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Hong Kong: what next?

When will the great firewall envelop HK?


It's been beginning for quite some time already, with many relatively innocuous Taiwanese sites blocked, along with many HK and overseas sites.

Wix (Netherlands?) recently took down a site built by activists in the UK, after a threatening letter from the HK police saying it was in breach of the NSL.

BUT ...

This is just the beginning, it's going to deteriorate very, very, quickly from here on in.

You can't help but be happy that these terrorist cockroaches are finally getting their comeuppance, right?


This thread is instructive, many new laws are rapidly on the way ...




Woof
 
Aaaaaand, here we go!

Under the NSL, everyone is now a terrorist.

Some may be aware that on July 1st, a man finally snapped. Fifty years old and single, he lived with his elderly parents and, despite holding a job as a purchasing manager with soft drinker maker, Vitasoy (another story - the company has been vilified by CCP patriots), was described as a "loner" who never socialised.

He composed a suicide note decrying police brutality during 2019 and the imposition of the NSL and then went out and randomly stabbed a police officer in the back (now recovering well,) before plunging the knife into his own heart and dying on the street, in handcuffs, under police knees.

People have been leaving white flowers on the street where it happened, in consolation to his family.

These people and anyone "mourning online" are obviously, actually, "inciting terrorism", as are legal academics and professors and social studies professors who have suggested such labelling by the govt. is unwise.

We are all terrorists now. Thank goodness for the CCP and the NSL; where would we be without them?

(Edit to add: All such crimes, rightly of course, carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and, obviously, a "life" sentence doesn't mean 20 or 25 years, it means, well ... life.)


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Jessiedog Do you have any plans to get out of HK?


Not plans exactly.

But I know I must get out, I'm no longer welcome, which of course is heartbreaking but, like so many others, I'm scared to try and leave for fear of arrest at the airport. What a fucking conundrum. Wait for the pre-dawn door knock or risk trying to flee and precipitate action. Orwell, Huxley, Kafka and Catch 22, all rolled into one!

Currently, I’m paralysed and unable to think straight, let alone form a cohesive strategy (not helped, obviously, by daily anaesthetising myself to unconciousness with whisky and beer). But I’ve nowhere to go. Nowhere to live. Know no other place. And it'll have to be dirt cheap to live. I'm financially insecure. And the Tory cunts stole my EU citizenship.

I’m completely broken and severely depressed. In pain. Paranoid too. I know I’m being monitored (though at least not closely physically surveilled, to my knowledge, yet - I've not left home for over a year).

Thirty thousand radicalised, unidentifiable local cops acting with impunity (two of whom live two floors above me). Thousands of Mainland secret police everywhere.

The crushing has been swift, brutal and complete. Activists. Students. Journalists. Professors. Teachers. Lawmakers. Judiciary. Education. Media. Academia. Press. Publishing. Courts. Online activity. Unions. Film. Websites. Documentaries. Culture. Everything. Gone and/or taken over.

Fuck ‘em all. Then fuck ‘em again. And then again! And again and again and again! What a fucking mess. I’m living in “1984”. It’s utterly terrifying.

It is what it is.

(BTW, CCP, the above was copied and pasted from a novel I read - nothing to do with me!)

I love the CCP and what they are doing is entirely necessary in order to restore order in Hong Kong, obviously.


Apologies if it sounds like a rant, Rimbaud, must be the whisky kicking in.

Take nothing for granted. Treasure what you have. Or you'll wake up and it's gone.


Stay safe peeps.

Woof
 
I love all of you. You've been my faithful companions for 20 years. Diamonds, each and every one.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I wouldn't be alive without you.

Thank you all.

As Bish used to say ... Let's Keep On Keeping On. (For as long as we can.)

Solidarity.

And Blessings.

:)

Woof
 
Talking in the abstract, I suspect they'd be glad to get shot of a random westerner under their own steam, rather than have the hassle of media coverage etc.

Course that would depend on various other things.
 
Talking in the abstract, I suspect they'd be glad to get shot of a random westerner under their own steam, rather than have the hassle of media coverage etc.

Course that would depend on various other things.


Talking in the abstract, that was directly proposed/suggested online (in The Guardian comments,) back in 2016 by a sophisticated CCP spy, obviously a Clouseau on the case. They were told to fuck off and fuck off again.

The rest is history.

And here we are.

(Edit for misspelt French)

Woof
 
Hmm... Well either way I don't think it's a particularly good idea to keep discussing it here. So will leave it for now. Best to you.
 
It's been at least a decade since I've wept like a baby, for hours, like this, probably much longer, I don't recall.

And yet still, as I sit here now, alone, yet again, sobbing, body silently heaving and wracking, face screwed, tears streaming and dripping and snot falling, quietly wailing at the moon, raging violently inside against the sheer injustice, without hope, bereft, forlorn, torn, ripped assunder, lost, completely exhausted and utterly spent, in deep pain and deeply ashamed ...

... I try to remember my humanity and struggle to find forgiveness and compassion.

It's a harsh path to follow. A path I still wish to carve. If only I could find a way.


Tomorrow shall be a better day.

And so to bed.


Woof
 
It's been at least a decade since I've wept like a baby, for hours, like this, probably much longer, I don't recall.

And yet still, as I sit here now, alone, yet again, sobbing, body silently heaving and wracking, face screwed, tears streaming and dripping and snot falling, quietly wailing at the moon, raging violently inside against the sheer injustice, without hope, bereft, forlorn, torn, ripped assunder, lost, completely exhausted and utterly spent, in deep pain and deeply ashamed ...

... I try to remember my humanity and struggle to find forgiveness and compassion.

It's a harsh path to follow. A path I still wish to carve. If only I could find a way.


Tomorrow shall be a better day.

And so to bed.


Woof
((Jessiedog ))

I don't know what else to offer.
 
Yesterday, 7th July. Just another normal day in Hong Kong.



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The last item refers to the District Council elections in Nov 2019, which were swept by the pan-democratic camp (mostly youngsters in their early 20's). They are pretty much ALL being disqualified AND will have to pay back their salaries/expenses paid to date (@ GBP 100K each). (Hint: They won't be able to and will be forced into personal bankruptcy.)

Meanwhile, in the last two weeks, some two dozen local civic groups, unions, associations, political groups and other associations have voluntarily disbanded. Including the moderate and well respected Progressive Teachers Alliance and Progressive Lawyers Alliance. They deem that it's simply too risky to continue in existence. More will surely follow.


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The excellent Holmes Chan is documenting the first ever NSL trial in HK, in English in Stand News, where Tong Ying-Kit is charged with terrorism and inciting secession for allegedly colliding his motorcycle with a group of police officers, while flying a "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" flag from the back of his bike. If convicted on either charge, he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Below is day eight of proceedings (yesterday), links for days one - seven are at the bottom of that page. Scheduled for 15 days, the defendant's barristers are expected to start presenting their case in a day or two. Worth following.

(Edit: For the first time in @ 138 years, a defendant in the High Court has been denied a jury trial. The trial is being heard by three "NSL judges", selected from a pool of "NSL judges" that was hand picked by the Chief Executive, Carrie Lam. The reason for no jury cited by Secretary for Justice, Teresa Cheng, was that any jurors, or their families, may be subjected to harassment. There is wide public suspicion, however, that the real reason is that Cheng would be very hard pressed to assemble any jury that would be willing to convict, on the charges as they stand.)



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Posted by Yossarian on 28th August 2019.



A nurse working in a North District Hospital treating one of the HK protestors claimed grievous injuries observed - only a layer of skin stretching between fractured bones. She was shocked by the power of the blunt force truma which caused such injuries.

Some of the injured protestors were only 16-17 years old, with unusual bruises all over their bodies. Some even had serious bone fractures. Some of them had chest bone fractures and there was not much they could do to help, other than preventing the broken bones from punching through the lungs. Those with ribcage fractures suffered extreme pain when they merely tried to sit up or eat. All these protestors in the hospital claimed that they were beaten up by the police.

Each arrested person in the observation ward of the emergency room was guarded by around 5 police officers. The police requested that all treatment rooms to be under their surveillance. Even in small wards/rooms, there were 30-40 police inside, even when the injured were receiving treatments; this is in an act of intimidation. Police officers demanded to supervise the hospital staff, minimally through a gap between the curtains. It was humiliating as the cleaning of wounds involved intimate parts of the body being exposed.

Over 50 people were arrested and sent to San Uk Lang detention center in Man Kam To in 811 clash between the police and the demonstrators. Police claimed that only 1 person was sent to a hospital on the scene, over 30 people were first sent San Uk Lang before being transferred to a hospital later as requested, with 6 of them had bone fractures. The police emphasized that the injuries were the result of resistance against arrest. They also claimed that they divided those people according to the condition of their injuries and security arrangement, as they need to arrange 2-3 police to accompany each arrested individual to a hospital.

And the reason?

On 16th June 2019 - two million (+1) of us (over 25% of the entire population of Hong Kong,) marched, entirely peacefully, for democracy in Hong Kong.

We all know what the CCP’s response was and what followed.

We will never forget. We will never forgive.

Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong Kong.

Keep the faith.




Indeed.

We fought the law and the law won. We fought the law and the law won.


(Edit: Please watch the video. It's only two minutes, condensed from 8 hours. It's a stunning example of peaceful People Power.)


And people put "3.5%" in their Twitter feeds. LOL.

Fascism is as fascism does.

Do NOT take your freedoms for granted. They're coming for you too.

😞


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Rimbaud from 19th November 2019.



"As Yossarian said, the problem with a leaderless movement is there is nobody with the authority to reign in bad behaviour, but any figurehead would just be arrested so there's no other way.

Also, the protestors have been backed into a corner by the Chinese state. Look at Xinjiang - friends of mine have been murdered there, the evidence for what is happened is overwhelming and it is monstrous, what reason do HKers have not to believe that HK will be pacified in the same way as Xinjiang? How much data and intelligence has the CCP collected on protestors? If they stop now, how do they know they won't be taken away at 3am some years down the line and find themselves in a re-education camp subject to torture, rape, human experimentation and possibly murder? They have been backed into a corner, the people who aren't supporting the protests simply aren't aware of the gravity of the situation and believe things will stay the same. But there can be no return to the status quo, it is quite clear that the CCP is preparing to abolish one country two systems and also preparing for war with Taiwan, HKers who aren't either fighting back or making plans to leave Hong Kong are either in denial or fascists themselves.

The CCP today, due to its abuse of big data and surveillance technologies, is a threat to civilisation like nothing since the Nazis. While protestors should not attack people who disagree, can we get some perspective here - in the Mainland NOBODY can disagree, people who dare to face severe consequences, and that's what the extradition law would have brought to HK. Beijing supporters can still rally in HK, and post things online, and have pro-Beijing media, something that will be denied everyone else if these protests do not succeed.

Being sour on the protests because some of them lose their temper with people who disagree with them seems a very myopic take on the situation, I must say."




And here we are. Cultural Revolution Mark 2.0. already underway in Hong Kong. The rhetoric being pumped out is chillingly familiar.

May you live in interesting times!

Woof
 
Rimbaud, again, from 27th August 2020 ...


"English speaking Wumao often like to claim they are from Canada, because many of them are children of the CCP who were sent to live in Canada, therefore they think they can be convincingly Canadian. I have absolutely no time for these people, the spoiled children of corrupt officials who sing patriotism at home to fool the Chinese masses into obedience while they rob them blind and meanwhile stash all their money in real estate in western countries where they send their families to live overseas. These people are the lowest of the low, from the nastiest, most ruthless, hypocritical and dishonest of families, and on the day where Chinese people realise how much they've been conned by these hypocrites there will be a long overdue and well deserved reckoning.

Nevertheless, despite having the privilege of living in a foreign country, they still choose to live in a Wechat bubble so have only the most superficial understanding of the local political culture. I know many highly intelligent and talented Chinese people who have worked 14 hours a day 7 days a week in a vain effort to save money to get the opportunity to study abroad, while these privileged mediocrities get it handed to them by 贪官(corrupt official) daddy, and the opportunity is totally wasted on them due to their intellectual inadequacies and xenophobic, parochial mentality. As a result they aren't very effective propagandists but have outsized egos due to the unearned privileges that they enjoy thanks to their corrupt and criminal families.

They are incredibly unimpressive people and a deep embarrassment to their country.

Fortunately, they are so useless that they will spell the end of CCP rule. The earlier generations of rulers were tough and hardy people with physical courage and a sense of commitment. The new generation of spoiled entitled brats who think they are superior because they have been given opportunities most hard working Chinese could only dream of will be the end of the CCP, and people like this filling up the ranks of the Chinese government is a big part of why they suddenly appear to be so incompetent. Even the re-emergence of one man rule is only made possible by the emergence of a lazy and selfish political base who only think of their career and won't rock the boat. The Deng, Jiang, or even Hu era of the CCP wouldn't have accepted the return to one man dictatorship like meek little sheep as this generation has - it is telling that most of the party insiders who have spoke out against Xi are a bit older. They are from a generation who didn't inherit all their political status from their parents, so are made of sterner stuff and have a bit more integrity."


Oof!

Word. Word! WORD!

Fucking Poetry ... With A Passion.

Respect.

:)

Woof
 

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Meanwhile, I'm reminded of the tall (6'6"), black, Glaswegian (with the voice of an angel,) who in 1992 urged people to wake up, before it's gone.

Obviously dated and a cruddy video but still, just some light relief and certainly worth five minutes of your ears and concentration.
Please allow me to reminisce - there's little to look forward to.

Make it NOW!

G'night, good gentlefolk. Please love each other, harder than ever before. There's not much time left.

Love and Blessings, one and all.

Woof



...


It's so easy to believe in the power of others, who come and go,
And, in the strange half-light, they seem to know something - but who can tell?
Wake up and it's gone!
So walk into to the fire. No one else can guide you. No one else can make you strong.
Walk into the fire. Hold your head up higher. And have no fear of being wrong.

This can't be, this can't be forever ... Now it's too late!

This can't be, this can't be forever ... Don't wait, don't wait!






There's always people talking one time
Talk for years and years
Say well "we'll take a chance" and in time
They're looking back
It's disappeared
Take it now
Listen to your heart
Won't be staying over
Wake up and it's gone
Listen to your heart
Hold your head up high and have no fear of being wrong
It can't be, it can't be forever
Till it's too late
It can't be, it can't be forever
Don't wait, don't wait, don't wait
No falling under the spell of here today
Tomorrow will do just as well
It's so easy to believe in the power of others
They come and go
And in the strange half light they seem to know some
But who can tell
So be brave
Walk into the fire, no one else can guide you
No one else can make you strong
Walk into the fire, hold your head up higher
And have no fear of being wrong
And all this time we believe in a dream
And when will it come? Never!
 
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And ...

After being attacked as "A Sinner Of A Thousand Years", two days ago by new Chief Secretary, John Lee (ex-police) and Hong Kong's 2nd top official, highly respected Hong Kong University Law Professor, Johannes Chan, has left his position.

:(

Woof
 
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