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@JeromeTaylor
Aug 17, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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For the last few days pretty much every time I open @Twitter I get promoted content from these totes organic accounts that just happen to be push the Chinese gov’t’s narrative.

Most are new. This account opened in April.
#FoBack
Oh look, another #FoBack. Bio also just happens to share the exact same phrasing — including the extra space before “impartial” — with our buddy EdwardL10327994. Shurely shome mishtake?
Inner Mongolia joined in June
There’s one for Tibet too, naturally

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May 10, 2022
This @SCMPNews piece contains a couple of quotes from HK govt insiders that suggest this new administration looks set to be ideologically in lockstep with Xi-era Beijing, with potential repercussions for international business in HK

scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
Incoming leader John Lee has been clear he wants to reboot Hong Kong's competitiveness AND further integrate the city with the mainland.

But if these quotes are anything to go by the latter will be the priority, even possibly at the expense of the former.
The clearest comes from Lau Siu-kai, the go to man for reporters in HK to try and understand central authorities.

He is clear, Beijing ultimately doesn't care about maintaining HK as a truly global hub. A primarily Chinese and regional hub is just fine.
Read 5 tweets
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May 9, 2022
Western multinationals and local tycoons published newspaper adverts on Monday congratulating John Lee on becoming Hong Kong's next leader, following a rubber-stamp selection process condemned by critics as anti-democratic — @AFP

sg.news.yahoo.com/western-multin…
Western businesses have found themselves in an increasingly precarious position in Hong Kong, especially as geopolitical tensions have risen with China.
Many have embraced progressive political causes in western markets, such as the anti-racism Black Lives Matter movement, same-sex equality and ridding supply chains of labour abuses.
Read 4 tweets
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Aug 24, 2021
Hong Kong commerce sec Edward Yau just announced that a new film censorship law will be passed.

Two big items stand out.

National security censorship will now extend to any past films (not just future ones).

Up to 3 years jail HK$1m fine for showing unapproved films.
This comes after authorities in June announced they had updated the city's film censorship ordinance to include any content that breaches "national security"

uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/hong-kong…
This could have repercussions for streaming platforms like @netflix, @HBO and @PrimeVideo.

For example, how long before content like this on Netflix is deemed illegal?
Read 10 tweets
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Aug 23, 2021
Someone was deeply unhappy about tonight’s visit to the vets
I must escape
But as soon as I do, it’s a terrifying world out there
Read 4 tweets
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Aug 17, 2021
Hong Kong has always been a pretty transient place for white collar immigrants (I hate the word expats) and foreigners get used to leaving dos.

But I feel like barely a week goes by now without me hearing of someone - both senior & middle management - deciding to head overseas
Of the anecdotal cases I’ve heard personally, Beijing’s crackdown is a partial cause.

While it doesn’t tend to personally effect the foreigners leaving, it has irrevocably changed the city & blanketed this once outspoken, freewheeling town in a very different atmosphere.
But the most constant reason I hear is Hong Kong’s pandemic imposed isolation from the rest of the world — and the reality that this is unlikely to change any time soon.

This is not about weekends in Hoi An. Many foreigners haven’t seen family for two years or more.
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Aug 16, 2021
Some pretty explosive allegations by @AP that China may be running a US-style "black site" facility in Dubai

apnews.com/article/middle…
The AP was unable to confirm or disprove Wu’s account independently, and she could not pinpoint the exact location of the black site.
However, reporters have seen and heard corroborating evidence including stamps in her passport, a phone recording of a Chinese official asking her questions and text messages that she sent from jail to a pastor helping the couple.
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