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28 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
(1) For New Zealand-Chinese, global rise in anti-Asian hate a painful reminder of past wounds - even NZ has a disgusting past

scmp.com/week-asia/peop…

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(2) A receipt for a re-entry permit for a poll tax-payer dated 1906. Photo: Archives New Zealand Image
(3) Former NZ PM Helen Clark formally apologized in 2002: “No other ethnic group was subjected to such restrictions or to a poll tax.. The government’s apology today is the formal beginning to a process of reconciliation”, but: Image
(4) profile of NZ people of Chinese descent Image
(5) There's also a rise in anti-Asian bullying in New Zealand Image

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30 Mar
(1) the 1st HK national security trial will be conducted by a panel of 3 judges in the High Court without a jury on 23/6/2021 - defense lawyer asked the High Court to delay the trial in order to seek judicial review of the judge's decision to hold the

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25 Mar
(1) HK pro-independence advocate Tony Chung, founder of Studentlocalism, who is facing natiional security charges (conspiracy to publish seditious material, secession & money laundering), remained in custody in Hong Kong today after judge denied bail until the next hearing on
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(3) Tony Chung is currently serving a four-month sentence for desecrating the national flag

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25 Mar
(1) HK LegCo Rules of Procedure to be amended after motion has been passed to curb filibustering - a “red card” mechanism will be introduced, so that if a legislator commits any misconduct during a meeting, the LegCo President could mark down his/her name

news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/compon…
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24 Mar
(1) What are the chances of a private bill in the UK Parliment raised by a Liberal Democrat calling for the UK to grant automatic right of abode to BNO passport holders from Hong Kong - when the UK treated HK people as lowly non-citizens in a colony for 155 years? U figure
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(3) Hey but this is good enough to motivate the delusional suckers with BNO toilet paper passports to dream of being upgraded from unwanted ex-colonial subjects or unwanted descendents of ex-colonial subjects to British citizens
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24 Mar
(1) in Hong Kong, fomer Democratic Party legislator Lam Cheuk-ting appeared in court yesterday for a hearing on a rioting charge for his role in the violent clashes at Yuen Long MTR Station on 21 July 2019, as well as his alleged attempt to pervert the

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23 Mar
(1) a Hong Kong construction worker, aged 38, was jailed for 13 months for inciting an unlawful assembly, after the Court of Appeal ruled that a lower court imposed a “manifestly inadequate” order of 160 hours of community service - the first person to face criminal prosecution Image
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