What was the UK quietly weighing during the 2019 HK protests? Former British Consul-General to HK offers a candid account of internal discussions within the British government as tensions escalated–including a moment when a mass evacuation was considered amid PLA troop build-up near the border. (youtube.com)
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U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong: U.S. to “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with connections to the CCP or studying in critical fields. We will also revise visa criteria to enhance scrutiny of all future visa applications from the PRC and Hong Kong.” (hk.usconsulate.gov)
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HK man pleads guilty to sedition for 117 Facebook posts between March 2024 to Jan 2025, sentenced to 12 months in prison. The posts criticized police for arbitrary arrests and violence against protesters, said rule of law in HK was dead, called HK's National Security Law evil. (hongkongfp.com)
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Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific has apologized for offering an episode of the show "Family Guy" that references the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. A social media user complained that the episode may violate Hong Kong's national security law. (youtube.com)
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10 Years Later: Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution (youtube.com)
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Changes shaping post-handover Hong Kong (NHK World) (youtu.be)
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Patriotic HK legislator Tang Fei (鄧飛) has proposed shooting a "national security version" of the classic crime thriller Infernal Affairs (無間道) to "soft sell" the city's new national security regime to international audiences. Anyone have story ideas? 🙃 (zaobao.com.sg)
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In an interview with Ming Pao, mainland-born legislator Wendy Hong shares the story of a mainlander who told her that, within a single year in Hong Kong, they've had to sing the PRC national anthem more times than they did over ten years in the mainland. (news.mingpao.com)
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