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by hker 6y ago
Yes, what’s happening on the street (the protests) and in the legislative council (the voting) may not be enough to resist China, but Hong Kong people recently are doing more, which is what prompted the harsh response from China, including
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by hker 6y ago
Note that Beijing limited Hong Kong’s democracy since the 60s, threatening invasion. See the following articles for the historical context [1][2]: "Even in the '60s and '70s, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London atte
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by hker 6y ago
China is a huge market and ecosystem for tech, and many tech people are interested in knowing what is happening there, to say the least. Even ignoring the Chinese issue, many people here are interested in security, privacy, freedom of speec
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by hker 6y ago
Just checked Wikipedia[wiki]: CGTN (China Global Television Network), formerly known as CCTV-9 and CCTV News, is an international English-language news channel based in Beijing and is also referred as a mouthpiece of Chinese government.[1]
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Two piglets for a kayak: Fiji returns to barter system as Covid-19 hits economy(theguardian.com)
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IMF says India’s growth rate could top 7% in 2021 if coronavirus under control(cnbc.com)
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The Quiet Revolution of Animal Crossing(theatlantic.com)
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China Sends Aircraft Carrier Near Japan and Taiwan as US Navy Faces Coronavirus(military.com)
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by hker 7y ago
The report is disputed, see the following thread: https://twitter.com/amber_athey/status/1246520453847449600
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Italy gave China PPE to help with coronavirus – then China made them buy it back(spectator.us)
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by hker 7y ago
Apparently many local Chinese, including the government of a neighboring province, do not believe in the reported numbers. Recently on March 25, the central government ordered to end the isolation imposed on cities of Hubei (the epicenter p
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by hker 7y ago
Video of the incident [1]. The interviewed WHO assistant director-general Bruce Aylward has his biography removed from the WHO's leadership webpage after the interview [2]. [1]: https://twitter.com/emilyrauhala/sta
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by hker 7y ago
Probably relevant, about how others should treat Taiwan, especially how WHO is treating Taiwan: A journalist asked World Health Organization’s assistant director-general Bruce Aylward whether the UN body would reconsider Taiwan’s membership
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by hker 7y ago
> - Hongkong and Palau has much worse eating wild animal habit than Wuhan. Curious how you get this impression, do you have specific examples in mind? For example, bats, wolves and civet cats are consumed in Wuhan, which is not the case
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by hker 7y ago
Interesting. What about “strike for the public safety”? Performing a strike to achieve a goal for public safety, such as, when the government of a city decided, against public opinion, not to close the border even when bordering a large cou
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by hker 7y ago
> One practical implication of grouping Taiwan with China is that Italy banned travel from Taiwan along with China, even though the situation in Taiwan is basically fine. It is interesting that Russia acted differently from Italy: to ban
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by hker 7y ago
You realize the number quoted there is a reasonable estimate (if not an underestimate) of the number of infected, right? Here is a thread on what Weibo was saying two weeks ago, when Weibo users thought that Hong Kong was overreacting to th
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by hker 7y ago
FWIW, a twitter user claims to be threatened by the police for donating surgical masks and goggles in Hubei: Tweet in simplified Chinese: https://twitter.com/yajunwwz/status/1220632278688129029 With link to YouTub
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by hker 7y ago
Five now. China virus: five cities locked down and Beijing festivities scrapped https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/23/coronavirus-pa...
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by hker 7y ago
The government of Wuhan is asking people not to travel there unless necessary (in traditional Chinese [1] and Google translated [2]), as they announce travel ban. I am not sure if news reporting counts as hyperbole, given that I tried hard
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by hker 7y ago
Thanks for explaining reasons for downvote. I just changed one news source from LTN to a pro-Beijing news source Oriental Daily News, which reported the same news. Also, although the image (1 out of 3 non-duplicative sources) is hosted and
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by hker 7y ago
A local doctor estimated that the number of infected has surpassed 10K in a chat group (images in simplified Chinese [1]). [1]: https://lihkg.com/thread/1834475/page/1
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by hker 7y ago
It is reported that some Chinese are taking antipyretics to suppress symptoms of fever to evade quarantine checks, to get into other places like France (in traditional Chinese [1] and Google translated [2]), Japan (in traditional Chinese [3
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Video of ATM Skimming in Brazil(gfycat.com)
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by hker 7y ago
> I’m pissed some leaders of the movement like Joshua Wong and Denice Ho are still playing tragedies like this to push their agenda. I don’t think there is a leader in this movement in Hong Kong [1], and definitely Joshua Wong or Denice
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by hker 7y ago
The head of the flight attendant’s union was fired by Cathay Dragon, and according to her press conference regarding the termination [1], the case was based on her friends-only stories on Facebook ([1], 48:10 in Cantonese) which showed some
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by hker 7y ago
I agree that border searches by Western standards have worsen recently, e.g., the US customs may ask for social media handles. But the Chinese border searches have gone even further: they install additional tracking apps on travelers’ phone
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by hker 7y ago
It seems like the most dangerous threat to Cathay is the following line from the article: > China’s airline regulator declared it unsafe Based on other sources it means that Cathay would be forbidden to enter China's airspace. It en
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How Hong Kong’s Leaderless Protest Army Gets Things Done(bloomberg.com)
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Finland urges EU to consider banning Brazilian beef over Amazon fires(uk.reuters.com)
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