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Can someone please give some context on that video? Who's the boy? What is everyone doing? The video is creepy.

bakuninsbart 7y ago
My chinese is really terrible, the one guy in the beginning is making fun of white shirt for his accent. He's from the mainland. I don't know the rest of the context, but there have been a lot of racist attacks from the protesters lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was his only crime. The "journalists" are all filming him while a protester beats him up and another "journalist" makes sure he and the woman can't enter the building.
- hktruth 7y ago
  Also if you understand Cantonese, in many videos, you can see and hear the protestors shout "stop filming" and "open umbrellas" to shield criminal acts from being filmed.
ackbar03 7y ago
As bakuninsbart says above, yes. These are the "journalists" that produce most of the news you see regarding the protests on the streets. Go search for more live feeds to seem more of these "journalists" in general being a nuisance and aggressively filming the police to catch and report of every single mis-step. Trust me, its not the protestors that are aggressively being filmed. And to add more context in an unbiased way. Man in white is white collar worker in central district. I don't know if he's done anything to provoke protesters as pretext. "journalists" being a general nuisance, possibly trying to provoke him. He says something inaudible, something like "are you a journalist" or "what are you reporting on" or generally along the lines of wtf are you doing. Journalist starts taunting him, saying he can't understand him. He leaves for the office with people swearing and shouting profanity. He turns around and says "we are all chinese people". More swearing. Some "journalist" closes the door and prevents him from entering. Some masked guy comes out of know where to hit him. Granted he wasn't looking to do serious damage but still a dick move and uncalled for. The guy goes in and someone throws an umbrella at his head. Journalists rush after him after pausing for a while probably because they don't know what else to do. Glorious isn't it
- Angostura 7y ago
  I think you;ll probably need to post some links to these streams so that we can assess them.
- verall 7y ago
  >Trust me Do you attend the protests and view these or other activities yourself? Or just reporting on Twitter? Journalists are helping keep everyone safe, by filming, which discourages most from violence, on both sides. They film both police and protestors. Just do understand that for many HKers, they believe this is a fight where losing means what happens to Uighurs and Tibetans happens to them.

My chinese is really terrible, the one guy in the beginning is making fun of white shirt for his accent. He's from the mainland. I don't know the rest of the context, but there have been a lot of racist attacks from the protesters lately, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was his only crime. The "journalists" are all filming him while a protester beats him up and another "journalist" makes sure he and the woman can't enter the building.

hktruth 7y ago
Also if you understand Cantonese, in many videos, you can see and hear the protestors shout "stop filming" and "open umbrellas" to shield criminal acts from being filmed.

ackbar03 7y ago

As bakuninsbart says above, yes. These are the "journalists" that produce most of the news you see regarding the protests on the streets. Go search for more live feeds to seem more of these "journalists" in general being a nuisance and aggressively filming the police to catch and report of every single mis-step. Trust me, its not the protestors that are aggressively being filmed. And to add more context in an unbiased way. Man in white is white collar worker in central district. I don't know if he's done anything to provoke protesters as pretext. "journalists" being a general nuisance, possibly trying to provoke him. He says something inaudible, something like "are you a journalist" or "what are you reporting on" or generally along the lines of wtf are you doing. Journalist starts taunting him, saying he can't understand him. He leaves for the office with people swearing and shouting profanity. He turns around and says "we are all chinese people". More swearing. Some "journalist" closes the door and prevents him from entering. Some masked guy comes out of know where to hit him. Granted he wasn't looking to do serious damage but still a dick move and uncalled for. The guy goes in and someone throws an umbrella at his head. Journalists rush after him after pausing for a while probably because they don't know what else to do. Glorious isn't it

Angostura 7y ago
I think you;ll probably need to post some links to these streams so that we can assess them.
verall 7y ago
>Trust me Do you attend the protests and view these or other activities yourself? Or just reporting on Twitter? Journalists are helping keep everyone safe, by filming, which discourages most from violence, on both sides. They film both police and protestors. Just do understand that for many HKers, they believe this is a fight where losing means what happens to Uighurs and Tibetans happens to them.