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Senior Writer @business formerly in Hong Kong, now in DC sprasso @bloomberg .net Author #TheAsianMystique RT≠endorsement Opinions=mine

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@SheridanAsia

Sheridan Prasso

26 days

Can companies using components from China ensure their supply is forced labor-free? No. 1 solar panel maker in US uses wafers from China made by companies that get polysilicon from Xinjiang suppliers sanctioned by the US govt. My investigation👇 1/5

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Solar Firm Gets Millions in US Tax Credits Despite Chinese Labor Questions

South Korea’s Hanwha says it takes steps to ensure supply-chain integrity at its Qcells plants in Georgia. But it has sourced material from companies with suppliers that US officials have sanctioned...

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5 years

Incredible time-lapse video of yesterday's protest - and rainstorm. If anybody knows how to properly credit this, please post as reply.

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Hong Kong's pro-democracy "Yellow Economic Circle" is much larger than even I thought when I started investigating - worth more than $13 billion, with thousands of businesses ranging from florists to hair salons to accountants, not only restaurants.

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Hong Kong’s Businesses Show Their Pro-Democracy Colors

Thousands of restaurants and other establishments in the “yellow economic circle” are calling for rights not available to mainland Chinese.

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Factcheck rebuttal to Trump's speech at #Davos , by the Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz, being handed out in the auditorium where Trump is speaking

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In front of my home now. Incredible:

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Holy shit! King's Road is completely packed to the brim with protesters. At this rate they're going to have to occupy that tram. And what's with all the dress shirts? It's casual Friday! #StandWithHongKong #HongKongProtests

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China's divorce trend may be an ominous warning for couples in the U.S. and elsewhere who are in the early stages of isolating at home: If absence makes the heart grow fonder, the opposite might be true of too much time spent together in close quarters.

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China’s Divorce Spike Is a Warning to Rest of Locked-Down World

Filings started rising in March as couples emerged from quarantine.

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Police are seriously jeopardizing Hong Kong's health, firing 6,000 canisters of tear gas since June in 88% of populated areas. Read my story on how elderly, children -- and the previously healthy -- are suffering from indiscriminate tear gassing:

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Millions in Hong Kong Have Been Exposed to Tear Gas Since June

Locals are feeling the effects of long-term tear gas exposure after police have fired as many as 6,000 canisters at protesters.

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My latest investigation: I tested Shein's cotton in a lab and found it to be from Xinjiang. Importing it to the US is illegal: Video Podcast Shein’s Cotton Tied to Chinese Region Accused of Forced Labor

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Shein’s Cotton Tied to Chinese Region Accused of Forced Labor

Tests link retailer’s apparel to Xinjiang, where US officials say China abuses Uyghurs

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Many HK people have long suspected that police are behind their own bombing campaign in order to be able to label protesters 'terrorists' and justify a stronger crackdown from Beijing.

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There are DEAD BIRDS on the streets of Hong Kong. Police have fired more than 10,000 rounds of tear gas since June.

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Dead birds on the streets of Kowloon Bay, suspected to be related to the large amount of tear gas #HKPolice have been using #HKProtest turns #HumanRightsViolations + #EnvironmentalCrisis #HKPoliceState #HKPoliceTerrorism

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Following this morning's arrest of HK media tycoon Jimmy Lai, I'm re-posting this profile I wrote last year showing why he's being targeted:

Hong Kong Protests Fuel One Media Tycoon’s Turnaround Plan

Jimmy Lai is hoping support for the pro-democracy movement will save his publishing empire.

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2 years

The videos in this thread are horrifying

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4 years

I won the lucky draw at dinner last night. I am now rich in the currency of Hong Kong.

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4 years

JFC, what is this? Listen, America: You need to do what we did in Hong Kong. Shut. Down. Now.

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WDW News Today

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Current crowds at the Magic Kingdom for tonight's showing of Happily Ever After... #DisneyWorld

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4 years

Hong Kong people: Apple Daily has played an enormous role in bringing light to the Hong Kong protests and the ongoing push for democracy in the city. If it dies, it will be a sad day for press freedom here:

Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Tycoon Pleads for Help for His Newspaper

Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai pleaded for help for his flagship newspaper the Apple Daily, as advertising income slumps to almost nothing due to political retaliation and the Covid-19...

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3 years

I am happy to announce that after many years in Hong Kong, I have relocated to Washington, DC. I'm still with Bloomberg and still on the investigations team.

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4 years

Just gonna leave this right there

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Coronavirus Conference Gets Canceled Because of Coronavirus

So much for keeping business rolling during the coronavirus pandemic.

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4 years

52% of American business people working in Hong Kong now plan to leave; 35.5% of their companies plan to move capital, assets or business operations out of Hong Kong; 76% concerned or very concerned about the new National Security laws: @AmChamHK

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"... Trump is acting like 'the mayor in Jaws, blithely ignoring reports of a gigantic shark because he didn’t want to hurt the tourism season.'” -- conservative columnist Max Boot, quoting @NYMag 's Jonathan Chait

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4 years

Protesters removed 60 km of Hong Kong's hated sidewalk fences, freeing pedestrians and improving the city's walkability. Now the city is spending HK$15 million to put them back up. Read why in my latest work here:

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In Hong Kong, the Pedestrian Fences Are Political

During pro-democracy protests, demonstrators tore down 40 miles of much-detested sidewalk railings. Now the city is spending $1.9 million to rebuild them.

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4 years

"It’s indefensible for a city that lived through SARS to have failed to stock sufficient masks for its population, or to put in place clear, practiced quarantine measures."

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6 years

This is finally out, the results of my months-long investigation into Chinese company CCCC, the biggest builder of China's Belt and Road -- and it isn't pretty:

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A Chinese Company Reshaping the World Leaves a Troubled Trail

The Colombo project has drawn protests over environmental issues and is dogged by worries about the types of businesses it will attract.

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3 years

I am now in that special hell every foreigner banking at HSBC knows, called "Your signature doesn't match exactly with our record."

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Appalling scenes, literally outside my front door tonight. My neighbors all came out shouting at police, calling them gangsters and demanding they leave. They did, but only after arresting half a dozen people (and releasing the bystander they mistakenly nabbed). I can't sleep now

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2 months

My latest investigation 👇 The discredited China Initiative has now morphed into "much more insidious" piecemeal efforts. CBP agents are expelling PhDs and scholars using secret administrative actions with no public accountability or right to appeal.

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Expulsions of Chinese Students Spread Confusion From Yale to UVA

Customs agents at US airports have barred entry to at least 20 students and scholars with valid visas since November in ‘more insidious’ version of disbanded China Initiative.

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5 years

Hong Kong protesters do not seem to be losing public support. This is quite touching.

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Glad to hear the BRI is open and transparent. Can you release all the contracts for the infrastructure projects signed between BRI signatory countries and Chinese companies so far? So far, they are secret.

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China welcomes Italy and other countries to join the Belt and Road Initiative, as it is an open, transparent platform, and certain countries' concerns are unnecessary: Gao Feng, MOFCOM spokesperson said on Thursday.

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My latest investigation of the Digital Iron Curtain: Around the world, China's money comes not only with the risk of debt distress but fears that thriving and stable multiparty democracies are veering toward a Chinese model of repression.

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China’s Digital Silk Road Is Looking More Like an Iron Curtain

The funding of tech projects in dozens of countries may well divide the world.

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As @SHEIN_Official seeks to IPO in London, here's a reminder of why members of Congress including @SenMarcoRubio object to it being allowed to go public. My laboratory testing found its cotton came from Xinjiang and is the product of forced labor: 1/2

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Shein’s Cotton Tied to Chinese Region Accused of Forced Labor

Tests link retailer’s apparel to Xinjiang, where US officials say China abuses Uyghurs

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3 years

Investigative journalism in Hong Kong is over. "The court ruled that searching for public information or access to public data is no longer allowed in Hong Kong."

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4 years

John Clancey also on the board of China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, and Chairman of the Asian Human Rights Commission

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This week, I did what turns out to be the last interview Jimmy Lai was able to give before returning to prison. Neither of us knew he would be arrested the next day, but the shadow hung over our conversation. Here's our story on what happened to him today

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Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Denied Bail in Ongoing Crack Down

Jimmy Lai was denied bail on new charges related to an August arrest under a China-drafted security law, potentially keeping the Next Digital Ltd. founder behind bars for months as he fights the...

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5 years

Something seems off about this vandalism done for the cameras -- masked men with similar large backpacks, striking quickly and departing... many comments below about how these could be undercover cops.

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Joanne Wong

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It all happened so quickly, like within mins. A handful of masked protesters vandalized MTR facilities in Sha Tin before fleeing.

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6 years

So, Sri Lanka PM returns from trip to India; country cancels China project, gives it to Indian developer. PM gets ousted. Then pro-China ex President being investigated for allegedly receiving China payoffs is sworn in? Advantage China! @Abihabib

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Sri Lanka Faces Constitutional Crisis as President Unseats Prime Minister (Published 2018)

Sri Lanka’s president swears in a new premier — a former leader accused of gross human rights abuses and strong ties to China.

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Sheridan Prasso

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How does China not get it? Want to make sure the @hrw report on China undermining human rights gets waaay more attention? Bar the director from entering Hong Kong where he planned to release it! Duh.

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Kenneth Roth

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I flew to Hong Kong to release @HRW ’s new World Report. This year it describes how the Chinese government is undermining the international human rights system. But the authorities just blocked my entrance to Hong Kong, illustrating the worsening problem.

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This is why China can't fathom why Hong Kong people are organizing mass protests themselves? Because when China nationals overseas to it, they're orchestrated by the Chinese embassies?

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All over HK, restaurants, stores, and hotels are shuttering, shortening their hours, and letting employees go: “I know it’s hard to give up things we used to have, including jobs, but this is the last chance for Hong Kong people to fight.” My latest:

A Catastrophic Drop in Tourism Haunts Hong Kong in the New Year

In the wake of protests and a deepening recession, workers fear for their jobs as shops and restaurants are starved of revenue from visiting mainlanders.

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5 years

I shouldn't... but couldn't resist.

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Airline crews, sailors, truck drivers, executives of Chinese listed companies and those granted special dispensation by the government were allowed into Hong Kong without quarantine — totaling more than 250,000 people. *250,000 people* @ShibaniMahtani

Hong Kong was a pandemic poster child. Now it’s a cautionary tale.

A new coronavirus outbreak and tougher restrictions are drawing scrutiny of quarantine exemptions that experts say have jeopardized earlier progress.

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5 years

Hard hats and gas masks to get to your hotel now part of Hong Kong tourism's welcoming committee. Used to be you got a map.

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Welcome to Hong Kong, in their way to ibis hotel 21:48 #HongKongProtest #HongKong

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My latest, on how the Communist Party's United Front work in Hong Kong, normally conducted in secret, is now very visibly out in the open.

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Businessweek

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The United Front puts the squeeze on companies to support China’s national security laws for Hong Kong

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RTHK's days of cheeky tweets may well be numbered, but I'm enjoying them while they last.

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Seven years after Xi Jinping announced his huge Belt and Road Initiative, spending is just $337b -- a mere third of that $1 trillion figure. -- with deft editing by @rfriedman305 and helpful comments by @HillmanJE @RollandNadege @AyresAlyssa @ajwsmall

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One of China’s Most Ambitious Projects Becomes a Corridor to Nowhere

A planned $62 billion initiative in Pakistan has been beset by delays and a lack of funding — more signs of trouble for President Xi Jinping’s signature policy.

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5 years

@BonnieGlaser @PMCroninHudson Police, not PLA (says so on the vehicles, in English). Last week. In Guangdong, not Shenzhen. And it's for the 70th anniversary, not to do with Hong Kong. This @PMCroninHudson post is misinformation, undermines credibility, and should be deleted.

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190,000 police prepare for China’s 70th anniversary celebrations

Exercise in Guangdong province involving armoured vehicles and helicopters raises concern forces may be sent to deal with unrest in Hong Kong.

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5 years

Junius Ho organizes pro-Beijingers, including bused in from Shenzhen, to rip down Lennon walls supporting democracy -- and calls it a "clean up," as evidenced by this photo.

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The 852 Spirit

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0953: citizens puzzled by the state of their neighborhood in Tsing Yi, after a so-called “Clean Up” #hongkongprotests #antielab #831attack #921hk #StandWithHK #notoneless #safetyhk

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And, ding ding ding - it's midnight! We made it through the first teargas-less #HongKong weekend in many weeks! Amazing how peaceful the protests are when no police around (didn't see even one officer anywhere from Victoria Park to Central).

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Sheridan Prasso

5 years

Hong Kong's tear gas total now stands at 7,900 rounds (as of Tuesday). Those of you adding Tuesday's astonishing 1,567 cans to my previous total of 6,000 are forgetting to add the 345 fired over the weekend through Monday. Today's action may top us over 8,000.

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5 years

Friendly reminder (click to see all) -- especially that the red bean paste one I like because I think it must be healthier is the caloric equivalent of two double cheeseburgers:

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4 years

Another disqualified candidate, Dennis Kwok, was reportedly barred because of having expressed an intention to use his position "in such a way as to force the Government to accede to certain demands," effectively the job of opposition lawmakers in most democratic countries - CNN

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3 years

Average weekday print run for the New York Times, for a U.S. population of 331 million people, was 374,000 in 2020. Apple Daily is printing 500,000 copies tomorrow for one city of 7.5 million. Not backing down💪

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5 years

My latest investigation, on China adopting Russia-style tactics to meddle in Taiwan elections, with @samsonellis

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China’s Information War on Taiwan Ramps Up as Election Nears

Beijing has followed Moscow’s example, developing a coordinated influence machine in time for the presidential vote.

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5 years

@barryjohnston18 @CarlZha I think he just wanted to make a splash! 😁

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4 years

This letter has now been retracted by @TheLancet . All possible reasons that come to mind as the reason are cause for concern.

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William Yang

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More on #COVID19 in #China - Two medical worker from Guangdong, who have been treating patients at the frontline in #Wuhan , published a letter in the @TheLancet today, calling for help from the international community in the fight against #coronavirus . Here are the excerpts -

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Tear gas is a solid, dispersed in powder form. The residue sticks for weeks on surfaces like playgrounds and railings, trees, the ground. It drains into our sewage system. It does not float in the air as "pollution" or as particulate matter. 🤦‍♀️

Hong Kong health chief says no big increase in harmful pollution, despite release of 10,000 tear...

The recent use of tear gas has not caused any significant increase in the particulate matter (PM) concentration across Hong Kong’s districts, the health minister has said. Secretary for Food a…

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Now that Franklin Tao has been fully exonerated, with all charges either thrown out, dropped or ruled not guilty, it's worth reposting my critique of the disastrous China Initiative, published 3 months before it was officially abolished. 1/2

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China Initiative Set Out to Catch Spies. It Didn’t Find Many

A three-year-old Department of Justice program has produced few convictions—and lots of complaints about racism and FBI misconduct.

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Sheridan Prasso

3 years

I hadn't realized Kurt Campbell borrowed so liberally from my book, The Asian Mystique. Not just the block quote, but most of the info on these pages is taken directly from my research. And yet, it doesn't appear he bothered to credit me by name.☹️

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There is an extended section of Kurt Campbell’s book on The Pivot which discusses damaging American stereotypes of Asians and Asian Americans, particularly AAPI women.

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@webbhk The long list of people exempted from quarantine in Hong Kong is shocking, including execs from 480 listed mainland companies, all air and sea crew, etc. Seemingly almost everyone with official or commercial duties can cross into HK without quarantine:

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@graycarper @heguisen President Tsai has been attacked by her opponents for being unmarried and having no children, only a cat, so consequently she has appropriated the crazy cat lady meme in the same way Hillary embraced "nasty woman." Smart move politically speaking. And yes, cats are popular!

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I'm reposting my article on the China Initiative, in light of prosecutors dropping the case against MIT's Gang Chen, which I mention. In my research, I read scores of cases: so many are flawed & show we have no clue how to tackle actual Chinese espionage.

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China Initiative Set Out to Catch Spies. It Didn’t Find Many

A three-year-old Department of Justice program has produced few convictions—and lots of complaints about racism and FBI misconduct.

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3 years

Please read, my first investigation after moving back to the US: 👇

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CY Leung, speaking @fcchk , compares "majority" view to foot-binding of his mother in China. Majority view is not always right, he says.

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When I wrote this original article two weeks ago, we'd had about 6,000 tear gas canisters fired since June. Since the weekend, almost 2,500 more have been fired, bringing the total to 8,500.

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This thread serves to explain the purpose of #HongKong police excessive use of tear gas canisters producing Dioxin. 88% of HK citizen have exposure to such hazardous chemical, with potential defects of our next generation. This is #CCP genocide by poison.

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Good God, what decade is this and where tf are we?

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@Dystopia - #StandWithHongKong

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#Battlefield in Chinese University of Hong Kong now — heart broken.. stay safe everyone. #光復香港 #antichinazi #HongKong #HongKongProtest

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Ma Jian on stage @litfest_hk "The totalitarian world that Orwell predicted is fully realized in China now."

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Effing incredible

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Protesters in Hong Kong have flooded the city’s main road to demand Carrie Lam withdraw the extradition bill and resign.

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Did you think Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision and other Chinese equipment is no longer in our networks because it got banned years ago? Think again. And public safety - 911 service across the US - is also under threat in the name of national security.

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China Tech’s Grip Persists in US Long After Orders to Rip It Out

Rural telecom providers, corporate jets, even the Department of Defense retain gear made by Huawei and other banned companies

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Laugh of the day: (Open image if you can't fully see it.)

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41 Cumberland Rd., Kowloon Tong, the house where Bruce Lee lived and died. No commemoration, no plaque. A private owner is apparently tearing it down.😠

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So that's where all the toilet paper in Hong Kong went...

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"The former long-time PRC diplomat believed he could oppress and coerce Chinese construction workers in NY... forced to work 7 days a week with no pay and live in squalid housing with dozens of others, trapped by guards who would hunt them down and drag them back if they escaped"

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Former Chinese Diplomat and Head Of U.S. Operations For Chinese Construction Business Convicted Of Engaging In Forced Labor And Related Charges By A Federal Jury (Anonuced with @NewYorkFBI @ICEgov HSI and @StateDeptDSS )

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Sanctions impact? HK justice secretary Teresa Cheng and husband own 63% of Hong Kong-listed Analogue Holding, which in March acquired 51% of New York-based Transel Elevator & Electric Inc. Carrie Lam's son Joshua also reportedly studies at Harvard Univ.

How hard will US sanctions against Hong Kong officials bite?

Under Washington’s measures, the US-based assets of 11 officials serving Hong Kong are frozen, Americans and firms barred from dealing with them.

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Pro-democracy supporters fuel 1,000% jump in shares of Jimmy Lai's publicly traded company, Next Digital. Others lined up before dawn to buy his newspaper, Apple Daily, whose print run was expanded to 550,000 to meet demand - nearly 8x normal.

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Will Big Brother go away after the virus ends? Read my latest:

Coronavirus Surveillance Helps, But the Programs Are Hard to Stop

Will measures enacted during the pandemic be dismantled when they’re no longer needed?

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Read my latest investigation, on the Yellow Economic Circle and how Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters helped local businesses survive months of Covid semi-lockdown

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Businessweek

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This is how Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters helped local businesses survive coronavirus

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Please, no @Twitter . Many people speak multiple languages, hello? Plus, your Cantonese translation is so bad we won't be able to read our Twitter feed!

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Zingword

4 years

#Twitter is testing automatic translations for tweets, meaning that they will force all tweets to be displayed in the #language set by the user. (Which is, in my frankest opinion, both invasive and unnecessary): #xl8 #MT #t9n #translation #socialmedia

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I am now (drum roll🥁🥁🥁) ... a permanent resident of Hong Kong. Ta da! 🎉🎶

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Hong Kong floating restaurant, Jumbo, closed "until further notice." Reliant on tourism, it was also "blue" - Pansy Ho (daughter of owner) condemned the HK protests at the UN last year (just like Maxim's), so no "yellow" patrons going there to save it:

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#Huawei backdoor alert: “What is of most concern here is that actions of Huawei in agreeing to remove the code, then trying to hide it, and now refusing to remove it as they need it to remain for ‘quality’ purposes.” - #Vodafone info security chief

Vodafone Found Hidden Backdoors in Huawei Equipment

While the carrier says the issues found in 2011 and 2012 were resolved at the time, the revelation may further damage the reputation of a Chinese powerhouse.

www.bloomberg.com

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Sheridan Prasso

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Sad day for freedom of expression in Hong Kong: artist exhibition featuring cartoonist Badiucao, @joshuawongcf and Pussy Riot cancelled by "threats" from Chinese authorities. Here's the story @DavidTweed and I worked on. It was gonna be epic @HongKongFP

China Critic’s Hong Kong Art Show Canceled After Threat

A Hong Kong exhibition featuring an artist critical of China -- as well as the band Pussy Riot and former protest leader Joshua Wong -- has been canceled because of “threats” by the Chinese authori...

www.bloomberg.com

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Sheridan Prasso

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Hong Kong falls to 87th place out of 167 countries in the EIU's Democracy index. Only Myanmar plunges by more, following its coup. China ranks 151st. And... Taiwan moves up 2O places to 11th place, highest in East Asia.

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15,972 rounds of tear gas fired in Hong Kong in 6 months of protest, much of it in residential neighborhoods. That's an average of almost 90 cans of tear gas a day (though there was a huge concentration at Poly U. in November, of course).

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Galileo Cheng

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Police fired 3293 tear gas, 3188 baton rounds, 667 bean bag rounds & 499 sponge rounds on the day of siege of ⁦ @HongKongPolyU ⁩ & rescue action. Tops the past 6 months via ⁦ @RTHK_news ⁩ #antiELAB #AntiMaskLaw #HongKongProtests

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Sheridan Prasso

4 years

As thousands of hotel rooms in Las Vegas remain empty...

@Manda_like_wine

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Nevada, a state in one of the richest countries in the world, has painted social-distancing boxes on a concrete parking lot for the homeless to sleep in.

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@Hailun3 @AnaSwanson @suilee @Hailun3 Huawei still has its U.S. headquarters in Plano, TX, a large R&D center in California and a dozen offices around the U.S. It also has a full-time external PR agency that could easily have sent invitations. Not buying the false line you're selling, sorry!

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Sheridan Prasso

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The Rolling Stones cancelled their license agreement with SheIn. This article cites my investigation finding SheIn uses forced labor cotton from Xinjiang as a reason.

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The Rolling Stones Show No Sympathy for Shein

The legendary rock group demanded an end to a licensing agreement with the fast-fashion titan after learning of labor abuse allegations.

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Sheridan Prasso

5 years

@austinramzy When in doubt, just trot out the 3 most important lunch words: "char siu fan."

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Sheridan Prasso

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"Last summer, when I traveled to Xinjiang, I witnessed the most abject sense of fear and trauma I have encountered in 27 years of researching identity and religion among its Uighur communities." - @j_smithfinley

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Sheridan Prasso

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Police have arrested 902 children so far in the Hong Kong protests

@OSINTHK

OSINT HK

5 years

Secretary for Security John Lee just released a demographic breakdown of #HongKongProtests arrests to date.

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Sheridan Prasso

5 years

Oh, China...

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Ting

5 years

So against all common sense and public health measures, train station and airport workers are banned from wearing masks, because “it might cause panic”. #wuhanvirus #coronavirus #ChinaPneumonia #ChinaVirus

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Sheridan Prasso

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Agree. But for us in Asia it's been more than 9 weeks It's been extremely hard to cope, and there's no letup in sight.

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R. Eric Thomas

4 years

It’s been two weeks, can we all agree to drop the pretense that “we all” have “so much free time” now? Everyone I know is stretched to the limits of their emotional capacity and/or is dealing with an increased workload, professionally and/or domestically. What is this free time?

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Singapore 🇸🇬 cases today：1,426 Hong Kong 🇭🇰 cases today：0

@Rover829

Vincent Lee

4 years

Reuters: SINGAPORE'S HEALTH MINISTRY SAYS PRELIMINARILY CONFIRMED AN ADDITIONAL 1,426 CASES OF COVID-19 INFECTION

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We have sanctions to prevent this from happening, right? Yet chips are still flowing, and Hong Kong is surging as a transit point for sanctions evasion. "We would have seen much more enforcement under the old Hong Kong." See my latest 👇 w/ @C4ADS

Chips From Texas Instruments and Other US Makers Flow Into Russia Despite Ban

US semiconductors have continued to flow to Russian military-linked companies this year in spite of export restrictions aimed at cutting them off — with Texas Instruments Inc. and Analog Devices Inc....

www.bloomberg.com

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Sheridan Prasso

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The F-150 EV is marketed as "green." I traced its aluminum to the Amazon, to a mine deforesting the rainforest and an alumina refinery where 11,000 people are suing over the polluted environment w/ @JessicaVBrice @rfriedman305 @JonneRoriz @Jeremy_CF_Lin

Ford’s Electric Pickup Is Built From Metal That’s Damaging the Amazon

A Bloomberg investigation traced much of the aluminum in the F-150 to a refinery in Brazil accused of sickening thousands of people

www.bloomberg.com

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Sheridan Prasso

2 years

Guinea's Simandou mountains hold the largest untapped iron-ore deposit on the planet. A consortium of China-connected companies is moving ahead with a mining plan that jeopardizes a biologically rich ecosystem in Africa.🧵 Read my investigation here👇

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Sheridan Prasso

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On a hunting trip to Mongolia earlier this summer the US president’s son Donald Trump Jr killed a rare species of endangered sheep. A permit was retroactively issued after Trump met with the country’s president, according to new reporting from ProPublica.

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@thisisnefertiti @megan_blush_ Proof from laboratory testing:

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Shein’s Cotton Tied to Chinese Region Accused of Forced Labor

Tests link retailer’s apparel to Xinjiang, where US officials say China abuses Uyghurs

www.bloomberg.com

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"We expect to see a large number of young people coming into correctional institutions in the future." - Hong Kong Correctional Services Dept chief Woo Ying-ming

@globaltimesnews

Global Times

@globaltimesnews

4 years

The head of #HKSAR ’s correctional services sector said a large number of youths are expected to be put into correctional institutions in the future, and authority will expand manpower and strengthen civic education.

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碰瓷貓! (Pengci cat! The word for people who jump in front of moving cars to get "hit" and demand compensation.)

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@BaldingsWorld The internal system at Huawei of awarding employees bonuses for their "own" activities that benefit the company yet give Huawei plausible deniability (and they of course deny it every time), has been going on for years.

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