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@CNNi field producer based in Taiwan. @JMSCHKU alum. Hongkonger. RT/likes ≠ endorsement. Coffee fan. Eric.Cheung @cnn .com
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CNN Exclusive: Russia, the US & China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent years, at a time when tensions between the three major nuclear powers are at their highest in decades.
w/
@BradLendon
@IvanCNN
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Portraits of late Chinese doctor Li Wenliang - who was silenced by authorities after warning of the
#NovelCoronavirus
- circulating on Chinese social media platforms after his death last night:
1/ Portrait collection of Dr
#LiWenliang
whistle blower of
#Cononavirus
from
#Wuhan
搜集关于 #李文亮 大夫画像，包括我自己，应该都是一夜间赶出来。大家不约而同取了这张带口罩照片，或多或少在口罩上下了功夫，大家都明口罩阻挡的是病毒，阻挡不了言说。
可我担心明天还有人说话么？
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Frontlines at PolyU now as the water cannon fired blue dye towards students
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BREAKING: Hubei province has confirmed 1291 new cases of Wuhan coronavirus on Monday *alone*, and 24 new deaths have been reported, the provincial gov’t said in a statement.
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A sea of black has flooded
#HongKong
International Airport, as flight attendants and airport staff hold a fresh
#extraditionbill
rally condemning police for its inaction in the Yuen Long metro attack.
(Photo credit: Lee Cheuk Yan/ Facebook)
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This is getting real.
The
#HongKong
gov't is "at the final stages" of enacting the anti-mask law through the Emergency Powers Ordinance, according to a new scoop by HK01. The announcement could come within days.
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Today is not over yet.
Former Demosisto member
@chowtingagnes
posted on Facebook that a group of police officers has arrived at her home, but it is unclear if she is being arrested.
She said her lawyer is now rushing to the scene.
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The first wave of DQ in the LegCo election has begun.
Four members of the Civic Party - Alvin Yeung, Dennis Kwok, Kwok Ka-ki, and Cheng Tat-hung - and former student leader Lester Shum have all been disqualified from running, they announced.
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Protesters have also handed out boarding passes that promise to take
#HongKong
to freedom.
“Gate will be closed when you give up,” it read.
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Tony Chung, a pro-independence student activist in
#HongKong
, has reportedly gone missing this morning, according to Studentlocalism.
Apple Daily has reported that he was taken away by police officers from the national security unit near the US embassy earlier today.
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In an interview with CNN on Saturday, the wife of 29-year-old detainee Wong Wai-yin had a message for her husband:
"I want to tell my husband, don't worry, I will wait for your return, whether it will take 10 years, 20 years, or a lifetime. We will not give up on you."
Hong Kong was once a safe haven from China. Now activists are fleeing the city by boat to Taiwan
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#HongKong
Police have fired the first round of tear gas in Year of the Rat in Mong Kok, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, as protesters gather in the district.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper
@appledaily_hk
has printed over half a million copies and vowed to keep operating after police raided its headquarters on Monday.
Next Digital, the newspaper's parent company, also vowed to "fight on."
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This is the view of Gloucester Road in Causeway Bay as protesters march westwards.
“Liberate
#HongKong
, the revolution of our time,” some chanted.
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Teresa Cheng,
#HongKong
’s Sec for Justice, says British consulate worker Simon Cheng should report his case to Chinese police.
“ I reported my incident to the (London) police and I would encourage him to do the same with ... the mainland,” she says.
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Hundreds of protesters are gathering at Taipei’s Liberty Square today in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
I spoke with a number of Ukrainians here and they thanked Taiwanese people for their continuous support, including the donation of 27 tons of medical supplies.
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According to the 12-year-old’s mother, the girl who was tackled by police yesterday has refused to talk about the incident and may need help from a psychologist, Apple Daily has reported
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When people begin to rewrite stories and spin the facts, journalists have a crucial role in safeguarding the truth.
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@hkpoliceforce
@jgriffiths
“Liberate
#HongKong
, the revolution of our time,” some chanted amidst the fire.
We heard several loud “bang” sounds as the fire grew bigger.
This is beyond anything I have seen in the
#AntiELAB
protests so far.
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#BREAKING
: A Hong Kong court has sentenced
@joshuawongcf
to 13.5 months in prison, while
@chowtingagnes
has been sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Ivan Lam has been sentenced to 7 months in prison.
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From Stand News: A group of firefighters and paramedics issued an open letter to
@hkpoliceforce
, expressing great disappointment at its gross neglect of duty in Yuen Long.
“As a fellow member of the disciplined services, we feel extremely ashamed,” it read.
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As the sun rises,
@joshuawongcf
and his “plan B” Kelvin Lam are now thanking voters outside South Horizons station.
Lam has won the election by over 1000 votes against incumbent district councillor Judy Chan, of the New People’s Party.
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#HongKong
police are describing their take of the 721 attack:
-The situation only worsened when Lam arrived & started live streaming.
-It is not an "indiscriminate attack" by white-shirted men, saying cameras only pointed at white-shirted men & didnt show full picture.
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Regina Ip's daughter is working in the UK and can't celebrate CNY with family, the mother said.
Last month, Ip said
#HongKong
people who move to the UK with the BNO visa risk becoming "second-class citizens" or "refugees", as they might not be able to adapt to the culture there.
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“Let Hong Kong be Hong Kong,” a placard here reads.
This is perhaps the best summary of the entire anti-
#extraditionbill
movement.
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Now TV has summarized how Carrie Lam has assessed
@hkpoliceforce
's work since June.
Netizens noted that she has perhaps shown the very first signs of "cutting ties" with officers who committed wrongdoing, as she noted she would not "blindly support every officer or every action"
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There are more than 90 confirmed cases of Wuhan coronavirus - but no deaths so far - in 19 places outside mainland China.
This is a full list of places outside mainland China with confirmed cases.
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Tina Luk, who appeared in a viral video on Wed calling police to retreat, told me “her heart was painful” when she saw police using batons to hit protesters and teenagers
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While Lam and many others have frequently criticised police for not arresting enough white-shirted men following the 7.21 attack, police responded today by arresting him for rioting instead.
Here's a photo showing how Lam was beaten up at Yuen Long station that night.
Admin:
@cheuktinglam
has been arrest. He is accused of rioting in Yuen Long on July 21 2019.
The Police also accused him of conspiring with others to damage property and obstructing the course of justice in Tuen Mun on July 6 2019
He is currently in the Sha Tin Police Station.
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So
@hkpoliceforce
just proved today that they can handle protests and incidents across multiple districts AT THE SAME TIME.
So what’s the excuse that they couldn’t deploy officers to Yuen Long on the night when the mob attack happened?
#CallingOutBS
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This map, circulated among
#HongKong
protesters on Telegram, shows police essentially surrounding SOGO, where protesters are gathering.
This comes as multiple rounds of tear gas were fired by police in Causeway Bay and Wan Chai just as the march was beginning.
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For context: Facebook, Twitter and Google are banned in China
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Li Kwai-wah, from HK Police's National Security dept, said 4 people are arrested today for allegedly making separatist online comments after the natsec law was imposed on June 30.
One example is that they said they "wanted to use all means" to achieve HK independence, he said.
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Taiwan has 16 indigenous tribes, whose linguistic & genetic ties are separate from the majority Han Taiwanese. For centuries, they were marginalised. But their culture is now increasingly embraced, as Taiwan emphasises its separate identity from China.
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As
@hkpoliceforce
officers can be seen filming the crowd from inside the TKO police station, this is what a protester decided to do:
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With more
#HongKong
pro-democracy activists seeking exile, it is becoming more important for HK news outlets to set up overseas bureaus to cover the developments there.
@StandNewsHK
is now openly recruiting journalists as it plans to open a bureau in London.
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Family members of the 12 HKers detained in China following a failed escape are holding a press conference, urging authorities to arrange prescribed medication for them and allow detainees to call their families.
The 12 HKers are held at Shenzhen’s Yantian Detention Centre.
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Today is the last day before the “
#HongKong
Story” exhibition at the Hong Kong History Museum will be closed for renovation.
Many HKers, fearing that some of the colonial history may be erased, have rushed to take pictures of the exhibits.
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After hours and hours of rubber bullets, tear gas, petrol bombs, etc, Asia’s Finest
@hkpoliceforce
are now claiming they are retreating “in pursuit of a peaceful solution.”
What did this all achieve?
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@hkpoliceforce
To sum up:
- No concession AT ALL
- Gov’t has already responded to protesters’ demands
- Blame extreme radicals for bringing
#HongKong
to a dangerous situation
- Protest undermines HK’s economy
And then Lam & team walked away as frustrated journalists kept shouting questions.
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On Tuesday, Carrie Lam said she'd resolve
#HongKong
's political crisis through dialogue
Guess who she wants to meet?
- Henry Tang, former chief secretary
- Jasper Tsang, former LegCo president
- University heads
Guess who she isn't meeting?
- Protesters
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It is hard to underestimate the popularity of
@chowtingagnes
in Japan.
The Japan Parliamentary Alliance on China - a group founded by MPs across parties - will call an emergency meeting on Wednesday morning in light of Chow's arrest under the NSL.
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The return of tear gas to the streets of
#HongKong
this Sunday:
Riot police fired tear gas on Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok at 11pm Sunday after spontaneous protests.
Photo: Stand News.
#hongkongprotests
#antiELAB
#hongkong
#china
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On a regular day, they're lawyers, software engineers and blacksmiths in Taiwan. But this week, they fired assault rifles and marched long distances in full military gear -- all to prepare for a possible attack by China's military.
My latest w
@whannyuanc
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#HongKong
police have once again showed up at Apple Daily’s office this morning, a live feed from the pro-democracy newspaper shows.
Local media are reporting that 5 executives working for the pro-democracy newspaper have just been arrested under the NSL.
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"If we burn, you burn with us" has been a slogan in the
#AntiELAB
protests. As the movement dragged on, some have become more prone to violence.
This 4000-word story, by
@j_berlingerCNN
and I, attempts to explore how the protests pushed them to the edge:
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@hkpoliceforce
BREAKING: The first canister of tear gas has been fired outside LegCo in Admiralty
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@hkpoliceforce
While the rally has been peaceful so far,
@hkpoliceforce
have been searching protesters & journalists.
Police snatched the phone of a
@StandNewsHK
reporter as he was filming, breaking its screen. His ID card was also shown in front of a camera (again).
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The scene outside Victoria Park. The first protesters have already arrived at LegCo in Admiralty, but they are still waiting to depart
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@hkpoliceforce
Protesters are reportedly setting up barricades on Harcourt Road, after
@hkpoliceforce
fired tear gas towards protesters who attempted to get inside the water barriers.
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According to local media Oriental Daily, a man was waving a hammer at
#AntiELAB
protesters at Prince Edward station, before riot police stormed the MTR train.
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The president of HKBU student union, Keith Fong, will be charged with possession of offensive weapons after he was found to have purchased 10 "high-powered" laser pointers in Sham Shui Po last August, police said.
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Today begins with heavy police presence in Admiralty (and across
#HongKong
).
Local media are reporting that police have conducted stop & search since early this morning.
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The third day of the historic
#HongKong
national security law hearing is about to get underway.
With just 8 more bail applications to go, we are expecting a final decision on whether the 47 can be granted bail later today.
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At Yau Ma Tei station, a few MTR commuters are receiving treatment after
@hkpoliceforce
officers stormed the station and used batons to hit commuters.
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Grandpa Chan, who has been on hunger strike, chanting with social workers in the march.
“Hongkongers, add oil”
“Social workers, add oil”
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The situation at PolyU has got tense, as a water cannon vehicle has arrived. Protesters gearing up for a fight
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“Fight for freedom, stand with
#HongKong
.”
This is how the city celebrates the mid-autumn festival, on the Avenue of Stars.
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Taiwanese media pointed out this was the first time Chinese athletes had to listen to Taiwan’s national flag anthem at an Olympics award ceremony.
(photo from article above)
After losing to Taiwan’s Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in the badminton men’s doubles gold medal match yesterday, China’s Li Junhui takes to Weibo to congratulate… China.
“Congratulations to our Taipei, China team 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳,” he writes.
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In Taipei’s Liberty Square, thousands also gathered to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.
According to Taiwanese media, they also chanted “liberate
#HongKong
, the revolution of our time” in solidarity with HK activists.
(Pic from Telegram)
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"We express regret" that the Now TV driver was taken into a police station over "misunderstanding", said
@hkpoliceforce
. Claimed he was never arrested.
Is this the first time in over 4 months that the
#HongKong
police said anything that very mildly resembled an apology?
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Reverend Chu Yiu-ming, one of the “Occupy trio”, is also attending the march. Some are seen shaking hands with him.
He and others are holding a banner that reads “support teenagers, safeguard Hong Kong”.
The black banner reads “Oppose tyranny, I want true universal suffrage”.
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@hkpoliceforce
As police fired tear gas and non-lethal rounds towards the crowd in Mong Kok, protesters have responded with petrol bombs.
Major escalation of the situation here.
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And this election also refuted an argument put forward by the pro-Beijing camp that there exists a so-called “silent majority” in
#HongKong
that supports the government.
Well, the silent majority has spoken.
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Elderly protesters clapping as Reverend Chu & others lead the march.
Chants of “HongKongers, add oil” and “Carrie Lam, step down” can also be heard.
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An illustration of how
@hkpoliceforce
and triads used similar tactics against MTR commuters:
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BREAKING: CNN's
@jimsciutto
reporting that according to US intelligence, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in 'grave danger' after a surgery. South Korean media Daily NK also reported that Kim has been hospitalized.
Kim last appeared in public on April 11.
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More than 100
#HongKong
pro-democracy supporters are lining up outside West Kowloon court, as democrats urged their supporters to come and show solidarity with the 47 politicians charged with subversion over an election primary.
Their cases will be mentioned after 11am today.
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Apple Daily has printed 550k copies on Tuesday – up from 70k copies – as it urged supporters to purchase copies on its Facebook page.
The front page featured an image of police arresting
@JimmyLaiApple
and the headline "Apple Daily must maintain its operations."
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Because you were in Davos a week ago?
#CarrieLam
: If you asked me a week ago, I might not have the determination to roll out the measures we rolled out today and yesterday.
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A few students from Carrie Lam's alma mater, SFCC, were seen kneeling down outside its entrance this morning.
A placard read: "Frontline [protesters] are willing to block bullets for you, are you willing to boycott classes to express our demands?"
(Photo credit:
@appledaily_hk
)
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@hkpoliceforce
@jgriffiths
Protesters have started a big fire near the
@hkpoliceforce
headquarters in Wan Chai.
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Over 100 protesters have now gathered inside the arrival hall of the
#HongKong
Airport, as another round of protests are expected to happen this weekend.
The mood here has so far been calm and peaceful.
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This is still early and unofficial, but
@StandNewsHK
is estimating that 130 seats have gone to the pro-democracy camp, versus 9 seats for the pro-Beijing parties.
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#HongKong
's pan-democrats are holding a press conference after police arrested 53 ex-lawmakers/activists under the NSL today.
It is apparent that many familiar faces are not present.
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Worrying development out of iCable newsroom today:
-Sacking an entire team working on its flagship award-winning investigative journalism
-The entire China desk has resigned after a veteran reporter was dismissed. iCable is known for its objective coverage of China stories.
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.
@chowtingagnes
has just been released on bail. Speaking to journalists, she said the amount of bail money involved was HK$200,000 (US$25,800), and her
#HongKong
passport has been confiscated by police.
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From Stand News: This is the flight information board at the
#HongKong
International Airport, after it announced it would cancel all remaining flights today.
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As a sign of protest towards the
@hkpoliceforce
,
#HongKong
citizens pointed a few dozen, maybe a hundred, laser beams at a piece of paper outside
#HongKong
’s space museum.
And it remains intact.
This is top-level, and frankly, very clever trolling in HK.
(online photo)
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The arrests come at the end of a turbulent year for press freedoms in Hong Kong. In June, Apple Daily was forced to shut down after hundreds of police officers raided its office, arrested executives and froze its assets under national security charges.
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The start of a new week in
#HongKong
.
Ex-lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting has again been arrested over the 7.21 Yuen Long attack -- this time by the ICAC. The case will be mentioned at 2:30pm at Eastern Magistrates' Court.
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Global Times has a video showing the moment Junius Ho was stabbed. Why was someone able to film the whole event up close, and why was the Global Times the first to publish this video?
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From Stand News: Medical professionals in
#HongKong
have joined silent sit-in protests at several hospitals.
They are protesting
@hkpoliceforce
’s excessive use of force and the govt’s reluctance to respond to people’s demands.
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@cathaypacific
BREAKING: The
#HongKong
airport just announced through a loudspeaker system that all departing flights today have been cancelled.
This is a second day in a row that operations at the airport have been disrupted.
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The official death toll now stands at 106, and more than 4,500 cases nationwide have been confirmed as of Monday night,
#China
's National Health Commission said.
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“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government; Governments should be afraid of their people,” a protester sprayed the message in Central, at the destination of the march.
This comes as CHRF warned protesters here that riot police have set up a line of defence in Sheung Wan.
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BREAKING: A
#HongKong
court has convicted Bao Choy over knowingly making a false statement in accessing the vehicle registration database.
“Reporting and newsgathering is not connected to traffic and transport related matters,” magistrate Ivy Chui said.
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Another record-breaking day: Taiwan reports that 52 PLA aircrafts entered its ADIZ during *daytime hours* on Monday.
Number of incursions since beginning of October:
October 1: 38
October 2: 39
October 3: 16
October 4 (daytime): 52
52 PLA aircraft (J-16*34, SU-30*2 Y-8 ASW*2, KJ-500 AEW&C*2 and H-6*12) entered
#Taiwan
’s southwest ADIZ on October 4, 2021. Please check our official website for more information:
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Looks like China is confused
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The verdict is in for the 12
#HongKong
activists detained in Shenzhen.
Tang Kai-yin is jailed for 3 years.
Quinn Moon is jailed for 2 years.
The 8 activists charged with illegal border crossing are jailed for 7 months.
The 2 minors have been transferred back to Hong Kong.
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