5 years ago today, Hong Kong CE says that the massive street protests,“embodied the spirit of Hong Kong as a civilised, free, open and pluralistic society that values mutual respect, harmony and diversity.”

Today, a violent color revolution, black clad violence, separatism…

Veteran HK journalist and journalism lecturer Vivian Tam was rejected entry to Macau after a half-hour detention at the city’a pier this morning, Macau’s journalists association said in a statement expressing extreme regret and strong opposition.

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Amazing and very disturbing bit of work here.

“DAB lawmaker Starry Lee said Hong Kong would be less competitive when compared with other international financial centres which allow smoking…”

Take away the other freedoms, fine, but Lee draws a hardline at those who stand against ripping darts. news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…

27 yr old male in HK charged in HK for inciting sedition by wearing 'Free Hong Kong' shirt and wearing a mask with FDNOL (abbreviated for Five Demands, Not One Less') mask near subway station. Bailed denied and remanded until next court appearance on Aug 7

China has presented the Myanmar military regime with six patrol boats amid the junta’s stepped-up use of its navy to bombard towns and villages in coastal areas of the country.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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I summarise the findings of my book, Defying Beijing: Societal Resistance to Belt and Road Myanmar, on Myanmar Now.
Full text the book is available on ANU Press.
📕 press.anu.edu.au/publications/d…

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China Evergrande's ex-CEO sells Hong Kong home at almost half of purchase price reut.rs/4b1gQWP

'It is a policy framework that is perhaps best described as regime-sanctioned theft.'

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1st prosecution under Article 23 Nat Sec Ordinance: A man is charged for the new sedition offence for wearing a shirt w/ the allegedly-banned protest slogan 'liberate HK, revolution of our times' on June 12, the day which marked the 5th anniversary of major clashes in 2019 demo.

Visionary Carrie was just ahead of her time.

As in other communities in Myanmar, some Muslim leaders are backing the regime, while many more fight against it, but some find it difficult to trust a democracy movement that has disappointed them before.

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-ababil-…

Great read from Billy Potts in Zolima CityMag on the guy who shot the building of modern #HongKong - 'Nye’s photographs show workmen operating at nauseating heights, untethered, bare chested, gripping steel beams with feet shod in nothing but [slip-ons]' zolimacitymag.com/steel-beams-an…

The guys who rented our phones in #Myanmar before us were Secret Service. They should really have deleted their texts. #Kegparty !

📢 Event announcement!
☂️ Among the Braves
🗓️ 26 June, 6.30pm-8pm BST
📍 The Hong Kong Theatre, LSE

As we mark five years since the 2019 #Hong #Kong #protests we welcome LSE alumna Shibani Mahtani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin  to discuss their timely book.
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“'Some would take advantage of the loopholes that Hong Kong does not have a law to protect officers from being insulted and create chaos…” always another loophole that needs closing

Alternate headline: “Shielded from Chinese competition by high tariffs, GM blows money that could have gone to investment in EVs on financial gamesmanship”

Hong Kong gov canceled the passports of six overseas-based activists under the new national security law, stepping up its crackdown on dissidents who moved abroad. The affected activists include Nathan Law, Simon Cheng, Mung Siu-tat and Finn Lau apnews.com/article/494d90…