#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
#KwaiChungLockdown #FailedState #Omicron #WuhanPneumonia
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Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
#KwaiChungLockdown #FailedState #Omicron #WuhanPneumonia
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#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
Thousands of residents at Kwai Chung Housing Estate were forced to undergo immediate and ongoing daily COVID-19 tests at makeshift testing stations, after authorities placed two buildings under a mandatory 5-day lockdown and at least 4 other buildings under overnight lockdown.
Over 10,000 residents live in the 4 buildings locked down for the overnight COVID-19 testing. However, only 4 makeshift testing booths were set up.
There was, however, no arrangement for residents to be tested in batches. This caused overcrowding at lift lobbies and elevators, as many headed out for their tests at the same time. A photo of elevator CCTV showed around a dozen people squeezing into elevators; the photo has since gone viral on social media.
Long, winding queues formed as residents filed patiently into the courtyard for their tests. Residents said that the queue snaked through some narrow passageways, and those returning home after tests had to go back the same way, squeezing past the long queue.
No social distancing measures were employed, residents said, and they feared that this virus testing would instead spread the virus even further.
Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
https://www.whatsnewsmedia.com/6467/22/06/43/
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
Thousands of residents at Kwai Chung Housing Estate were forced to undergo immediate and ongoing daily COVID-19 tests at makeshift testing stations, after authorities placed two buildings under a mandatory 5-day lockdown and at least 4 other buildings under overnight lockdown.
Over 10,000 residents live in the 4 buildings locked down for the overnight COVID-19 testing. However, only 4 makeshift testing booths were set up.
There was, however, no arrangement for residents to be tested in batches. This caused overcrowding at lift lobbies and elevators, as many headed out for their tests at the same time. A photo of elevator CCTV showed around a dozen people squeezing into elevators; the photo has since gone viral on social media.
Long, winding queues formed as residents filed patiently into the courtyard for their tests. Residents said that the queue snaked through some narrow passageways, and those returning home after tests had to go back the same way, squeezing past the long queue.
No social distancing measures were employed, residents said, and they feared that this virus testing would instead spread the virus even further.
Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
https://www.whatsnewsmedia.com/6467/22/06/43/
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
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#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron
What is Hong Kong Government's real intention behind locking down residential buildings?
Elsewhere in Hong Kong on Sunday (January 23, 2022), hundreds of camping tents were seen in Victoria Park, where domestic helpers meet and socialize as usual on their day off.
Source : Local press Hong Kong; #Jan23
https://t.me/localpresshk/20554
See also:
Radical Lockdown Strategy Affecting 2,700 Residents in Grassroot Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31982
Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31985
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31994
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
What is Hong Kong Government's real intention behind locking down residential buildings?
Elsewhere in Hong Kong on Sunday (January 23, 2022), hundreds of camping tents were seen in Victoria Park, where domestic helpers meet and socialize as usual on their day off.
Source : Local press Hong Kong; #Jan23
https://t.me/localpresshk/20554
See also:
Radical Lockdown Strategy Affecting 2,700 Residents in Grassroot Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31982
Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31985
Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31994
#FailedState #WuhanPneumonia
Bloomberg: Haze Fan, who is working as a journalist in Beijing, is still detained by the Chinese authorities for a year
Source: Stand News #Dec07
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Bloomberg: Haze Fan, who is working as a journalist in Beijing, is still detained by the Chinese authorities for a year
A journalist who works in the Office of Bloomberg in Beijing, Haze Fan, has been detained for a year by Chinese authorities. John Micklethwait, the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, issued a short statement regarding Haze Fan's 12 months of detention, raising concerns of people within the company about her health status.
The statement also indicated that the company would continuously try their best to assist Haze Fan and her family. News editorial staff missed Haze so much, no matter whether as a colleague or friend.
Haze Fan is a Chinese citizen and has worked for many foreign media such as CNBC, CBS, Al Jazeera and Reuters. She has worked at Bloomberg since 2017. On 7th December 2020, after the last time of contacting the editor at 11:30 am, Haze was taken away from the apartment by plainclothes law enforcement officers. Bloomberg has been seeking Haze’s whereabouts from the Chinese government and the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed that Haze Fan was detained by Beijing Municipal National Security Bureau, suspecting that she was involved in criminal activities that endangered national security.
Source: Stand News #Dec07
#Bloomberg #China #NationalSecurity #PressFreedom
A journalist who works in the Office of Bloomberg in Beijing, Haze Fan, has been detained for a year by Chinese authorities. John Micklethwait, the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg, issued a short statement regarding Haze Fan's 12 months of detention, raising concerns of people within the company about her health status.
The statement also indicated that the company would continuously try their best to assist Haze Fan and her family. News editorial staff missed Haze so much, no matter whether as a colleague or friend.
Haze Fan is a Chinese citizen and has worked for many foreign media such as CNBC, CBS, Al Jazeera and Reuters. She has worked at Bloomberg since 2017. On 7th December 2020, after the last time of contacting the editor at 11:30 am, Haze was taken away from the apartment by plainclothes law enforcement officers. Bloomberg has been seeking Haze’s whereabouts from the Chinese government and the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China confirmed that Haze Fan was detained by Beijing Municipal National Security Bureau, suspecting that she was involved in criminal activities that endangered national security.
Source: Stand News #Dec07
#Bloomberg #China #NationalSecurity #PressFreedom
#UK #Migration #Hongkonger
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
Source: Economist #Feb22
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Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
Source: Economist #Feb22
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#UK #Migration #Hongkonger
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
//Between January and September last year [2021] 88,000 Hong Kongers applied to move to Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa route, which was created by the government in response to the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Many of them have been quick to stage in their adopted home the traditions of their old one.
The protest in Edinburgh was one of at least ten held across Britain in January alone. Some demonstrations in London have attracted almost 1,000 people. For a modest-sized group of new immigrants, the speed and scale with which the Hong Kongers have taken to the streets is striking.
Hong Kongers say that the main reason they keep protesting is because objectionable things keep happening. January’s protests have been focused on the issue of press freedom: in December and January two of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent news outlets closed after their offices were raided by police and journalists were arrested. Further protests will probably be held in February to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4th...
Hong Kongers who have fled the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the city were specifically driven to leave by sudden restrictions on their rights of free speech and free assembly. The point of moving was to regain those freedoms for themselves and their children. Although many Hong Kongers in Britain still fear the Communist Party, failing to protest in Britain would be cowardly, argues Ken: “If I am silent here I am just helping them.”//
Read the full article:
https://t.co/u1j42pubny
Source: Economist #Feb22
#BNO #Protest #AntiELAB
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
//Between January and September last year [2021] 88,000 Hong Kongers applied to move to Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa route, which was created by the government in response to the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Many of them have been quick to stage in their adopted home the traditions of their old one.
The protest in Edinburgh was one of at least ten held across Britain in January alone. Some demonstrations in London have attracted almost 1,000 people. For a modest-sized group of new immigrants, the speed and scale with which the Hong Kongers have taken to the streets is striking.
Hong Kongers say that the main reason they keep protesting is because objectionable things keep happening. January’s protests have been focused on the issue of press freedom: in December and January two of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent news outlets closed after their offices were raided by police and journalists were arrested. Further protests will probably be held in February to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4th...
Hong Kongers who have fled the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the city were specifically driven to leave by sudden restrictions on their rights of free speech and free assembly. The point of moving was to regain those freedoms for themselves and their children. Although many Hong Kongers in Britain still fear the Communist Party, failing to protest in Britain would be cowardly, argues Ken: “If I am silent here I am just helping them.”//
Read the full article:
https://t.co/u1j42pubny
Source: Economist #Feb22
#BNO #Protest #AntiELAB
The Economist
Britain’s newest immigrants are showing a flair for protest
Keeping up the old traditions
#Censorship #Silencing
China's Internet censors suggested contents mocking #XiJingping
Source: RFA; #Jan12
https://bit.ly/31Y8HVK
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China's Internet censors suggested contents mocking #XiJingping
Source: RFA; #Jan12
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#Censorship #Silencing
China's Internet censors suggested contents mocking #XiJingping
On January 12, 2022, a Twitter account in the name of "New Youth" (新青年) twitted several screenshots showing possible censorship on #Baidu, the most used search engine in China.
The screenshots are lists of search results on Baidu, which is said to be automatically generated by AI based on most popular searches and most used keywords.
"New Youth" claimed that on Baidu's search bar, it used to prompt multiple AI suggested contents associated to "The incumbent" (現在這位) in its dropdown box, such like:-
"The incumbent is going to reign forever?" (現在這位是一直要坐下去嗎);
"The incumbent is not stirring up economy but movement" (現在這位不搞經濟搞運動);
"The incumbent craves for grandiose deeds" (現在這位好大喜功);
"The incumbent sucks in promoting economy" (現在這位搞經濟不行);
"The incumbent brags everyday, incredible!" (現在這位天天吹, 厲害了).
These suggested contents are seemingly pointing at the top CCP leader, Xi Jingping, criticising and mocking his leadership.
Currently, Baidu has removed all these suggested contents associated to "The Incumbent".
#CCP #Manipulation #Regime #ChineseInternet
Source: RFA; #Jan12
https://bit.ly/31Y8HVK
China's Internet censors suggested contents mocking #XiJingping
On January 12, 2022, a Twitter account in the name of "New Youth" (新青年) twitted several screenshots showing possible censorship on #Baidu, the most used search engine in China.
The screenshots are lists of search results on Baidu, which is said to be automatically generated by AI based on most popular searches and most used keywords.
"New Youth" claimed that on Baidu's search bar, it used to prompt multiple AI suggested contents associated to "The incumbent" (現在這位) in its dropdown box, such like:-
"The incumbent is going to reign forever?" (現在這位是一直要坐下去嗎);
"The incumbent is not stirring up economy but movement" (現在這位不搞經濟搞運動);
"The incumbent craves for grandiose deeds" (現在這位好大喜功);
"The incumbent sucks in promoting economy" (現在這位搞經濟不行);
"The incumbent brags everyday, incredible!" (現在這位天天吹, 厲害了).
These suggested contents are seemingly pointing at the top CCP leader, Xi Jingping, criticising and mocking his leadership.
Currently, Baidu has removed all these suggested contents associated to "The Incumbent".
#CCP #Manipulation #Regime #ChineseInternet
Source: RFA; #Jan12
https://bit.ly/31Y8HVK
Radio Free Asia
【中國網禁】「現在這位」疑諷習 百度關聯想功能
推特網友稱,在百度搜索輸入「現在這位」會出現許多聯想內容,包括「現在這位是一直要坐下去嗎」、「現在這位不搞經濟搞運動」、「現在這位好大喜功」、「現在這位天天吹 厲害了」等,似乎都指向對習近平的批評。
Chinese VPN app Quickfox caught exposing 1 million users’ data
The Quickfox VPN is mainly used by Chinese citizens living abroad who need to access Chinese websites as most of these sites are geo-restricted.
Wizcase’s team of ethical researchers, led by Ata Hakcil, discovered a “critical leak” that the researchers found to be exposing personally identifiable information of at least one million users of a Chinese VPN service.
The team revealed that the VPN leaking data is Quickfox, produced by Fuzhou Zixun Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Source: Hackread #Oct19
https://t.co/RyVkUvC1Rk
#Chinese #VPN #Websites #Restricted
The Quickfox VPN is mainly used by Chinese citizens living abroad who need to access Chinese websites as most of these sites are geo-restricted.
Wizcase’s team of ethical researchers, led by Ata Hakcil, discovered a “critical leak” that the researchers found to be exposing personally identifiable information of at least one million users of a Chinese VPN service.
The team revealed that the VPN leaking data is Quickfox, produced by Fuzhou Zixun Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Source: Hackread #Oct19
https://t.co/RyVkUvC1Rk
#Chinese #VPN #Websites #Restricted
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New School for Democracy Announces Rebuilding #PillarofShame in #Taiwan: "One Pillar Falls, Thousands More Will Be Raised"
Source: RFA; Citizen News #Dec25
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New School for Democracy Announces Rebuilding #PillarofShame in #Taiwan: "One Pillar Falls, Thousands More Will Be Raised"
In December 2021, #TiananmenMassacre memorials in three universities across Hong Kong were taken down within 48 hours. They included the Pillar Of Shame in the University of Hong Kong (#HKU).
On December 24, 2021, Taiwan's New School for Democracy announced their plan to rebuild the pillar at the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. They will also invite the pillar's creator #JensGalschiøt to unveil it on the June 4 night vigil in 2022.
"HKU tore down one pillar, but thousands more are being raised across the world," said the School. A 3D scan of the original pillar at HKU has been made available online for download.
The New School for Democracy also held a press conference titled "Don't Trample Human Rights and Affections with 'National Security'", in which they voiced their solidarity with Chinese human rights activists Zhang Zhan, Guo Feixiong, and Tang Jitian. The group called on Beijing to release the the three detained activists and let them be reunited with their families.
President of the New School for Democracy Association Zeng Jianyuan decried HKU's actions as destroying the university's spirit of autonomy.
Destroying "the Pillar of Shame for June 4", as he called it, is equivalent to erecting an invisible pillar of shame for academic freedom. Zeng announced that the Pillar will be rebuilt in Taiwan, and it will carry the memories of the Tiananmen Massacre as well as Hong Kong's Anti-ELAB movement.
Source: RFA; Citizen News #Dec25
http://bit.ly/3ql3TSt
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Activists Preserve HK's Tiananmen Memorial Pillar in Digital 3D Model: "They Can't Silence Us All" [Oct 30, 2021]
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31330
The Pillar of Shame is being destroyed in these minutes : Jen Galschiot calls for public record on Twitter [Dec 22, 2021]
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31702
#Monument #Memory
New School for Democracy Announces Rebuilding #PillarofShame in #Taiwan: "One Pillar Falls, Thousands More Will Be Raised"
In December 2021, #TiananmenMassacre memorials in three universities across Hong Kong were taken down within 48 hours. They included the Pillar Of Shame in the University of Hong Kong (#HKU).
On December 24, 2021, Taiwan's New School for Democracy announced their plan to rebuild the pillar at the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall. They will also invite the pillar's creator #JensGalschiøt to unveil it on the June 4 night vigil in 2022.
"HKU tore down one pillar, but thousands more are being raised across the world," said the School. A 3D scan of the original pillar at HKU has been made available online for download.
The New School for Democracy also held a press conference titled "Don't Trample Human Rights and Affections with 'National Security'", in which they voiced their solidarity with Chinese human rights activists Zhang Zhan, Guo Feixiong, and Tang Jitian. The group called on Beijing to release the the three detained activists and let them be reunited with their families.
President of the New School for Democracy Association Zeng Jianyuan decried HKU's actions as destroying the university's spirit of autonomy.
Destroying "the Pillar of Shame for June 4", as he called it, is equivalent to erecting an invisible pillar of shame for academic freedom. Zeng announced that the Pillar will be rebuilt in Taiwan, and it will carry the memories of the Tiananmen Massacre as well as Hong Kong's Anti-ELAB movement.
Source: RFA; Citizen News #Dec25
http://bit.ly/3ql3TSt
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Activists Preserve HK's Tiananmen Memorial Pillar in Digital 3D Model: "They Can't Silence Us All" [Oct 30, 2021]
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31330
The Pillar of Shame is being destroyed in these minutes : Jen Galschiot calls for public record on Twitter [Dec 22, 2021]
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31702
#Monument #Memory
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華人民主書院宣布在台重建「六四恥辱柱」 明年六四邀高志活揭幕 「拆了一座,還有千千萬萬座」
香港3所大學在48小時內接連發生六四藝術品「被消失」命運,其中,包括位於港大的「國殤之柱」;華人民主書院24日在台灣改稱其為「六四恥辱柱」,並宣布希望在台灣中正紀念堂重建這座作品,明年六四晚會邀請創作人高志活來台揭幕;目前作品3D列印檔案已開放下載,「港大拆除了一座柱子,卻在全世界產生千千萬萬座柱子」。
#WhiteTerror #Censorship
Newspaper in Hong Kong States in Editorial: "No Intention to Incite Hatred"
Source: InMedia #Jan6
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Newspaper in Hong Kong States in Editorial: "No Intention to Incite Hatred"
Source: InMedia #Jan6
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