stance toward the Russia-Ukraine war.”
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Per @tedgioia.bsky.social: “Nobody in the history of music has made more money than the CEO of Spotify. Taylor Swift doesn’t earn that much. Even after 50 years of concertizing, Paul McCartney & Mick Jagger can’t match this kind of wealth…”

“The hi-tech equipment on board was abnormal for a merchant ship & consumed more power from the ship’s generator, leading to repeated blackouts…The crew would have been aware of its spying activities…but were ‘threatened with their life, so everybody kept quiet’…”

“More than 20 Hong Kong police officers have been deployed to a neighbourhood where a week-long independent book fair was underway. Some attendees had their IDs and bags checked by the police.”

The Christmas spirit continues in Hong Kong.