Hong Kong: what next?

[Jessiedog]

Clarisse is 35 years old, a Masters graduate, tertiary education lecturer in Art and Culture, voluntary worker, community activist, politician, well-loved locally and all round good sort.

She's also apparently a threat to national security and, despite retaking her oath, has been disqualified as a District Councillor for “committing acts that undermine the overall interest of the SAR”.

Have a look at some pictures of her doing this "undermining".





(Edit: Clarisse, not Clarissa.)


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[Jessiedog]

Oops!

Double post.

Soz.



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[Yossarian]

This is an excellent summary of the past, present, and extremely grim future for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong's electoral system.

The new system has many interconnected parts. Key to all, as Lau suggests, is the vetting mechanism that guards the gate. If the new standards are applied throughout the coming election season, and continue to be, then few of the democracy movement’s most electable politicians will ever be able to make a comeback.

Barely a democrat in sight as Hong Kong ushers in new political era on Sunday | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

Hong Kong, for now, is a tale of two cities. In one part of town, demolition work has moved into high gear as the police and the courts proceed to dismantle the old order with its democracy movement counter-current. The old order can now be defined as the first two decades of post-colonial rule...

hongkongfp.com

 

[Jessiedog]

This is good. New on Al Jazeera. 26 minutes.





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[Yossarian]

 

[Jessiedog]

No crackdown says the CCP through its Hong Kong shill, Carrie Lam. No chilling effect on civil society.






Riiiiiight!



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[Jessiedog]

UK govt. warns individuals about the extraterritoriality of the Hong Kong NSL.





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[Jessiedog]

Academic freedom?






And THIS is just ...





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[krtek a houby]

Academic freedom?






And THIS is just ...





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Second tweet unavailable, Jessiedog

 

[Jessiedog]

Second tweet unavailable, Jessiedog

Yeah. I dunno why. It was about a fifteen year old schoolgirl charged with 'conspiracy to incite others to commit secession', under the NSL. There was a bail hearing in court (she was in school uniform,) and bail was denied. Her mum wept.


Meanwhile ... Happy National Day everyone.

Grandma Wong has served her one month sentence and has just been released. Gotta love her, she was out on the streets of Causeway Bay again today waving a union flag - just to piss off you know who.

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[Yossarian]

 

[krtek a houby]

Yeah. I dunno why. It was about a fifteen year old schoolgirl charged with 'conspiracy to incite others to commit secession', under the NSL. There was a bail hearing in court (she was in school uniform,) and bail was denied. Her mum wept.


Meanwhile ... Happy National Day everyone.

Grandma Wong has served her one month sentence and has just been released. Gotta love her, she was out on the streets of Causeway Bay again today waving a union flag - just to piss off you know who.

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Amazing how a flag which symbolises so much misery in parts of the world can have an entirely different context elsewhere.

 

[Jessiedog]

I've posted about Hemlock's Blog, "The Big Lychee" before (Posted daily at lunchtime, HK, Mon - Fri, excl' local public holidays).

He's plugged-in, eloquent, irreverent and often amusing.

One of the regular commenters (of which there are but a handful,) who goes by "Knownot", will occasionally render an original poem - often in the style of a well known poet. They are awfully good without exception. I enjoyed this one from September the 3rd, around the time of the arrest of the speech therapists for their wolf/sheep books.


Lam or Sheep

I confess I am
Not fond of Lam
But have a deep
Desire for Sheep.

Lam’s droning words
Can make me ill
But Sheepish words
Give me a thrill.

Though Lam’s dull speech
Can make me sick
Speech therapy
Is such a kick.

When Lam’s away
I darkly creep
And listen to
Seditious Sheep.

While Lam repeats
The morning lesson
Hidden Sheep
Incite secession.
– – – – –
Those fierce Sheep
That harm Hong Kong
Are now in jail
Where they belong.

But Lam’s still doing
Very well
And when she’s stewing
What a smell!




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[Jessiedog]

A classic post from Hemlock on 10th Sept 2021.

NatSec regime comes for the museums | Big Lychee, Various Sectors

www.biglychee.com

And, from the comments, a ditty from Knownot referencing people being arrested under the NSL for giving govt. authorised chocolates (M&M 40g) to political prisoners held without bail under the NSL.



The Chocolate Revolt

A modern legend tells
Of women kept in cells.

Still proud, those women pent
Without make-up or scent,
Despising bolts and locks
They armed themselves with chocs.

And every prison guard
Who looked so tough and hard
Was trembling and afraid
And sent a call for aid.

The men and dogs that came
Were frightened just the same.
How were the women beaten?
Their weapons had been eaten.

The legend cruelly mocks
The guards afraid of chocs.
Of course, it’s just a tale,
A comedy in jail.

You don’t think such a farce
Could really come to pass?




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[Jessiedog]

Aaron McNicholls writes well.

Here he details the background to one of the NSL cases linked to Jimmy Lai.

Timeline: Jimmy Lai named as "highest level of command" in national security case

A lobbying effort framed as an international conspiracy

aaronmcn.substack.com

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[Jessiedog]

After nearly a quarter of a century.

Shame!

錯誤 - RTHK

錯誤 - RTHK

news.rthk.hk

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[Jessiedog]

And there's more ... Oh joy!

錯誤 - RTHK

錯誤 - RTHK

news.rthk.hk

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[Jessiedog]

Another day, another civil organisation disbands. That's at least 50 now, since the beginning of the year. Unions, political groups, political parties, NGOs, activist groups, etc.





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[Jessiedog]

Oh boy ...





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[Jessiedog]

It's been standing at the university since 1997.

Now gone.





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[Jessiedog]

A very good read from Timothy McLaughlin in The Atlantic. Exploring the influence and impact of the Beijing-controlled Ta Kung Pao newspaper in Hong Kong.

How China Weaponized the Press

A small Hong Kong newspaper illustrates how Beijing uses the tools of a free society to suppress freedom itself.

www.theatlantic.com

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[Jessiedog]

10/10/2021.

Happy National Day.

I'm reminded of this year's Wimbledon 2021, three months ago.





Unfortunately, this year in Hong Kong ...




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[Jessiedog]

Say what?!

Pro-CCP lawmaker, Starry Lee, wants all HK university students to undergo compulsory PLA (Peoples Liberation Army) training.

Oh Lordy.





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[Jessiedog]

New requirements for all schools to have a weekly national flag raising ceremony, where the national anthem will be sung.

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[Jessiedog]

A sign of the times in a Hong Kong gift card shop. So very sad.

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[Jessiedog]

Everything's just fine.





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[Jessiedog]

A new drama and a new documentary. Neither of which can be shown in Hong Kong.








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[Jessiedog]

Joshua Wong was 25 years old yesterday.

He's serving time for inciting an unlawful assembly and will be held without bail until his NSL trial.

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[Jessiedog]

It's almost schizophrenic how one minute the CCP is still trying to woo Taiwan with One-Country-Two-Systems (as the Taiwanese look on in horror at how that turned out in Hong Kong) ...

... And the next minute comes over all ...

And all this just a couple of days after Victor Gao (an English speaking, Beijing-based, CCP-thinktank mouthpiece,) says that 10% of Taiwan people are of Japanese descent and that these are secessionists and once the CCP is in charge, they must swear alleigence to the CCP or face being forced out of Taiwan.

It's diplomacy with full-on multiple personality characteristics.


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[Pickman's model]

It's almost schizophrenic how one minute the CCP is still trying to woo Taiwan with One-Country-Two-Systems (as the Taiwanese look on in horror at how that turned out in Hong Kong) ...

... And the next minute comes over all ...

And all this just a couple of days after Victor Gao (an English speaking, Beijing-based, CCP-thinktank mouthpiece,) says that 10% of Taiwan people are of Japanese descent and that these are secessionists and once the CCP is in charge, they must swear alleigence to the CCP or face being forced out of Taiwan.

It's diplomacy with full-on multiple personality characteristics.


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always good to see you posting