Laura Westbrook
@laurawestbrook.bsky.social
Hong Kong Correspondent @featurestory reporting for @AJEnglish @CBCNews | Previously aviation correspondent @SCMPNews | @BBCWorld @NZStuff | 🇭🇰 🇬🇧 🇲🇾
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Harry Harrison schools Hong Kong on who’s been doing the work of plastic recycling: today’s cartoon
January 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Harry Harrison schools Hong Kong on who’s been doing the work of plastic recycling: today’s cartoon
Xi Jinping to send top-level China envoy to Donald Trump’s inauguration
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Xi Jinping to send top-level China envoy to Donald Trump’s inauguration
Unusual diplomatic overture comes as Beijing braces for escalating tensions with new administration
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January 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Xi Jinping to send top-level China envoy to Donald Trump’s inauguration
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Harry Harrison gets on board Hong Kong's new panda economy, starting with the enormously beneficial plastering of its public transport with panda stickers: today's cartoon
January 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Harry Harrison gets on board Hong Kong's new panda economy, starting with the enormously beneficial plastering of its public transport with panda stickers: today's cartoon
President Yoon's "fate has become a lightning rod for South Korea’s growing political divisions. The gap between loyalists and those who want him out is widening, a worrying development in a relatively young democracy" writes Karishma Vaswani.
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South Korea Needs to Move on From This Crisis
The president’s attempt to hold on to power is a reminder of how much chaos leaders create when they try to thwart democracy.
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January 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
President Yoon's "fate has become a lightning rod for South Korea’s growing political divisions. The gap between loyalists and those who want him out is widening, a worrying development in a relatively young democracy" writes Karishma Vaswani.
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'Impossible task’: Hong Kong’s top judge raises questions over whether Tiananmen vigil activists given fair trial
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‘Impossible task’: Hong Kong’s top judge raises questions over whether Tiananmen vigil activists given fair trial
Hong Kong’s top judge has questioned whether a rule that allowed certain information to be kept from three Tiananmen vigil activists throughout their national security trial made a fair heari…
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January 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
'Impossible task’: Hong Kong’s top judge raises questions over whether Tiananmen vigil activists given fair trial
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Now she's finally here a big thankyou to @laurawestbrook.bsky.social for presenting our 2024 podcast wrap with Harry Harrison & Lee Williamson - a tumultuous year for journalism as discussed by Lee, a sublime & ridiculous ride in Hong Kong, as illustrated by Harry open.spotify.com/episode/1wAy...
December 30, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Now she's finally here a big thankyou to @laurawestbrook.bsky.social for presenting our 2024 podcast wrap with Harry Harrison & Lee Williamson - a tumultuous year for journalism as discussed by Lee, a sublime & ridiculous ride in Hong Kong, as illustrated by Harry open.spotify.com/episode/1wAy...
