THREAD: Some reflections on @ReginaIplau very kind tribute to my work & that of @hk_watch, which is much appreciated

However:

1. I was denied entry to #HongKong by #CCP in Oct 2017. So if she wants to draw parallels between me & #ChristineLee, perhaps UK should expel Ms Lee? /
2. The parallel, however, is ridiculous. I do not live in #HongKong, I have not influenced anyone in #HK, I have not donated any money to anyone in HK. I have merely expressed opinions & conducted advocacy in support of the wishes of #HongKongers.

In contrast to Ms Lee/
3. Ms Lee has allegedly donated funds to political parties in UK, gained access to Parliament, and, it seems, may have spied and lied on behalf of the #CCP

I have never even visited Legco in #HongKong (I went to old Legco when I lived there from 1997-2002 but that's different)/
4. So you cannot equate someone abroad expressing a view about #HumanRights & defending promises made in an international treaty for #HongKong, with someone trying to subvert a parliamentary democracy from inside by making donations on behalf of a brutal, criminal, dictatorship/
5. So, dear @ReginaIplau - based on the above, your suggestion has caused me much mirth throughout today, and our whole team at @hk_watch take it as a very generous compliment to our advocacy efforts.

Go ahead and press a case against me, if you wish to.
Here's Reggie Ip's burblings on BBC's Hard Talk - what do you think?
By the way, dear @ReginaIplau - if you'd like to press charges against me (under what law I am not sure, though probably the #CCP's ridiculous #NationalSecurityLaw), are you also going to charge your former professor, @LarryDiamond, for advocating democracy, too?
Over 20 yrs ago, when I lived in #HongKong, I wrote frequent articles re @ReginaIplau's ludicrous stupidity, when there was #PressFreedom

Now #HK press freedom is destroyed, it's up to people like me to expose the ridiculousness of Regina Ip & the brutality of her #CCP masters

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It is as relevant today as it was a year ago

You can read it here: shorturl.at/jotC7
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Note: it's about supporting those aspirations, NOT imposing them!/
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