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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

4 years

This is true. Any bird that poops on you is 100% CIA-funded.

痟 SIÁU COLLECTIVE

@siaucollective

4 years

Some wild birds are imperialist and support US aggression

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

"Your country is ours because of the rock cabbage" is a new one

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

When you’ve definitely read Tintin

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

He tweets, on Twitter.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

Do I have news for you, buddy

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2 years

Tankies in a few days : ☭ COMRADE KISSINGER ☭

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Niao Collective

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5 months

Average tankie on Twitter: China doesn’t want war! China wants to ‘reunify’ peacefully! They’re all Chinese! Average Chinese nationalist on Twitter: We want to bomb their reservoirs and wipe the smiles off their smug faces

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

‘Imperialism is not imperialism when imperialists I like do an imperialism, imperially’

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

I am learning today from Americans, who obviously know more than I do, that HK police were very nice and polite and gave us all little kisses during 2019.

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@NiaoCollective

3 years

"Hong Kongers stand with Myanmar" "Myanmar also needs to 'add oil'!" For those wondering whether the #MilkTeaAlliance is just for those of us who are Very Online... this was spotted in the wild (in one our our 'Lennon bathrooms'... 😅) Source: Telegram

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

As a HKer, I'm *just* learning that China's never been colonized or subjugated by Europeans.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

A lot has changed since then.

History Defined

@historydefined

2 years

Jackie Chan at a benefits concert in Hong Kong supporting the Tiananmen Square protestors, 1989.

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

If you go "I do not know this person therefore they are not stars" at Asian artists who've been in the industry for years, it says more about you than about them. It's almost as if white critics & pundits did not learn any lessons from how they covered Parasite, Squid Game etc🤷‍♀️

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Niao Collective

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2 years

The Blue Lotus has a bunch of Chinese people trying to stop the opium trade, Tintin witnessing the Manchurian Incident, and the subsequent Japanese invasion. It is as pro-China as one can get in 1936.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

Is the SCMP graphics person ok

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

3 years

Someone's made this showing how HKers have kept the flame alive at the June 4th vigil at Victoria Park, every year for the last 30+ years. "June 4th 2021 - will Victoria Park stay in darkness? Yes... but that night, Across Hong Kong, Sparks will light up everywhere." Source: TG

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

There’s a lot of wrong here, but I feel increasingly that not only do these folks not know anything about Asia, but they’ve also never been to continental Europe either.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

6 months

There are, in fact, a lot of Uyghur refugees in Turkey and Kazakhstan.

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

Really need people to get it into their heads that walking around as a tourist in a country does not give you any insight into how oppressed groups in that country live.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

It will never not be weird when self-professed anti-imperialists wholeheartedly argue that small countries should just let US and Russia determine their fate if they want their people to live in peace.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

11 months

It's wild because 1) menswear guy is totally right to call out colorism and racism, 2) Han supremacy is real, 3) Asians on here talk about the harms of Han supremacy *all the time*, especially because it's behind a lot of effed up policies in China h/t @batwingdings

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

4 years

Who needs a plumber? 😬 "Liberate your toilet! Hong Kong will see its sewers unclogged! Revolution in unblocking pipes - no sweat! Of the Times, with the times your modern lavatory can be! Never Forget to unclog your pipes. All for 721 $" 🚽🚽🚽🪠🪠🪠 Source: Telegram, Anon

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

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@NiaoCollective

4 years

The #MilkTeaAlliance must be one of the first instances where a shitpost/ meme, followed by hashtag activism actually led to something truly extraordinary IRL. And that’s why we stan.

โจอะไร โจสตาร์

@sadsad_potato

4 years

Here's the flag of our union, the "Milk Tea Alliance" It represents the colors of Thai milk tea, Hongkong milk tea, and Taiwan milk tea. lol #ชานมข้นกว่าเลือด #MilkTeaAlliance #奶茶聯盟

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

10 days

The HK protests was actually a great example where nearly a whole city went ACAB because, erm, did you even see what the police did to the people

glitch 🇵🇸

@glitchpoke

10 days

oh my god

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@NiaoCollective

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Miao Collective

@MiaoCollective

4 years

We are in Spiderverse territory now - how many of us are there?

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

Not trying to defend Hergé or anything because he’s made some truly racist stuff. For Blue Lotus though, he tried, got actual Chinese people involved, and produced probably one of his most anti-imperialist works. So this is all a bit weird coming from an anti-imperialist.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

The definition of “genocide” is a legal definition, reached through negotiations between UN Member States in 1948. There is no such thing as “US definition” of genocide. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying, and suggesting protection of human lives is an inherently US thing.

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@NiaoCollective

7 months

Least racist Chinese nationalist

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

Nobody: SCMP: The Russians were super smart in their invasion of Ukraine and China should learn from it.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

This actually encapsulates the tankie mindset. Everything that’s not US is better, even though 1. they’ve never experienced it 2. they don’t understand what it actually does 3. they’ve never tried to talk to locals who’d be able to educate them on (2)

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

Not this misogynist shit again. Report.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

3 years

Two years ago on 21 Sept 2019, HK police was caught on camera ruthlessly kicking a member of 'Protect the Children', dressed in yellow. The video of police brutality went viral but even more so the police's explanation - they weren't kicking a man, it was just "a yellow object".

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

I truly, truly, truly hate the patronizing depictions of HK and Taiwan as children who just need a mother

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

'Tank man' is an image that's been used and abused a lot over the years that it's almost become a cliche. But then you see the originals and it's very clear why it's stuck in people's minds...

Patrick Witty

@patrickwitty

2 years

But this photo by Sin Wai Keung, which I was unaware of when I wrote the story in 2009, is just incredible. The scale is breathtaking - it feels like one man is taking on an entire army. I'll share more on this one in the future (working on a film 🙏🏻)... #TiananmenSquareMassacre

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

Erm.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

3 years

2 years ago, 1.7 million HKers took to the street in torrential rain to protest against the govt, and to express anger at police injuring a first aider in the eye just a few days prior. Our umbrellas blossomed everywhere. Source: TG (18 Aug 2019)

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

It is a little weird that all those 'stop the war' folks never tell the countries actually firing missiles and driving tanks to stop the war.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

“My genocidey buddy and me saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe”

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

3 years

"The Sheep Village Defenders By The General Union of HK Speech Therapists Illustrated by rainection" Source: TG/ The General Union of HK Speech Therapists

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@NiaoCollective

11 months

The human trafficker has something to say about Asians -

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

Little pinks are trying to use this picture to suggest chaos and disorder in Beijing 33 years ago. But a bunch of people just casually biking past a tank on fire is actually super badass.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

No, because Beijing has jailed almost all the people who oppose them.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

996 says hi

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

3 years

Anyway, several things can be true at the same time. 1) A lot of the hate directed at the Chinese state stems from racism. 2) The Chinese state is repressive. We have a duty to call out both.

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

The British Museum must be sweating bullets right now

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

Please do not let these people hijack #StopAsianHate

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

Lots of red flags here

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

And this is why they are called ‘tankies’

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

1 year

I’m not sure where to start with this

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

I'm just going to say the photo on top says a lot more about how HKers love their country - however you want to interpret this - than the photo below it

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

4 years

There's now art of the protest at CUHK today. Graduates, instead of happy for new futures, are weighed down by past memories: "No rioters! Only tyranny!" "Never forget the martyrs. Release the 12." "I'd rather die with a voice than live and be silent." Source: Telegram Anon

Galileo Cheng

@galileocheng

4 years

Silent prayers and mourning for the passed aways

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

2 years

No, it will not.

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@NiaoCollective

3 years

With the closure of Apple Daily, HKers have now started making their own AD front pages “HK is really beautiful. See you all under ‘pot-bottom’” 🥲 Source: TG/ FB Lime Jai

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

Ehhhh. Not ‘Taiwan is Hawaii’ again

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@NiaoCollective

3 years

Two years ago on this day, HKers resoundingly voted for pro-democracy candidates in our local district council elections, in what might be the last free vote the city will see in our life time 🥲. Source: Telegram (Nov 201)

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2 years

#EverythingEverywhere spoilers . . . . . "laundry and taxes" will probably go down as one of the most romantic lines in film history, but it hurts a lot more if you understand Cantonese and Mandarin and see how his words relate to the immigrant experience.

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

As an aside, Zhang Chongren, the friend who influenced Hergé, had an interesting life and it’s worth checking out his story.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

3 years

Again, the three-finger salute is from Hunger Games. But to understand how it became a symbol in Myanmar, you'd need to remember what happened in Asia in 2014 when Mockingjay Part I came out and... well, some people just don't care enough to do their homework.

Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

3 years

As we've noted before, the three-finger salute has also been referenced in the HK movement. It's a legacy of the Umbrella Movement of 2014, the same year Thailand saw the coup & protests that popularized the Hunger Games salute there. Source: Telegram Anon. (Jul 2019)

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Americans are British now, I guess

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

Another example of PRC believing every ethnically Chinese person should be China supporters, and… hmmmmm

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

So, tankies, wumaos and little pinks still seem to be in disarray on how they should spin the latest spate of protests, probably reflecting the lack of official narrative right now. Will collect a sample of what the ghouls are saying on here. Let's see how it evolves.

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2 years

This is really funny because when you read the article, it actually says, on a score from 0 to 10, 56% gave a score of zero, meaning they had no interest in the idea, and 28% gave a score from 1 to 5. Or put another way, 84% do not want to study in universities in China.

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

Apparently the only thing that happened on June 4th 1989 in Tiananmen was a bunch of PLA soldiers sacrificing their lives.🥲

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2 years

To Ukrainians from HKers - Слава Україні! #StandWithUkraine Source: Telegram/ IG walkwith_hk

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2 years

Fuck off, Amazon. Fuck off, Lulu Wang.

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2 years

What the heck is going on in tankie Twitter

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

This feels like an own goal

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2 years

If my only view on Ukraine is that 'the US is bad', I would simply not tweet about Ukraine.

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3 years

@ginkgogoes Someone should make a book of Canto swear words that’s illustrated like a children’s book. It would sell like hot cakes.

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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Am I doing this right

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2 years

The fact they think Joshua Wong is a representative of the 2019 uprisings tells you no one should take this person's thoughts on the HK protests seriously.

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4 years

Happy New Year 🥳 from ever-great @HeungShinghk Source: Telegram/ IG heungshing_hk

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2 years

Because this can get people in authoritarian states arrested. This should not be hard to understand.

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@NiaoCollective

11 months

“Taiwan Cat Party. Those who don’t vote for me are dogs.”

Takehiro🌈威

@Takehiro_Wei

11 months

!!

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CCP is super conservative which is always weird when you hear tankies praise it for being progressive

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@zeemlei

8 months

This is literally just conservatism lol

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@NiaoCollective

3 years

This is very cool - amazing animation and editing... Those who want a recap of sorts of the HK protests with a dash of cyberpunk and EVA, this is for you. The Resistance lives on. Source: Telegram, Anon.

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

On June 12th, HKers remember. Source: Telegram, Anon (Jul 2019)

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

I regret to inform you HK is now being given the 'happy dancers' treatment by Chinese state media

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@NiaoCollective

4 years

Oh great. Now they're making videos of people in inner Mongolia dancing. 🙃

South China Morning Post

@SCMPNews

4 years

These students are learning about Mongolian culture by performing this stylish dance.

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Niao Collective

@NiaoCollective

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I think it also says a lot about Han chauvinism that some folks’ idea of The Acceptable Uyghur is a skinny light-skinned young woman they want to have fantasies about

Chinese Food Affiliated Media

@redderbeanpaste

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All of those women are Uyghurs You have photos of men and women in the overseas one and also you’re disgusting

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2 years

A lot of people criticize who China no longer live there for a reason. Because, you know, they are exiled.

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2 years

One of the first #MilkteaAlliance campaigns was to raise awareness of how Chinese dams are causing ecological problems for the people of Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam etc. Saying it’s because of ‘US efforts’ erases the very real concerns of the peoples in these countries.

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It’s amazing how protests in HK, Thailand, Colombia, Myanmar, Belarus, Myanmar, Cuba etc. all stem from very different local problems but tankies somehow still manage to describe us in ever only one way.

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"Solidarity with Uyghurs Solidarity with Tibet Solidarity with Hong Kong Solidarity with Taiwan Solidarity with Ukraine Solidarity with Iranians Solidarity with all resisting dictatorship"

李老师不是你老师

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CW // distressing scenes, blood 2 years ago on 31 August 2019, HK police descended onto Prince Edward MTR station and viciously assaulted ordinary commuters. 8.31 would mark the day when relationship between HKers, the MTR and police completely broke down. Source: TG (Jan 20)

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2 years

Arguing that Mao did not think Taiwan was an inalienable part of China back in 1936 and therefore the PRC position is wrong adds nothing useful to the debate. The Taiwanese believe Taiwan is a country in 2022. That should be enough.

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@NiaoCollective

2 years

Very normal

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2 years

"You should not watch any protests... in case you get the wrong ideas"

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2 years

"ancient civilization" and "indigenous people" are killing me

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"Do you hear the people sing?" @AllianceMilkTea was asking about HK protest songs. So... here's a non exhaustive collection. HK folks, feel free to add others we may have missed! And we apologize in advance for making you cry. 🥲 Source: TG (Sept 2019)

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2 years

People who rely on dodgy Chinese translations from Google Translate to tweet in Chinese probably should not tweet in Chinese.

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2 years

It would transpire years after she passed away, that Mui was one of those who gave financial support to Operation Yellowbird, which helped June 4th student leaders escape China.

K Tse

@ktse852

2 years

Late Cantopop diva Anita Mui in Giordano's Wu'erkaixi tee in 1989. 33 years after Tiananmen, @hoccgoomusic , Mui's only female protege, is now facing multiple charges for her involvement in the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund and pro-democracy news outlet Stand News. #六四33

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And as others have pointed out, there’s something very funny about a self-professed socialist going ‘fuck yeah! Alibaba and Tencent RULES!’ The ✨People’s✨Tech Giants

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2 years

The Onion really pulls no punches, eh?

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3 years

Tomorrow will mark 2 years since 721, when the triad viciously attacked commuters at Yuen Long station, with tactic condonation from the police. It was an important turning point for the pro-democracy mvmt… Source: TG/ IG followmelikeblack

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I don’t think leftists in the West entirely understand that a whole tour group of westerners visiting China - especially given difficulties many have expressed here re: getting visas - can only travel under the auspices of the Chinese govt

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3 years

"Conscience is like underpants - you can't see it, but it's very important." Source: Telegram Anon.

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2 years

Three years ago, @jamespomfret took this iconic photo at Mei Foo. Protesters had moved into the station after police fired tear gas on the streets.

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"Hong Kong" Not a year since NSL, and HK now seems to be increasingly tangled in red lines we're not suppose to cross: outlawed words, forbidden songs, banned books... Our freedoms had made us a unique city, we cannot let their absence be what defines the new HK. Source: TG

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