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CMO @EmpowerIL. Former @ActonInstitute & @IllinoisPolicy. Producer, THE HONG KONGER. #FreeJimmyLai. “Weird bald guy with glasses.” #NYR #RepBX #GoIrish
Jun 4 11 tweets 3 min read
Today marks the 35 anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.

The Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on pro-democracy protestors changed the course of modern history.

It also changed Jimmy Lai's life, putting him on a collision course with the CCP. 1/ My @ActonInstitute colleagues and I tell Jimmy's incredible life story in our documentary feature film THE HONG KONGER: JIMMY LAI'S EXTRAORDINARY STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, streaming now on demand at 2/FreeJimmyLai.com
May 4, 2023 6 tweets 4 min read
UPDATE

The @ActonInstitute @tiktok_us has been partially restored.

TikTok told the @WSJopinion "the account was removed in error and is available again on platform."

But why have two of the videos been removed for violating "community guidelines?" We don't know.

🧵 1/ Image There's no explanation here for why this video was removed."

Do people describing how determination, fearlessness, and never surrendering in the face of intimidation defining what makes them Hong Kongers violate @tiktok_us's "community standards?" 2/
May 3, 2023 12 tweets 6 min read
The @ActonInstitute's @tiktok_us account was suspended yesterday, without notice or explanation.

The reason?

We're telling the truth about how China is stripping Hong Kongers of their human rights and persecuting pro-democracy activist #JimmyLai and others.

🧵1/ Image On April 18 we premiered our documentary feature film THE HONG KONGER: JIMMY LAI'S EXTRAORDINARY STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM online for the world to see.

In the two weeks since that premiere, more than 1.2 million people have watch the film. 2/ Image