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I'm going to start collecting threads on HK protest art in one place. Easier to walk down memory lane, even if they be filled with tears and teargas.
Having these in many places mean the images are harder to erase. And harder to forget.
Having these in many places mean the images are harder to erase. And harder to forget.
Folks often forget the fight for democracy in HK isn’t a “Beijing vs us” thing in matters of human rights - I mean that matters too - but also the fight for local representation so that problems like these don’t get swept under the rug
This 2024 post from the DAB’s Peggy Wong is quickly becoming infamous.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Folks often forget the fight for democracy in HK isn’t a “Beijing vs us” thing in matters of human rights - I mean that matters too - but also the fight for local representation so that problems like these don’t get swept under the rug
I had not expected Bloomberg of all outlets to look for an anime angle but Bloomberg of all places found an anime angle
An escalating spat between Japan and China over remarks about Taiwan by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is threatening to derail what was set to be a breakout year for anime in the world’s second-largest cinema market. Read more: bloom.bg/3MmAQMK
📷️: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images
📷️: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I had not expected Bloomberg of all outlets to look for an anime angle but Bloomberg of all places found an anime angle
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A large Chinese junk style rudder, photographed c.1920 - large rudders like this - up to 120ft - were developed long before western style rudders came into widespread use.
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
A large Chinese junk style rudder, photographed c.1920 - large rudders like this - up to 120ft - were developed long before western style rudders came into widespread use.
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Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...
Reader or Professor in Chinese Studies - AC2219 at University of St Andrews
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Senior permanent position has opened up in Chinese studies here at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It is a very nice place. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN980/rea...
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powerful piece. how, in hong kong, silence can be deafening.
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
Hong Kong: Young activists suffer in silence – DW – 11/25/2025
Five years after a Beijing-imposed national security law reshaped Hong Kong, two young ex-prisoners discover a freedom defined by an unsettling silence.
www.dw.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
powerful piece. how, in hong kong, silence can be deafening.
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
"Even laughter feels different now."
www.dw.com/en/hong-kong...
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|| NEW EPISODE || Six years after Hong Kong’s mass protests, @yangyangcheng.bsky.social talks with sociologist Ching Kwan Lee and historian @jwassers.bsky.social about the struggle’s enduring significance, its transnational afterlives, and what it teaches us amid today’s democratic backsliding.
Episode 6 | Hong Kong in Protest, Redux
In 2019, more than a million people poured onto the streets of Hong Kong, with many returning week after week. The song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ soon emerged as the movement’s unofficial anthem. What bega...
madeinchinajournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
|| NEW EPISODE || Six years after Hong Kong’s mass protests, @yangyangcheng.bsky.social talks with sociologist Ching Kwan Lee and historian @jwassers.bsky.social about the struggle’s enduring significance, its transnational afterlives, and what it teaches us amid today’s democratic backsliding.
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I find myself remembering how Chris Tang once said that any art can potentially be clandestine "soft resistance" if the govt thinks it could be interpreted that way.
In case you missed it, government authorities banned the selling of T-shirts with an image showing the hand sign for "LGBT+" in HK Sign language for no apparent reason at the Pride Event last Sunday.
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I find myself remembering how Chris Tang once said that any art can potentially be clandestine "soft resistance" if the govt thinks it could be interpreted that way.
Unclear whether the HK government is scared of LGBT+ or 5DN1L but it’s funny either way how they freak out over a few fingers
In case you missed it, government authorities banned the selling of T-shirts with an image showing the hand sign for "LGBT+" in HK Sign language for no apparent reason at the Pride Event last Sunday.
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Unclear whether the HK government is scared of LGBT+ or 5DN1L but it’s funny either way how they freak out over a few fingers
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The incident of this type that sticks out in my mind are the several times in - I wanna say Hangzhou or Nanjing (maybe both) - that some park/mall rent-a-cops made a huge stink and detained groups of 20-sthing cosplayers for "Dressing Japanese."
They were wearing hanfu.
They were wearing hanfu.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The incident of this type that sticks out in my mind are the several times in - I wanna say Hangzhou or Nanjing (maybe both) - that some park/mall rent-a-cops made a huge stink and detained groups of 20-sthing cosplayers for "Dressing Japanese."
They were wearing hanfu.
They were wearing hanfu.
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I have a diaspora friend who has a last name that ‘works’ in both Cantonese and Mando, except the actual character is different. When he was trying to go through Beijing airport some years ago, he was told his surname is wrong and, being Chinese, he should change it.
It's been going in the same "weird hyper nationalist direction" for years and years. This is a shocking incident, but at the same time it's really nothing new. Every now and again, something insane at this level will occur.
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I have a diaspora friend who has a last name that ‘works’ in both Cantonese and Mando, except the actual character is different. When he was trying to go through Beijing airport some years ago, he was told his surname is wrong and, being Chinese, he should change it.
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Best case scenario: Jackie puts in his contract that he’s allowed to spew as much Chinese Party propaganda as possible, the effects of which finally topple the American empire.
‘Rush Hour 4’ is officially in the works.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
This comes after Donald Trump personally requested Paramount to revive the franchise.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Best case scenario: Jackie puts in his contract that he’s allowed to spew as much Chinese Party propaganda as possible, the effects of which finally topple the American empire.
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Spent a little time looking at CGTN's influencer studios. How they operate. Some tricks they use, and how it is helping shape the outlet's future digital strategy.
CGTN and its influencer studios
Social media sleeper accounts. Evading Facebook advertising rules. Teaching university lectures. These are some ways China's biggest media outlet is advancing its propaganda aims.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Spent a little time looking at CGTN's influencer studios. How they operate. Some tricks they use, and how it is helping shape the outlet's future digital strategy.
Hmmm yummy seditious pancakes
Hong Kong national security police have arrested two people on suspicion of publishing seditious posts on the social media account of their pancake shop. In full: buff.ly/gQ3K5cB
2 arrested over 'seditious' posts shared on pancake shop's social media account
Hong Kong national security police have arrested two people on suspicion of publishing seditious posts on the social media account of their pancake shop.
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Hmmm yummy seditious pancakes
A photo like this in 2025 will take on extremely different meaning than when Luffy was floating around last time and I for one can’t wait for it
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A photo like this in 2025 will take on extremely different meaning than when Luffy was floating around last time and I for one can’t wait for it
“HK government says diu to DIU”
HK authorities are considering invoking the homegrown security law for the first time to ban two overseas political groups they deem subversive from operating in the city. In full: buff.ly/ypzt3wN
HK gov't mulls banning 2 'subversive' overseas political groups
HK authorities are considering invoking the homegrown security law for the first time to ban two overseas political groups they deem subversive from operating in the city.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“HK government says diu to DIU”
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HK authorities are considering invoking the homegrown security law for the first time to ban two overseas political groups they deem subversive from operating in the city. In full: buff.ly/ypzt3wN
HK gov't mulls banning 2 'subversive' overseas political groups
HK authorities are considering invoking the homegrown security law for the first time to ban two overseas political groups they deem subversive from operating in the city.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 AM
HK authorities are considering invoking the homegrown security law for the first time to ban two overseas political groups they deem subversive from operating in the city. In full: buff.ly/ypzt3wN
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Uyghur student #KamileWayit, Uyghur songwriter #YasharShohret and filmmaker #ChenPinlin remain imprisoned today simply for exercising their basic rights to freedom and expression.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Uyghur student #KamileWayit, Uyghur songwriter #YasharShohret and filmmaker #ChenPinlin remain imprisoned today simply for exercising their basic rights to freedom and expression.
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Absolutely deranged. I hope countries clamoring to end asylum or refugee policies for people from Myanmar—including Taiwan—don’t use this as justification for that now
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
DHS Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Burma
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma (Myanmar).
www.uscis.gov
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Absolutely deranged. I hope countries clamoring to end asylum or refugee policies for people from Myanmar—including Taiwan—don’t use this as justification for that now
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
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Welcome to whiplash diplomacy
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Welcome to whiplash diplomacy
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In a sign of how much of a sham HK's elections are, a District Councillor for the Shatin District has endorsed all 5 candidates fighting for the same seat in the upcoming LegCo elections, because who you vote for doesn't matter.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In a sign of how much of a sham HK's elections are, a District Councillor for the Shatin District has endorsed all 5 candidates fighting for the same seat in the upcoming LegCo elections, because who you vote for doesn't matter.
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National Security police have arrested a 32-year old man and 27-year old woman for sedition and abetting criminals, "allegedly using social media associated with his store to post seditious content and fund activities that threaten national security over a period from October 2020 to October 2025."
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
National Security police have arrested a 32-year old man and 27-year old woman for sedition and abetting criminals, "allegedly using social media associated with his store to post seditious content and fund activities that threaten national security over a period from October 2020 to October 2025."
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A 热心爱国团体, not a 熱心愛國團體。
An anonymous “patriotic organisation” has called for a halt to the production and sale of merchandise for a cancelled LGBTQ-themed theatre production. In full: buff.ly/odbBGL0
'Patriotic organisation' demands halt to merch sale for axed LGBTQ play
An anonymous “patriotic organisation” has called for a halt to the production and sale of merchandise for a cancelled LGBTQ-themed theatre production.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A 热心爱国团体, not a 熱心愛國團體。
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The HK government spent more than HK$24 million on national and regional flags, banners, lamppost bunting, and other festive displays to mark China's National Day on October 1. In full: buff.ly/c73IgoF
Exclusive: HK gov't spent HK$24.6m on 130k National Day displays
The HK government spent more than HK$24 million on national and regional flags, banners, lamppost bunting, and other festive displays to mark China's National Day on October 1.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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