Old China Bland (香港)
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Hong Kong. Camping in the hills because the Murray Barracks were full
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the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements
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To further clarify, the current Owners' Corporation opposed the renovation contract from the start and wanted to cancel it but couldn't bcuz it's already signed. While the previous OC was the one that reviewed and signed the contract. Peggy Wong served as consultant for the previous OC
DAB’s Peggy Wong, who defended the Wang Fuk Court Owners Corporation in Aug 2024 because they were doing a good job with repairs, is now reporting the OC to the police and ICAC for misconduct, negligence, and corruption
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/comp...
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
To further clarify, the current Owners' Corporation opposed the renovation contract from the start and wanted to cancel it but couldn't bcuz it's already signed. While the previous OC was the one that reviewed and signed the contract. Peggy Wong served as consultant for the previous OC
It's those pesky temporary workers again!
ICAC alleges that, in order to replace mesh netting damaged by typhoons, "someone" purchased substandard mesh netting from a local supplier at the price of $54/roll in july. And used up-to-spec mesh netting only at the bottom of the scaffoldings as a cover
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It's those pesky temporary workers again!
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As to be expected from the multi-award winning infographics team at the SCMP - an excellent multimedia report on how the Hong Kong tower complex fire spread catastrophically multimedia.scmp.com/infographics...
November 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
As to be expected from the multi-award winning infographics team at the SCMP - an excellent multimedia report on how the Hong Kong tower complex fire spread catastrophically multimedia.scmp.com/infographics...
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I understand the sentiment, but, uh, hmm, HK’s justice system is well-known for being different from China’s justice system. Those arrested *for the fire* will face the same common law system as the UK. Those just arrested for *sedition* while petitioning for better regulations though…
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I understand the sentiment, but, uh, hmm, HK’s justice system is well-known for being different from China’s justice system. Those arrested *for the fire* will face the same common law system as the UK. Those just arrested for *sedition* while petitioning for better regulations though…
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This is such a bullshit maneuver by the PRC.
Absolutely embarrassing to them, and *GOOD LUCK* getting Japanese acts to agree to come back after humiliating them like this.
Just total fucking hypernationalist babybrain idiocy
Upgrading Sino-Jpn Row Rating to:
🐺🐺🐺.5☐ = 3.5/5 possible Wolf-Warriors
Absolutely embarrassing to them, and *GOOD LUCK* getting Japanese acts to agree to come back after humiliating them like this.
Just total fucking hypernationalist babybrain idiocy
Upgrading Sino-Jpn Row Rating to:
🐺🐺🐺.5☐ = 3.5/5 possible Wolf-Warriors
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is such a bullshit maneuver by the PRC.
Absolutely embarrassing to them, and *GOOD LUCK* getting Japanese acts to agree to come back after humiliating them like this.
Just total fucking hypernationalist babybrain idiocy
Upgrading Sino-Jpn Row Rating to:
🐺🐺🐺.5☐ = 3.5/5 possible Wolf-Warriors
Absolutely embarrassing to them, and *GOOD LUCK* getting Japanese acts to agree to come back after humiliating them like this.
Just total fucking hypernationalist babybrain idiocy
Upgrading Sino-Jpn Row Rating to:
🐺🐺🐺.5☐ = 3.5/5 possible Wolf-Warriors
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I heard about this from my radicalised parents (not Chinese citizens) who were cheering this as an ‘expression of Chinese might’. Years of exposure to Chinese language disinformation.
I respect that she took it as an opportunity to display and enjoy her craft.
I respect that she took it as an opportunity to display and enjoy her craft.
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I heard about this from my radicalised parents (not Chinese citizens) who were cheering this as an ‘expression of Chinese might’. Years of exposure to Chinese language disinformation.
I respect that she took it as an opportunity to display and enjoy her craft.
I respect that she took it as an opportunity to display and enjoy her craft.
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It’s wild how providing much-needed aid to the survivors of the fire - before the government even felt like doing it - is now considered a national security threat
Next level paranoia.
“We sternly warn the anti-China disruptors who attempt to ‘disrupt Hong Kong through disaster’. No matter what methods you use, you will certainly be held accountable & strictly punished under the Hong Kong national security law & the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.”
“We sternly warn the anti-China disruptors who attempt to ‘disrupt Hong Kong through disaster’. No matter what methods you use, you will certainly be held accountable & strictly punished under the Hong Kong national security law & the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.”
Anger mounts in Hong Kong over apartment fires as Beijing warns against ‘anti-China disruptors’
Police on Saturday detained one person who was part of a group that launched a petition demanding accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It’s wild how providing much-needed aid to the survivors of the fire - before the government even felt like doing it - is now considered a national security threat
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BTW, China is not a lamb.
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
BTW, China is not a lamb.
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The arrests in Hong Kong right now are déjà vu for mainlanders like me who were active in civil society in the 2000s: citizens demanding investigations and accountability after public disasters are met not with answers, but arrests and intimidation. #mainlandization #香港加速内地化
Inmediahk reports that HK university student Miles Kwan, who was seen handing out fliers linking to a petition demanding an independent investigation and accountability for the Tai Po fire was detained and taken to the police station. The online petition and related media has since been deleted.
November 30, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The arrests in Hong Kong right now are déjà vu for mainlanders like me who were active in civil society in the 2000s: citizens demanding investigations and accountability after public disasters are met not with answers, but arrests and intimidation. #mainlandization #香港加速内地化
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For those familiar with Ap Lei Chau, you’re probably used to seeing the yellow tortoise grazing many days of the week next to the Kwun Yum Temple. Sadly it seems Vanilla (his name) has been kidnapped/ stolen!
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
For those familiar with Ap Lei Chau, you’re probably used to seeing the yellow tortoise grazing many days of the week next to the Kwun Yum Temple. Sadly it seems Vanilla (his name) has been kidnapped/ stolen!
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HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN! ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN! ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!
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痛 - From: 香港人
(Sorrow - From: the people of Hong Kong)
(Sorrow - From: the people of Hong Kong)
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
痛 - From: 香港人
(Sorrow - From: the people of Hong Kong)
(Sorrow - From: the people of Hong Kong)
Finally, the journalism we need
Welcome to the Din Tai Fung waiting time report.
At Taipei 101, the waiting time for a table is approximately 2 hours 20 minutes.
This has been the Din Tai Fung waiting time report
At Taipei 101, the waiting time for a table is approximately 2 hours 20 minutes.
This has been the Din Tai Fung waiting time report
November 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Finally, the journalism we need
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now ...
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His songs told the story of Canada, its culture, its people and its history.
Rogers was taken far too soon but his legacy endures.
This is his story.
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His songs told the story of Canada, its culture, its people and its history.
Rogers was taken far too soon but his legacy endures.
This is his story.
📸 Stanrogers.net
🧵 1/12
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now ...
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Watching this play out in HK is a shock to the system, but to anyone who’s seen it happen time and again in the mainland, it’s also all too familiar and predictable.
After any disaster, “stability maintenance” (維穩) and “stabilising public sentiment” (穩定社會情緒) are always foremost official priorities.
After any disaster, “stability maintenance” (維穩) and “stabilising public sentiment” (穩定社會情緒) are always foremost official priorities.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Watching this play out in HK is a shock to the system, but to anyone who’s seen it happen time and again in the mainland, it’s also all too familiar and predictable.
After any disaster, “stability maintenance” (維穩) and “stabilising public sentiment” (穩定社會情緒) are always foremost official priorities.
After any disaster, “stability maintenance” (維穩) and “stabilising public sentiment” (穩定社會情緒) are always foremost official priorities.
I especially like number four because the residents had complained to an elected official about the danger before the inferno. Said official told them to fuck off
The demands being distributed by the flyer & petition were not in anyway unreasonable.
1. Continue to support residents affected by the fire
2. Establish an independent commission
3. Re-evaluate construction safety guidelines
4. Hold the elected officials who are accountable for this disaster
1. Continue to support residents affected by the fire
2. Establish an independent commission
3. Re-evaluate construction safety guidelines
4. Hold the elected officials who are accountable for this disaster
Inmediahk reports that HK university student Miles Kwan, who was seen handing out fliers linking to a petition demanding an independent investigation and accountability for the Tai Po fire was detained and taken to the police station. The online petition and related media has since been deleted.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I especially like number four because the residents had complained to an elected official about the danger before the inferno. Said official told them to fuck off
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Inmediahk reports that HK university student Miles Kwan, who was seen handing out fliers linking to a petition demanding an independent investigation and accountability for the Tai Po fire was detained and taken to the police station. The online petition and related media has since been deleted.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Inmediahk reports that HK university student Miles Kwan, who was seen handing out fliers linking to a petition demanding an independent investigation and accountability for the Tai Po fire was detained and taken to the police station. The online petition and related media has since been deleted.
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The Office of Safeguarding National Security said it firmly supports strict action against people “using the [Tai Po] disaster to create chaos in Hong Kong” and “resolutely punishing activities that endanger national security,” comparing it to attempts to revive the 2019 unrest
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Office of Safeguarding National Security said it firmly supports strict action against people “using the [Tai Po] disaster to create chaos in Hong Kong” and “resolutely punishing activities that endanger national security,” comparing it to attempts to revive the 2019 unrest
"The people demand an investigation into this tragedy!"
"No they don't."
"No they don't."
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"The people demand an investigation into this tragedy!"
"No they don't."
"No they don't."
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Many migrant workers were affected too and Bethune House, a shelter for migrant women workers, is contacting their families (ways to donate directly TBC).
Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate
Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Many migrant workers were affected too and Bethune House, a shelter for migrant women workers, is contacting their families (ways to donate directly TBC).
Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate
Meanwhile you can donate to the org itself here: bethunehouse.org/donate
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I’ll shut up about this if this ends up being wrong, but:
Chimney effect from the netting existing at all created a convection current, gained enough heat to ignite the bamboo underneath it and then bridged to adjacent blocks.
Chimney effect from the netting existing at all created a convection current, gained enough heat to ignite the bamboo underneath it and then bridged to adjacent blocks.
November 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I’ll shut up about this if this ends up being wrong, but:
Chimney effect from the netting existing at all created a convection current, gained enough heat to ignite the bamboo underneath it and then bridged to adjacent blocks.
Chimney effect from the netting existing at all created a convection current, gained enough heat to ignite the bamboo underneath it and then bridged to adjacent blocks.
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GovHK had a grand opportunity here to be part of a united community and be an instrument of goodwill to nurture that unity, and they just had to go and blow it, didn't they?
But then paranoia will do that. It's like they're so afraid of their own ppl that they see sedition plots everywhere. 1/5
But then paranoia will do that. It's like they're so afraid of their own ppl that they see sedition plots everywhere. 1/5
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
GovHK had a grand opportunity here to be part of a united community and be an instrument of goodwill to nurture that unity, and they just had to go and blow it, didn't they?
But then paranoia will do that. It's like they're so afraid of their own ppl that they see sedition plots everywhere. 1/5
But then paranoia will do that. It's like they're so afraid of their own ppl that they see sedition plots everywhere. 1/5