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Aug 18, 2019 • 10 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
With the 1.7mil turnout in #HK today, the total number of demonstrators in anti-extradition/anti-govt protests has now surpassed the total population of HK:
So far, 7,564,440 demonstrators have participated in 61 demonstrations.
Astounding: Where else in history have you had the total number of participants in demonstrations exceed the size of the total population where the demonstrations occurred? #HK is truly in a class of its own.
The 1.7mil turnout today is even bigger than the 1.03mil turnout at the 1st mass march on #June9 & rivalled the 2mil on #June16. If anything, in the past 2 months, the movement's grown stronger.
It's been exactly 70 days since the 1st #HK mass march of 1.03mil on #June9. This movement is quickly closing in on the 79 days of the #UmbrellaMovement in 2014, &, w 1.7mil today, it just seems to be getting stronger....
Nothing attests better to the utter failure of the #CCP governance model in #HK than its utter failure- composed of unwillingness & inability- to respond to the #HK protests except by force (HK police, pro-CCP triads), intimidation, threat & propaganda.
#HK people are showing the whole world the limits of #CCP dictatorship. For the sake of #HK, Taiwan, Tibetans, Uighurs & Chinese & not least of all for its own sake, now the world has to fight #CCP influence & stand up for freedom, democracy, human rights & an open society.
Worth noting that the 1.7mil crowd count today doesn't even include all demonstrators. Likewise,the total of 5,840,441 demonstrators who've participated in 61 #HK demonstrations doesn't include 12 demos of tens of thousands where no crowd counts were given
Civil Human Rights Front thanks the 1.7mil #HK people who came out today to demand our basic rights & the fulfillment of our 5 demands, & denounce police brutality & #CCP & HK govt refusal to engage w the vast majority of HK people who want a just society. #香港人加油
CHRF's Aug 31 protest is going ahead. It was planned even before today's. CHRF warns police not to ban that one too. Its tentatively scheduled route: Chater Garden to Liaison Office. Police just might have some objections to the destination, at least. thestandnews.com/politics/%E6%B…
Aug 31 is the 5th anniversary of the National People's Congress Standing Committee decision that effectively rule out genuine universal suffrage for #HK indefinitely. In fact, the #CCP says that decision is permanent, which means it's entirely closed the route to democracy in #HK

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Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 Profile picture
Aug 3, 2020
I am beginning to think the #HK freedom struggle should take the 'opportunity' of the cancellation of Legco elections & the multi-front crackdown to develop our democratic capabilities. This can take many forms but I particularly have in mind the setting up of a shadow parliament
The shadow parliament, unlike the #HK govt or Legco, would be fully democratically elected. Its basis could be the recent pro-democracy primary + perhaps District Councils. It would be elected by people in the HK freedom struggle & represent them.
It would debate and vote on policies, including how to proceed w the freedom struggle in the face of increasingly authoritarian rule. It would be a model of democracy in #HK, something that has never existed here in any form, neither under UK or Chinese colonialism.
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Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 Profile picture
Jun 30, 2020
Have just swiftly read the 'national security law' which came into effect at 11pm on June 30 at the moment it was published. As of yet, there's no English translation. My 1st observation is, no big surprises: most of the contents were previously divulged. gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/2…
There's nothing in the law that provides for its retroactive application or for transport of suspects/defendants from #HK to China. Nor is there anything in it about the Chief Executive choosing judges for natsec trials or the setting up of separate natsec courts.
But much of the law is vaguely worded & open to interpretation, & the law clearly states only the NPCSC has the power of 'interpretation', which means in effect that to a large extent, the law means whatever the #CCP, a clearly interested party in the matter, says what it means.
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Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 Profile picture
Jun 15, 2020
One year on from the death of Marco Leung Ling-kit at this exact spot, this is how #HK looks: nothing but a sea of green. #HKPoliceState Image
In spite of the repression, still quite a few brave citizens are gathered at Pacific Place, Admiralty, to remember Marco Leung's fall on June 15 last year. It was for many a moment of reckoning, of realizing how serious the #HK freedom struggle had become & the sacrifice required Image
Across #HK people are marking the 1st anniversary of the death of Marco Leung Ling-kit today, the 1st associated with the struggle against the extradition bill. Pro-democracy leaders on trial for unlawful assembly held 3min of silence before entering court
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Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 Profile picture
Jun 12, 2020
Lots of people gathering now around Sogo in Causeway Bay for #June12 anniversary. Poster of that day’s events are displayed. Lots of police too, both riot & undercover. Remember:all protests are still banned &police have announced thousands of cops are out tonight to prevent them
20.08 In Mong Kok, a large number of citizens have been indiscriminately kettled, presumably for stop&search. This is a frequently employed rights-abusing technique of the police. Very large police presence near Langham Place.
People also gathering in New Town Plaza mall in Sha Tin.
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Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 Profile picture
Jun 6, 2020
The media's been full of images of police brutality in the US- George Floyd's murder & the treatment meted out to protesters. Some observers have been struck by their similarity to images from #HK over the past year, but the similarity's superficial...
nytimes.com/2020/06/05/us/…
Compare the responses of US & #HK authorities & businesses: In Minnesota, where George Floyd was murdered by the police, the officers have been arrested, the governor & Dept of Human Rights have undertaken a civil rights investigation of Minneapolis police going back 10yrs....
& yesterday the Minneapolis City Council passed initial police reforms. Authorities in other states & cities are also enacting police reforms, & ideas of actually abolishing police forces as they now exist & repurposing policing have entered the mainstream nytimes.com/reuters/2020/0…
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Kong Tsung-gan / 江松澗 Profile picture
May 26, 2020
Atmosphere in Central & Admiralty very #PoliceState this morning. Riot cops patrolling every main road & pedestrian bridges in groups. Admiralty MTR exit to govt HQ blocked. While ‘national security’ laws would make #HK much worse, #HKPoliceState is already here.
The scene along Harcourt Rd, in front of #HK govt HQ. & these are just the cops you can see. #HKPoliceState ImageImageImageImage
On footbridge from Admiralty Centre to #HK govt HQ. There’s practically no access to the footbridge anyway since police have blocked the passage from Admiralty MTR to the footbridge. Govt HQ & surrounding grounds virtually cut off from public access. Image
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