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From Street Protests to Funding Eyeglasses and Medical Support: Resistance Goes On in Hong Kong
Source: InMedia #Nov22
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From Street Protests to Funding Eyeglasses and Medical Support: Resistance Goes On in Hong Kong
Source: InMedia #Nov22
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From Street Protests to Funding Eyeglasses and Medical Support: Resistance Goes On in Hong Kong
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Hong Ming Optical wrote its Facebook, “It is free to get the right pair of glasses to see the world clearly. Don’t confound black and white.”
Currently, the “Glasses Fund” has been halted due to the decrease in street demonstrations. Mr Chiu, the owner of Hong Ming Optical, said part of the “Glasses Fund” had been used to support students' medical treatment expenses. Although street demonstrations were not possible at this moment, Mr Chiu believed that the pro-democracy movement would come back again, “We must go further ahead compared to 2019.”
Wearing black thin-frame eyeglasses, Mr Chiu is a 31-year-old registered optometrist. He is tall and skinny wearing white T-shit with the look of a gentleman.
Mr Chiu recounted the reason behind starting the “Glasses Fund”: One day, the son of a customer came to his shop along. The boy was covered with wounds and scars and hoped to get a pair of basic glasses to go to school. After Mr Chiu asked, the boy said the riot police broke his glasses during a protest. However, due to the difference in political stance, his parents refused to pay for his new glasses and told me, “you chose to go out. Now, you pay for your own decision.”
Mr Chiu didn’t charge the boy anything after making him a new pair of glasses. Mr. Chiu just told the boy, “you may go.”
Since the “Glasses Fund” has been established, customers in the neighbourhood and those living further away came to Mr Chiu's shop. After they bought new glasses, they usually told Mr Chiu, “Please keep the change.”
Mr Chiu understood their intention and the change was kept in the fund. The fund has brought new eyeglasses to more than 200 people.
Source: InMedia #Nov22
https://bit.ly/3kRn6Gv
#YellowStore #HongMingOptical #EyeGlasses #HongKongProtests
#Future
From Street Protests to Funding Eyeglasses and Medical Support: Resistance Goes On in Hong Kong
Part 1/2
Hong Ming Optical wrote its Facebook, “It is free to get the right pair of glasses to see the world clearly. Don’t confound black and white.”
Currently, the “Glasses Fund” has been halted due to the decrease in street demonstrations. Mr Chiu, the owner of Hong Ming Optical, said part of the “Glasses Fund” had been used to support students' medical treatment expenses. Although street demonstrations were not possible at this moment, Mr Chiu believed that the pro-democracy movement would come back again, “We must go further ahead compared to 2019.”
Wearing black thin-frame eyeglasses, Mr Chiu is a 31-year-old registered optometrist. He is tall and skinny wearing white T-shit with the look of a gentleman.
Mr Chiu recounted the reason behind starting the “Glasses Fund”: One day, the son of a customer came to his shop along. The boy was covered with wounds and scars and hoped to get a pair of basic glasses to go to school. After Mr Chiu asked, the boy said the riot police broke his glasses during a protest. However, due to the difference in political stance, his parents refused to pay for his new glasses and told me, “you chose to go out. Now, you pay for your own decision.”
Mr Chiu didn’t charge the boy anything after making him a new pair of glasses. Mr. Chiu just told the boy, “you may go.”
Since the “Glasses Fund” has been established, customers in the neighbourhood and those living further away came to Mr Chiu's shop. After they bought new glasses, they usually told Mr Chiu, “Please keep the change.”
Mr Chiu understood their intention and the change was kept in the fund. The fund has brought new eyeglasses to more than 200 people.
Source: InMedia #Nov22
https://bit.ly/3kRn6Gv
#YellowStore #HongMingOptical #EyeGlasses #HongKongProtests
#Future
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（獨媒報導）去年7月，位於荃灣南豐中心裡的眼鏡店康明視力中心，成立「眼鏡基金」，幫助在抗爭中跌爛眼鏡的年輕人免費配新眼鏡。康明視力中心的Facebook專頁，列明他們的理念：「可以免費配返一副眼鏡睇清楚呢個世界，認清是非黑白。」 不過，現在因為街頭抗爭減少了，「眼鏡基金」已不再運作。康明視力中心老闆焦先生指部分「基金」已用作支援抗爭者的生活開支，包
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Pro-democracy Optical Store Owner: "We Will Go Even Further in the Future"
Source: InMedia #Nov22
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Pro-democracy Optical Store Owner: "We Will Go Even Further in the Future"
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Pro-democracy Optical Store Owner: "We Will Go Even Further in the Future"
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/26931
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Mr Chiu, owner of Hong Ming Optical which offers free eyeglasses to pro-democracy students, graduated from the Optometry Department of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU).
He started participating in social movement since the anti-Express Rail-link protest against the demolition of the Choi Yuen Village in 2008. “I was moved by the prostrating walk [by the protesters].”
After that, he joined the protest against national education and the 2014 umbrella revolution. When he was asked if society matters a lot to him, he replied immediately, “No, the society is not that important to me, but I can’t stay silent and do nothing.”
The pro-democracy posters and the promotional sticker of “Lost in the Fumes", a 2017-documentary about the localist icon Edward Leung, in the shop are Mr Chiu's answers.
During the interview, Mr Chiu mentioned he had helped in the election campaign of two localist groups "Hong Kong Indigenous" and "Youngspiration" in 2016 Legislative Election.
After Edward Leung, the spokeperson of "Hong Kong Indigenous" was jailed, Mr Chiu felt depressed and asked, “why did the youth have to suffer that? Why couldn't they be rewarded after putting so much effort?”
Just when Mr Chiu lamented that he might be the last generation of Hongkongers, Mr.Chiu changed his mind during the 2019 pro-democracy movement. “I thought the youths nowadays might have been brainwashed [by the authorities] and singing the national anthem," Mr Chiu said, "until I saw those 12 or 13-year-old kids... They were skinny and much shorter than me, but they stood in front of me [during protests].”
"I tried to persuade them to leave, but I failed. Then I have to stand in front of them," Mr Chiu said.
Mr Chiu has more than 50 friends being charged during the pro-democracy movement. That is why he always attends hearings. While Mr Chiu has a strong and muscular built, he cannot help but weeps bitterly in court. In order not to disturb others, he always sits at the last row.
While many professionals seem to have plans to leave Hong Kong, Mr Chiu was asked if he has thought about that. Mr Chiu jokingly replies, “Does working holiday count?” He then gave a serious answer, "Never."
Source: InMedia #Nov22
https://bit.ly/3kRn6Gv
#YellowStore #HongMingOptical #LostintheFumes #HongKongProtests
Pro-democracy Optical Store Owner: "We Will Go Even Further in the Future"
Part 1/2
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/26931
Part 2/2
Mr Chiu, owner of Hong Ming Optical which offers free eyeglasses to pro-democracy students, graduated from the Optometry Department of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (#PolyU).
He started participating in social movement since the anti-Express Rail-link protest against the demolition of the Choi Yuen Village in 2008. “I was moved by the prostrating walk [by the protesters].”
After that, he joined the protest against national education and the 2014 umbrella revolution. When he was asked if society matters a lot to him, he replied immediately, “No, the society is not that important to me, but I can’t stay silent and do nothing.”
The pro-democracy posters and the promotional sticker of “Lost in the Fumes", a 2017-documentary about the localist icon Edward Leung, in the shop are Mr Chiu's answers.
During the interview, Mr Chiu mentioned he had helped in the election campaign of two localist groups "Hong Kong Indigenous" and "Youngspiration" in 2016 Legislative Election.
After Edward Leung, the spokeperson of "Hong Kong Indigenous" was jailed, Mr Chiu felt depressed and asked, “why did the youth have to suffer that? Why couldn't they be rewarded after putting so much effort?”
Just when Mr Chiu lamented that he might be the last generation of Hongkongers, Mr.Chiu changed his mind during the 2019 pro-democracy movement. “I thought the youths nowadays might have been brainwashed [by the authorities] and singing the national anthem," Mr Chiu said, "until I saw those 12 or 13-year-old kids... They were skinny and much shorter than me, but they stood in front of me [during protests].”
"I tried to persuade them to leave, but I failed. Then I have to stand in front of them," Mr Chiu said.
Mr Chiu has more than 50 friends being charged during the pro-democracy movement. That is why he always attends hearings. While Mr Chiu has a strong and muscular built, he cannot help but weeps bitterly in court. In order not to disturb others, he always sits at the last row.
While many professionals seem to have plans to leave Hong Kong, Mr Chiu was asked if he has thought about that. Mr Chiu jokingly replies, “Does working holiday count?” He then gave a serious answer, "Never."
Source: InMedia #Nov22
https://bit.ly/3kRn6Gv
#YellowStore #HongMingOptical #LostintheFumes #HongKongProtests
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From Street Protests to Funding Eyeglasses and Medical Support: Resistance Goes On in Hong Kong
Part 1/2
Hong Ming Optical wrote its Facebook, “It is free to get the right pair of glasses to see the world clearly. Don’t confound…
From Street Protests to Funding Eyeglasses and Medical Support: Resistance Goes On in Hong Kong
Part 1/2
Hong Ming Optical wrote its Facebook, “It is free to get the right pair of glasses to see the world clearly. Don’t confound…
#AndyisMissing #Save12
Detainee's Family Questions Handwritten Letter “Calling off Their Actions” Sent From China
Source: InMedia #Nov22
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Detainee's Family Questions Handwritten Letter “Calling off Their Actions” Sent From China
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Detainee's Family Questions Handwritten Letter “Calling off Their Actions” Sent From China
It has been nearly 100 days since the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers were detained in China. Recently, some families received handwritten letters from their close ones but suspected that they were copywritten.
In a letter supposedly written by Andy Li, it was mentioned that he has "reflected on his past behaviors" and urged his sister to “call off and stop organizing” the campaign page “Andy is Missing” which she has created to seek help internationally.
The letter goes “I am the bad example, please don’t end up like your brother, or it will be too late to regret it.”
Beatrice Li, Andy's sister, believes that those are not at all the sincere words from her brother. She thinks that her brother is regarded as a big threat, and Chinese authorities are “holding my brother as a hostage to shut me up.”
She emphasized that she would not stop speaking up, and further called on the world to continue to follow the situation of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers detained by China and “to let the CCP know they cannot do as they please.”
[Editor's note:
In 2015, the "Causeway Bay Booksellers' Disappearance" shocked the world where China abducted 5 booksellers of different nationals from Hong Kong, Thailand and China.
Among them, Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen, was believed to be forced to confess for his involvement in a fatal traffic accident more than a decade earlier. He served two years in prison but he was arrested months after his release.
Gui was sentenced by the Chinese court to another 10 years in jail for "illegally providing intelligence overseas".
The bookstore was known to sell banned books and tabloids
including those about the personal lives of Chinese Communist Party members.]
Source: InMedia #Nov22
https://bit.ly/3kUFCO4
#Save12HKYouths #AndyLi #BeatriceLi #GuiMinHai #CausewayBayBooks
Detainee's Family Questions Handwritten Letter “Calling off Their Actions” Sent From China
It has been nearly 100 days since the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers were detained in China. Recently, some families received handwritten letters from their close ones but suspected that they were copywritten.
In a letter supposedly written by Andy Li, it was mentioned that he has "reflected on his past behaviors" and urged his sister to “call off and stop organizing” the campaign page “Andy is Missing” which she has created to seek help internationally.
The letter goes “I am the bad example, please don’t end up like your brother, or it will be too late to regret it.”
Beatrice Li, Andy's sister, believes that those are not at all the sincere words from her brother. She thinks that her brother is regarded as a big threat, and Chinese authorities are “holding my brother as a hostage to shut me up.”
She emphasized that she would not stop speaking up, and further called on the world to continue to follow the situation of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers detained by China and “to let the CCP know they cannot do as they please.”
[Editor's note:
In 2015, the "Causeway Bay Booksellers' Disappearance" shocked the world where China abducted 5 booksellers of different nationals from Hong Kong, Thailand and China.
Among them, Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen, was believed to be forced to confess for his involvement in a fatal traffic accident more than a decade earlier. He served two years in prison but he was arrested months after his release.
Gui was sentenced by the Chinese court to another 10 years in jail for "illegally providing intelligence overseas".
The bookstore was known to sell banned books and tabloids
including those about the personal lives of Chinese Communist Party members.]
Source: InMedia #Nov22
https://bit.ly/3kUFCO4
#Save12HKYouths #AndyLi #BeatriceLi #GuiMinHai #CausewayBayBooks
New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta: China should respect Hongkongers, and the diplomatic policies must adhere to democratic principles
Five Eyes issued a statement last week with “serious concerns” on China disqualifying four Hong Kong Legislative Council members, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded strongly and saying, “be careful of their eyes being poked blind”. Nanaia Mahuta, a New Zealand Foreign Minister who involved in issuing the statement, indicated that although China is the largest trading partner of New Zealand, we must adhere to democratic values and principles when carrying out the diplomatic policies, especially for the issues of Hong Kong. It is to ensure that in the transition of sovereignty, people’s past treatment is respected.
Source from: The Stand News #Nov22
https://bit.ly/3o3NVZX
#NewZealand #China #HongKong #LegCo #NanaiaMahuta #FiveEyes
Five Eyes issued a statement last week with “serious concerns” on China disqualifying four Hong Kong Legislative Council members, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded strongly and saying, “be careful of their eyes being poked blind”. Nanaia Mahuta, a New Zealand Foreign Minister who involved in issuing the statement, indicated that although China is the largest trading partner of New Zealand, we must adhere to democratic values and principles when carrying out the diplomatic policies, especially for the issues of Hong Kong. It is to ensure that in the transition of sovereignty, people’s past treatment is respected.
Source from: The Stand News #Nov22
https://bit.ly/3o3NVZX
#NewZealand #China #HongKong #LegCo #NanaiaMahuta #FiveEyes
Good on ya: Australia is bravely showing Canada the pain and promise of a principled approach to Beijing
Source: The Globe and Mail #Nov22
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Source: The Globe and Mail #Nov22
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Good on ya: Australia is bravely showing Canada the pain and promise of a principled approach to Beijing
A report by Amnesty International described Ottawa’s approach as “piecemeal and largely ineffective,” while witnesses before the Commons Special Committee on Canada-China Relations have described police and counterintelligence operations in similarly scathing terms.
Canada, it is true, has come under severe pressure by the Chinese government due to the matter of Huawei’ CFO. Two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, remain prisoners of the regime, nearly two years after their abduction. Restrictions have been placed on Canadian exports of beef and canola.
But Australia has been subject to all this and more. Its citizens have been victims of Chinese “hostage diplomacy” and a long list of its exports have either been hit with tariffs or effectively banned from the Chinese market.
Indeed, Australia has been “spearheading the crusade against China” in the United Nations and other international forums. Despite the fact that Australia has just two-thirds Canada’s population, and is far more dependent on Chinese trade.
Solidarity with our Australian cousins is the bare minimum that should be expected.
Source: The Globe and Mail #Nov22
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-good-on-ya-australia-is-bravely-showing-canada-the-pain-and-promise/
#CanadaChina #Australia #China
A report by Amnesty International described Ottawa’s approach as “piecemeal and largely ineffective,” while witnesses before the Commons Special Committee on Canada-China Relations have described police and counterintelligence operations in similarly scathing terms.
Canada, it is true, has come under severe pressure by the Chinese government due to the matter of Huawei’ CFO. Two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, remain prisoners of the regime, nearly two years after their abduction. Restrictions have been placed on Canadian exports of beef and canola.
But Australia has been subject to all this and more. Its citizens have been victims of Chinese “hostage diplomacy” and a long list of its exports have either been hit with tariffs or effectively banned from the Chinese market.
Indeed, Australia has been “spearheading the crusade against China” in the United Nations and other international forums. Despite the fact that Australia has just two-thirds Canada’s population, and is far more dependent on Chinese trade.
Solidarity with our Australian cousins is the bare minimum that should be expected.
Source: The Globe and Mail #Nov22
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-good-on-ya-australia-is-bravely-showing-canada-the-pain-and-promise/
#CanadaChina #Australia #China
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Opinion: Good on ya: Australia is bravely showing Canada the pain and promise of a principled approach to Beijing
The land Down Under may be getting beat down for standing up to China, but that punishment is coming for the rest of the West, too – whether the Trudeau government chooses to stop being a docile naif or not
Swedish Website Publishes #PoliticalCartoon, Mocking the "Unsportsmanlike behaviour by Beijing"
A satirical cartoon drawn by artist Niklas "Kludd-Niklas" Eriksson was published on a Swedish website Kinamedia.
The cartoon goes with the title "Unsportsmanlike behaviour by Beijing," referring to how the Chinese Community Party (#CCP) deployed different means to silence the country's own top tennis athlete #PangShuai.
As one of the most well-known female tennis player from China, Pang in early November 2021 disclosed on social media that CCP's former Vice Premier #ZhangGaoli had coerced her into sex at his home, in the presence of his wife. The social media post was soon removed and Pang has not been seen in public since then.
Source: KinaMedia #Nov22
https://kinamedia.se/2021/11/22/satir-osportsligt-av-peking/
#Scandal #MeToo #SexualAbuse #Tennis #VicePremier
A satirical cartoon drawn by artist Niklas "Kludd-Niklas" Eriksson was published on a Swedish website Kinamedia.
The cartoon goes with the title "Unsportsmanlike behaviour by Beijing," referring to how the Chinese Community Party (#CCP) deployed different means to silence the country's own top tennis athlete #PangShuai.
As one of the most well-known female tennis player from China, Pang in early November 2021 disclosed on social media that CCP's former Vice Premier #ZhangGaoli had coerced her into sex at his home, in the presence of his wife. The social media post was soon removed and Pang has not been seen in public since then.
Source: KinaMedia #Nov22
https://kinamedia.se/2021/11/22/satir-osportsligt-av-peking/
#Scandal #MeToo #SexualAbuse #Tennis #VicePremier