hktruth

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From protests to riots to lone wolf attacks. What next, Hong Kong?(scmp.com)
3 points by hktruth 7y ago|1 comments
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by hktruth 7y ago
It's quite something when what is considered a state backed propaganda outlet can so easily call out the Guardian. If this is the era of fake news, what comes next?
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GlobalTimes accuses Guardian of manipulating videos of HK violence(twitter.com)
3 points by hktruth 7y ago|1 comments
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How Fake News and Rumors Are Stoking Division in Hong Kong(bloomberg.com)
6 points by hktruth 7y ago|0 comments
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by hktruth 7y ago
From article: > "The administration must guard the dignity of the Hong Kong passport, which now enjoys visa-free status from 167 countries. The number would drop to 20 if we admit to breeding domestic terrorists,” the source continu
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'We cannot tell the world Hong Kong grooms local terrorists' says gov. source(scmp.com)
2 points by hktruth 7y ago|2 comments
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by hktruth 7y ago
This video, presumably just before the incident, shows the man chasing after protestors who had been smashing up a train station. https://twitter.com/AquaLuna_HK/status/1193786585507975169
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Phone blindness case prompts 'eye stroke' warning(scmp.com)
1 points by hktruth 7y ago|0 comments
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Hong Kong's hatred of mainlanders feeds the xenophobic undercurrents of protests(scmp.com)
2 points by hktruth 7y ago|0 comments
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by hktruth 7y ago
On balance, I think Apple did the right thing. The police in London raided properties and arrested people before the Extinction Rebellion protests had even started. Removing the app as a precaution in case some crazies out there decide to u
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Stalker 'found Japanese singer through reflection in her eyes'(bbc.com)
4 points by hktruth 7y ago|0 comments
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by hktruth 7y ago
From news reports, HK was around 27% of China's GDP in 1993 prior to handover back to China in 1997. Today, HK is less than 3% of China's GDP.
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by hktruth 7y ago
I think focusing on the NBA and China misses the bigger issue that affects everyone. What if Daryl Morey had tweeted that he believed marriage was between a man and a woman? There's no doubt he would have been fired and deplatformed fa
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by hktruth 7y ago
If YouTube asks "Sign in to confirm your age", here is an embedded version which doesn't require sign in: https://www.reddit.com/r/Hong_Kong/comments/de4a7s/hong_kong... Why does YouTube d
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Hong Kong Protests: the dark, silent (and hidden) side of Hong Kongers [video](youtube.com)
2 points by hktruth 7y ago|1 comments
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Hong Kong's Hard-Core Protesters Take Justice into Their Own Hands(nytimes.com)
13 points by hktruth 7y ago|1 comments
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by hktruth 7y ago
This past weekend Oct 5th, the entire system shut down for the first time in its history. "All MTR lines closed as vandals hit stations" https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1484319-2019100
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Full video of Hong Kong police shooting 14 year old protestor on October 4th(twitter.com)
4 points by hktruth 7y ago|0 comments
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Hong Kong domestic helpers from Indonesia, Philippines struggle through protests(scmp.com)
2 points by hktruth 7y ago|1 comments
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Cognitive Rigidity: The psychology of Hong Kongs out-of-control protest movement(scmp.com)
1 points by hktruth 7y ago|1 comments
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by hktruth 7y ago
Sounds like you're justifying the mob's response, which is the attempted murder of a police officer. Nobody knows yet, at least no reports of, why the firearm was discharged. Maybe it was accidental. Maybe it was deliberate. Mo
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by hktruth 7y ago
Yes, throwaway account for obvious reasons, as others know when they get downvoted for going against the narrative.
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by hktruth 7y ago
Not true. Just in the past few hours: Bank set on fire: https://twitter.com/YuxuanMichael/status/1180140543973580800 Train with passengers on board attacked: https://twitter.com/liamstone_19/
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by hktruth 7y ago
Social media can be manipulated, but without it, would not see videos like this one: https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1180131706994491392 Showing students in their own lecture halls and classrooms being screamed
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by 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.
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Hong Kong Protesters Drop Nazi Term After Western Input(news.rthk.hk)
15 points by hktruth 7y ago|3 comments
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Two fired over oxygen bottle sabotage aboard Cathay Pacific planes(scmp.com)
1 points by hktruth 7y ago|0 comments
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Cathay Pacific Airways uncovers more empty oxygen bottles(news.rthk.hk)
6 points by hktruth 7y ago|0 comments
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by hktruth 7y ago
Yes, overseas Chinese communities are divided, as are families too. What's happening now is that a Chinese person who doesn't support the protestors is labelled as being pro-China, which is ludicrous. Protestors have been describe
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by hktruth 7y ago
Turing test in 3..2..

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