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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 28d

Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous

Something Is Very Wrong Online

Our political conversations take place in very same spaces that incubate and perpetuate unthinkable violence.

www.theatlantic.com

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Apr 18

And a fruitful chat with Ann Hui!

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Apr 18

Internationally acclaimed Hong Kong film director Ann Hui 許鞍華 holding masterclass sharing with film commentator Tony Rayns in King's College London in London, Britian on April 18, 2025.

"Hong Kong itself is not planned, you just work day to day and make it happen."

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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.bsky.social · Apr 12

I am the first MP to be refused entry on arrival to Hong Kong since 1997.

Authorities gave me no explanation for this cruel and upsetting blow.

I hope the Foreign Secretary will recognise that this is an insult to all parliamentarians and seek answers from the Chinese Ambassador.

MP refused entry to Hong Kong on visit to see newborn grandson

Wera Hobhouse, a Liberal Democrat, is believed to be the first parliamentarian turned away since China took control in 1997

www.thetimes.com

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Hong Kong Accountability Archive @hkaccountability.bsky.social · Apr 9

今天我們正式宣布啟動「香港問責檔案庫」（Hong Kong Accountability Archive，HKAA），這個獨立的2019年示威錄像資料庫旨在保存這些侵犯人權事件的證據，藉以促進和平集會自由。請觀看宣傳影片來更深入了解檔案庫。

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Apr 1

Completely the big journey with my 18yo cat from Vancouver through Paris and Calais to London.

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Mar 8

A day of strolling in Chinatown

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Feb 26

Patriotism sans vegetables.

Groceries stores proclaiming Canadian owned and operated, selling "Product of Canada", while most of the organic vegatables are imported from the United States, in Vancouver B.C., February 25, 2025.

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Kris Cheng @krislc.bsky.social · Feb 26

Exclusive: A resident in Carmen Lau's area received a letter from Hong Kong urging them to "take her to Chinese Embassy" for HK$1M reward. The letter's format is exactly same as that for Tony Chung, as both are wanted by the Hong Kong police.
www.voacantonese.com/a/exclusive-...

獨家：英國居民又收香港信件呼籲舉報流亡港人劉珈汶成為第二位被通緝者接獲同類信件

被香港警方懸紅通緝的“香港民主委員會”（Hong Kong Democracy Council）高級國際倡議幹事劉珈汶對美國之音指，她所居住的地區有居民收到來自香港、呼籲舉報她的信件，信件同樣指如果將她送到中國大使館，可以獲得港幣100萬元賞金。信件內容與上星期另一封與同樣被香港警方懸紅通緝的香港獨立倡議委員會（Independent Committee for Hong Kong Advocac...

www.voacantonese.com

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Selina Cheng @selinacheng.bsky.social · Jan 10

MY SCOOP w @violazhou.bsky.social 👉
Foxconn staff rotations to India stopped, Chinese expatriates to return home, & equipment exports are held up.

Apple overcame tech challenges to make its iPhone Pro Maxes elsewhere, but now, new problems. An obvious one?

restofworld.org/2025/china-f...

Exclusive: Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories

In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.

restofworld.org

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Jan 10

In memorium. Flowers blossom on the slope facing Lai Chi Kwok Detention Centre. Photojournalists used to climb there to capture photos of those detained

Late Shiu Ka-chun's prisoners' welfare advocacy & support grp WALL-FARE 石牆花- flowers blossom in the stone wall

#石牆生花

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Jan 9

Fernando Cheung (right), former lawmaker, is now a refugee in Canada working as social work lecturer in Toronto.

Photo: Shiu and Cheung holding a candlelight vigil for detainees in Castle Peak Bay immigration centre in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong on October 6, 2020.

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Jan 9

2 Timothy Chapter 4:7 - I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith.

Pray for late Shiu Ka-chun (left), former lawmaker, social worker, lecturer and activist, passed away today at 55;

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Jan 8

A memorable chance to learn how to shoot a parade, a prime minister, with support from Hong Kong Journalists Association- their accreditation accepted by PM Office. 記協及攝記協是我家 🥹

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Jan 8

Trudeau legacy - Justin Trudeau attended the 49th Vancoucer Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade, after the hiatus during COVID-19, in Vancouver on Jan 22, 2023. He was warmly welcome by parade goers and kids.

A memorable chance to learn how to shoot a parade and a prime minister

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Austin Ramzy @austinramzy.bsky.social · Dec 29

CNN: China has built or expanded more than 200 specialized detention facilities to interrogate suspects ensnared in Xi Jinping’s widening anti-corruption drive, as the Chinese leader extends his crackdown to a vast swath of public sectors

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China is building new detention centers all over the country as Xi Jinping widens corruption purge | CNN

More than 200 specialized detention facilities have been built or expanded across China, a CNN investigation finds, as the Chinese leader extends his crackdown beyond the ruling Communist Party to a v...

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Jan 1

あけおめ！今年もよろしくお願いします

Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Dec 22

How I grew up in London: being the only Chinese people in town, but everyone know Hong Kong or even worked and lived in Hong Kong

- no, I just helping out every summer but I have done EVERYTHING in the clip

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Meet the kids who grew up in Chinese takeaways - BBC Stories

YouTube video by BBC Stories

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Dec 12

"Such a verdict is unjust for those brave people who were trying to save passengers including myself from being assaulted by (the) white shirt clad mob, and an act of self-defence," Galileo Cheng, a journalist who was injured during the attack, told Reuters.

www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Hong Kong ex democratic lawmaker convicted for rioting after 2019 mob attack

A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted prominent former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting for rioting after he was attacked by a white-shirted mob in July 2019 at the height of that year's pro-democracy protests.

www.reuters.com

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Galileo Cheng @galileocheng.bsky.social · Dec 7

Friendship bracelet exchange with TransLink staff at Stadium-Chinatown station ahead of Taylor Swift The Eras tour in #vancouver on December 6th, 2024.