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13 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Hong Kong’s Exodus Is Real and Painful

“The migration is accelerating and will likely be permanent. Officials and businesses are wrong to downplay the impact on a hub fast losing financial and global appeal.”

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
“Authorities say that it doesn’t matter anyway. Enough residents will stay, mainlanders will arrive, and Beijing doesn’t need Hong Kong the way it did in the 1980s.”

No paywall link to the article: archive.is/UQan9
Pro-Beijing🇨🇳 influencers (KOL's) warn of the “horrors of taxes and social justice” ...
Best response I've seen from a comment on r/HongKong
redd.it/oj4ytp

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Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong. 重光團隊 Profile picture
13 Jul
BREAKING: The Financial Times reports that the Biden administration will this week warn US companies of the increasing risks of operating in Hong Kong as China asserts greater control over the financial hub, citing three people familiar with the matter.
ft.com/content/8ca8fb…
That the Biden admin is taking an official position means many US companies (i.e. American Chamber of Commerce, US I-Banks) are not taking the issue seriously enough.

“The move will mark the first time a US administration has issued a business advisory in relation to Hong Kong.”
From a US official: “If you do not exit these supply chains you run a risk of violating US law. We want to make clear to the business community that they need to be aware of reputational, economic and legal risk of their involvement with entities involved in human rights abuses.”
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Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong. 重光團隊 Profile picture
4 Dec 20
HSBC finally has had enough of #CCP🇨🇳?

• “Every stop is a new start.”
• “Hong Kong is not a city. It's a story.”
• “Great stories can be made anywhere.”
• “Progress is never easy. But if you believe the story continues, it will.”

What do you think they are trying to say? ✈️
Is @HSBC telling Hong Kongers to emigrate?
@HSBC I guess not.
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Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong. 重光團隊 Profile picture
2 Nov 20
Video surveillance software tailored for detecting Uyghurs.

Dahua Technology is a state-owned company which sells video surveillance products and services. They have played a role in the mass surveillance of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

Their Java SDK on GitHub: raw.githubusercontent.com/gaomingbo/dahu… Image
Why just Uyghurs and no one else?

Discussed on @ycombinator's Hacker News:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=249607…

Like Hikvision, the US has sanctioned Dahua for its role in surveillance of Uyghurs in Xinjiang and of other minorities in China.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahua_Tec…

@ycombinator It gets more creepy.

The software can detect Uyghur / Not-Uyghur, race, obtain various facial characteristics, whether the person has a beard or wearing a mask.

It also assigns an “attractiveness” score between 1 to 100

魅力值, -1表示无效, 0未识别，识别时范围1-100,得分高魅力高 Image
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2 Nov 20
Grandma Wong wasn't interested in politics growing up. She had even felt patriotic to China, where both her parents were born and had fled from to HK during WW2.

But all that changed 1989, when soldiers opened fire on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing.

edition.cnn.com/2020/10/31/chi…
1989 sparked a lifetime of political activism

Great interview with Grandma Wong, who attended nearly every protest last year. She was detained in China for 14 months, only recently has returned to HK.

“I want to protect the young people so they can emigrate to other countries.”
Grandma Wong says it is too late for an “old woman” like her to do the same — so she will stay to fight.

"It's impossible for me to be quiet," she says.

"I'm ready to go to jail again." 😢
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16 Oct 20
After Canada started accepting Hong Kong protesters as refugees, China responds by threatening the “health and safety” of 300,000 Canadians living in HK.

And you wonder why China is now viewed more negatively by countries around the world than ever before.theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
Here is the earlier article about a front liner who escaped:

“Near the end of his time in HK, fearful for his safety, he ended up hiding in a cave under a building…He is very thankful for Canada’s decision, a country he said shares common values with HK.”
The threat from China's ambassador to Canada only strengthens our willpower to support those of us seeking asylum abroad.

Throughout Hong Kong's history, Canada and Canadians have always held a special place in the hearts and minds of Hong Kongers.

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6 Oct 20
Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.(SWHK) has taken note of @finnlau_cd announcement yesterday.

Since July 2019, SWHK has been a grassroots activist organisation advocating for our city’s freedom and democracy amid unprecedented CCP encroachment.

1/17
We are the volunteers who've operated SWHK in the past 18 months. For branding purposes, we use SWHK for our anglophone constituency. We took on the name of Team Laam Chau (攬炒團隊) in Hong Kong with Finn’s blessing.

2/17
In operations to date, we are one and the same. You don't know us but you know our work.

Every little win for Hong Kong belongs to its people for their support has made it possible. We want to thank you for not letting us walk alone.

3/17
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