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Erin Hale

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Hi friends 👋 I’m from Chicago, and I’m going to be back home during the Democratic National Convention. 🇺🇸 I don’t have a media pass, but if you need any spot reporting from the sidelines/social media, hit me up. 👍

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Taiwan did not beat coronavirus because of Confucianism. Full stop. They are doing well because their Vice President is an epidemiologist with previous experience with SARS and they have a strong public health sector with an emergency command centre.

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Lest we never forget

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Protest checkpoint at Chunking Mansions led by South Asian Hong Kongers. The building is one of the city’s most famous and multicultural hotspots (read Ghetto at the center of the world for more info)

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Trump style tank man gets totally swallowed by riot police

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June 9, 2019 - so much hope in Hong Kong. Really an honour to have been there as a journalist.

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Apparently Taiwan was the first place to tell WHO coronavirus was transmitting from human to human - well before China and WHO admitted it

【專訪全文】剖析全球疫情失控關鍵　陳建仁痛陳WHO漠視台灣通報 | 鏡週刊 | LINE TODAY

武漢肺炎（新冠肺炎，COVID-19）全球疫情擴大，至今已超過100個國家／地區、逾11萬人感染。身為公衛專家的副總統陳建仁5日接受本刊專訪，痛陳肩負疫情防治重任的世界衛生組織（WHO）錯失防疫先機，難辭其咎；他表示，台灣早在去年12月31日即超前部署，更同步向WHO下設的國際衛生條例（IHR）窗口通報，指疫情「有可能會人傳人」，WHO卻一直漠視、忽略台灣的專業意見，寧願附和中國的判斷。...

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Hello Twitter - Are you voting in the Philippines election today? Al Jazeera would like to know what concerns you.

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Extremely impressive turnout at Hong Kong airport demo against police violence - location is only spot police haven’t fired tear gas

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Tear gas already in Mong Kok while a Halloween anti-mask law march is kicking off on Hong Kong island - lots of chants of “not one less” - even though the bill they started this mess has been withdrawn protesters gags other demands

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The crazy thing about this is there were rumours the mosque would be attacked by protesters. The protesters ended up joining mosque members to stand guard and it was later hit by police water cannon (with no one around).

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If you haven’t seen the video of the #HK police water cannon truck spraying Kowloon Mosque with blue water (which is toxic). Police claimed this was ‘accidental’ but in the video, it looks deliberate. Police have a million & 1 ways of scoring own goals.

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All those lights are people holding candles to mark Tiananmen Square’s 30th anniversary in Hong Kong 🇭🇰

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Police approved march to the US consulate today to petition for the Hong Kong human rights and democracy act - lots of chants in English today - “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong” and “Resist Beijing, Liberate Hong Kong”

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The aftermath as riot police swept in to shut down a protest outside government headquarters shortly after firing the water cannon

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Skateboarding Statue of Liberty, two seconds before he tripped on his dress - the theme of today is to get the attention to the US Congress

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Police are fanning out into Wanchai but I’ve seen lots of residents offering advice to black clad protesters to help them get out

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Two and a half hours later - Hong Kong’s rally against extradition is going strong. Feels like a historic moment. Many people who don’t protest normally are here.

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Let us not forget - Taiwan's Tsai Ing-Wen stands out in Asia as a female leader democratically elected in her own right and not due to her relationship with a man (Indira Gandhi, Yingluck Shinawatra, Aung San Suu Kyi, Park Geun-hye, Sheikh Hasina) #Taiwan2020 #TaiwanElection

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Here are some of the preparations for police at poly u in Hong Kong - they are guarding a key access tunnel and overpass to campus

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I got smurfed. Water cannon with dye and abrasive liquid deployed onto protesters and press on an overpass - roll over on my side while filming to avoid it.

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Another arrested man gives his hkid number to reporters so they can identify him later

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As a recent resident of Hong Kong it’s kind of frustrating watching US media praise the government for its response to coronavirus - it was really citizens who shut it down *in spite* of the government which was very slow to respond. It could have done a much better job.

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I just got off a 15 hour flight from Chicago to this welcome home in Hong Kong 🇭🇰

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"If protesters don't use violence we don't use force" - what about the media and bystanders getting tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed when protesters aren't around because that's happened quite a lot

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I can’t keep packing and sitting on my ass- so heading into poly u in Hong Kong which is barricaded and has its own protester security checks Thanks to academic architecture this place is built like a fortress

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Graffiti outside Hong Kong’s legislative council where protesters just vowed to fight on - five demands no less!- even after Carrie Lam withdrew the bill that started mass unrest most people think it’s not over

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A progression of selfies taking at anti-extradition protests from June 9 to August 31. Note escalation in gear.

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This is a 12 year old child.

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Hong Kong is getting ready to hold hands and replicate the Baltic Way - a 600 km 1989 anti-Soviet protest in the Baltic states - tonight across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories

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Black is extremely popular for fashion reasons as well here ... even before the protests China bans exports of black clothing to Hong Kong amid protests; all mailings to city ‘severely investigated’, courier firm worker says

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This is Phyllis, 7. Her mom Candy brought her and her brother to a demonstration in Chater Garden tonight against police brutality in Hong Kong. There’s a few hundred people here at least. (Video and info shared with permission)

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Wow taiwan - I put my wallet down somewhere at a really busy tourist spot and ofc forgot it. Within 10 min someone added me on Facebook to return it. 😭😭🥺🥺

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Some tourist and I just got very close in a doorway - the water cannon is being fired but it makes the air very abrasive for everyone around it

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Pretty big today in Hong Kong after recent weekends tapered off - civil human rights front called for this march but it did not get police approval. CHRF convenor Jimmy Sham was attacked this week.

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These protesters are 12 - their parents don’t know they are here - they said they want to help Hong Kong

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Some protesters gathering in causeway bay already - still a smallish crowd but they are pretty loud

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Chinaszi is a new but still controversial term / meant to express protest anger at China’s authoritarianism

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This kid has got to be in middle school but on the front line of Hong Kong protests today - they often bang the line like they as a message to police

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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen called Abe a good friend and one of Taiwan’s closest friends.

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I know a lot of #TaiwanElection coverage depicts this election as a vote against China, but the impression I have from living here for a few weeks is that it's actually a vote for "Taiwan" and that's actually something different.

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Makes some very good points but I still think it’s important to remember why this had to be done - which is the government really really delayed their response for politics reasons like temporarily suspending traffic to the mainland which would have prevented its spread

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It’s a scary time for Asia Twitter - users aren’t just worried about the power Elon Musk could give trolls, they’re worried about the power he could give their governments From China to Thailand, dissidents fear Musk’s Twitter reign | Al Jazeera

From China to Thailand, dissidents fear Musk’s Twitter reign

Activists across Asia are concerned about the social media platform’s future under the billionaire Tesla founder.

www.aljazeera.com

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The halftime show got political as everyone turned on their cellphone light and chanted “fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.”

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He should just be honest and say “never contradict China because fan dollars are so high” 🎤

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Tung Chung MTR station has some residents calling to protect the “children” ie protesters

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I spy Hong Kong police target practicing near Mount Butler

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The Taiwan People’s Party accidentally shares a slogan with an American white supremacist political party In this case for the TPP I get it because Taiwanese political parties are referred to by colors (blue, green) but for Americans this is still 😵‍💫

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A very small Hong Kong protester leading the chants in Chater garden tonight against police brutality A lot of unfinished business and unresolved anger even after Carrie Lam withdrew the extradition bill this week

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March is starting in causeway bay - still calling for five demands

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Security check for undercover cops

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Now Chinese state media says the Hong Kong protests are hate crimes and thus freedom of expression does not apply.

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Opinion: The NBA backlash is not about freedom of expression #HongKong #CGTNOpinion more:

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People streaming into Salisbury park in TST for the latest Hong Kong protest

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Whether or not someone died at Prince Edward station still speaks volumes about the complete lack of distrust in the Hong Kong police that funeral rites keep going

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Pro democracy legislator Ted Hui confronts police at cordon line

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6.9.2019

Kevin Yam 任建峰

@kevinkfyam

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4 years ago today, 1 million #HongKong people protested peacefully against legislation that potentially removed the legal firewall between HK and China. Our demands were ignored by the authorities.

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I’ve spent a lot of time on the frontlines of Hong Kong’s protest movement for the past 4.5 months speaking to many frontliners and others - This features three and their impossible task. “If they don’t change, we will burn with them" #antiELAB

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Inside Hong Kong’s Poly U they’ve really set themselves up for a siege. Surreally quiet and organised.

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Statement piece - I guess the dusk is wearing a mask

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Free zine in Taipei explaining the Hong Kong protests

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Spotted in Taipei 🕯

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Pansy Ho has also been blocked from opening casinos in the US due to suspected links to organised crime...

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First I’ve seen not letting an emergency vehicle through to put out causeway subway station fire

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A good friend who is home in China for new year’s said the first 20 minutes of news tonight were anchors talking about Xi Jinping being great and then nothing about the Wuhan coronavirus

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First we had Be Water - run around Hong Kong to evade police Now we have Blossom Everywhere - protest close to home in a small strike force, be prepared to walk home (or minibus) Hong Kong protesters use new flashmob strategy to avoid arrest

Hong Kong protesters use new flashmob strategy to avoid arrest

‘Blossom everywhere’ tactic is a reaction to politicisation of MTR subway system

www.theguardian.com

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Police just pointing guns at bystanders and press

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Raising their hands for the 5 demands - not 1 less - as Carrie Lam meets 150 citizens inside chosen from a pool of 120,000

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Taiwan and Singapore came down hard and fast on coronavirus and it paid off - waffling in the early days could cost some leaders their next election

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More petrol bombs and bricks

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Hello Twitter. The time has come to phase out of Hong Kong and into Taiwan - heading there in two weeks to prep for the election. Taking a small break in between to avoid burnout. I’ll be back and forth for the next few months but leaving with a heavy heart. 🤘

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I go through various phases of how I think the Hong Kong protests will end, but tonight it really feels like there is no way out as a second person was shot and the mask law goes into effect in 60 minutes

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I was on the other side of this a few metres away and can confirm no warning was given

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@rhokilpatrick Are #HongKongPolice trying to set a reporter on fire? #HongKongPoliceTerrorist

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I’m really enjoying the Grand Hotel political commentary

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The Taipei police are armed with tea at the city’s Tianamen Square commemoration

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Irl

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I ran into some #HongKong students on a study tour observing the #TaiwanElection #TaiwanVotes - they were sad of course but also very interested. They say they might have to move to Taiwan one day.

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Pretty strong showing at a Hong Kong solidarity event in Taipei plus lots of swag

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Taiwan’s diplomatic isolation means the Paiwan village Tjuvecekadan in the mountains of Pingtung does not have the UNESCO world heritage status it deserves. The community only left in 1961 but in recent years people have come back to rebuild and maintain the slate houses.

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The Hong Kong government has said no one has beenkilled at protests but funeral rites continue at Prince Edward station

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In my experience, when people start bringing their kids and their dogs to protests, that means you’ve really pissed off the middle of the road folks

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Can't wait for Hong Kong police to report 186,000 people participated in district council elections according to their estimates

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This is perhaps all the weirder because it’s a stunningly beautiful Sunday and not overly humid or hot

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Human chain en route to Queen Elizabeth Stadium where leader Carrie Lam is due to meet 150 randomly selected citizens to discuss political grievances after 4 months of protest

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Wong Tai Sin district has become a major protest front in recent weeks in Hong Kong - residents famously gave police an earful and got tear gassed themselves

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They forgot Taipei and Environs

UN Women

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There are only 𝟮𝟬 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 with women Heads of State and/or Heads of Government. #WomenInPolitics are still underrepresented across all levels of power, especially at the top. Find out more: #GenerationEquality

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Hong Kong Mid Autumn feels

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So many feels - someone in my building is a health Secret Santa 🎅 🥰

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Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen Square - all the dots are candles

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A British guy at a restaurant I’m at in Taichung just said “konnichi wa” to the waitress. 🤢 And while I’m dying inside, it’s a good reminder of how awful westerners can be in Asia. I’m so sorry.... 🤮🤮🤮

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And here they come - Hong Kong rallies against proposed law allowing #extradition to China 🇨🇳

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This is nuts - I’ve seen them stay open during typhoons and black rain

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Molotov cocktail station filmed with permission So much activity going on around campus

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Tear gas buffet in TST and it’s only 315

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They’re really burning causeway bay station - black smoke from two entrances - protesters forcing the fire truck to retreat - I’ve never seen this before

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Hennessy road march is now in the low thousands - police are around but have not put up any resistance so far - “five demands not one less”

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Reminder from Carrie Lam that even though she has invoked emergency powers, Hong Kong is not in a state of emergency.

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A moment of quiet reflection at a vigil for the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in Hong Kong

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Coronavirus is Iikely transmitted through the digestive system and many patients have diarrhea and not fever according to Chinese health authorities. It broke out in a market. That means this is very much a food safety and hygiene story as all the other meta narratives

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It’s kind of amazing how they just keep throwing fuel on the fire - even by American standards Hong Kong government to announce new law banning masks during public assemblies in bid to crack down on anti-government protesters

Hong Kong government to impose new law banning masks during public assemblies

Source confirms city leader Carrie Lam’s de facto cabinet will convene a special meeting on Friday.

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Calls for the “five demands” of Hong Kong protesters are mixed in with the usual sports cheers. Currently Iran 1, Hong Kong 0.

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Global flags particularly Europe and the US at an unsanctioned rally in causeway bay as people chant “stand with Hong Kong”

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Last week with @xinwu10250 , I spoke with the person behind 李老師不是你老師 - @whyyoutouzhele - the Twitter account that has provided a vital window into China's anti Covid-19 protests at great personal risk. via @AJEnglish

How one Chinese Twitter user exposed COVID protests to the world

‘Teacher Li’ has amassed more than 800,000 followers with his posts highlighting COVID-related unrest in China.

www.aljazeera.com

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