Thread by @LongShortTrader

(Unsurprisingly) barely no mention of Hong Kong on fintwit…

despite the fact there’s something of a crisis of confidence in the government at the moment:

https://twitter.com/longshorttrader/status/1428187155793256450

Classic fintwit: the importance of something is generally inversely proportional to the # of likes/RTs/engagement.

I’ve done my DD on this. There’s real anger and what’s more impressive and amazing is the unanimity of it.

You have staunchly loyal and proud of mainland folks as WTF about this as anyone.

How do you piss off everyone - from diehard “freedom for HK” types to staunchly loyal to the PRC types?

You extend quarantine for everyone … then exempt Nicole Kidman from quarantine. Then you say it’s “for the economy”. Then you lie about the fact she’s been out and about.

“Despite the draconian nature of the quarantine rules, they have generally been viewed as equally applied until the Kidman incident. In recent weeks, Mark Tucker, the chairman of HSBC, one of the world’s largest banks, was required to undergo a 3 week hotel quarantine.”

This headline is false/misleading - it’s the HK govt that is being ‘slammed’, not Nicole Kidman…I would gloss over this too if I read the headline:

Nicole Kidman Slammed After Skipping Hong Kong Quarantine for Amazon’s ‘Expats’ Shoot hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-n… via @THR