Freestyle Football Player Disqualified by Sport Committee 2
Chun-Yin Lai, the 22-year-old football player was planned to represent Hong Kong at the 2019 China & Asia Pacific Freestyle Football Championships. He was participating in the “China Championships” and “Asia-Pacific Region Battle” before being disqualified.
Lai used correction fluid to write “Free HK” on his pair of vans in protest against Vans decision to disqualified the “Naomiso-design” and uploaded the photo to his personal account in Instagram. Another football player, Lyson Sze, was informed by the organizing committee that Lai had received an anonymous complained. Mr. Sze was worried that it would complicate the competition and pressure Lai to quit the tournament or he would be disqualified.
Lai was disqualified in the World Freestyle Football Championship 2 years ago after he talked about his identity as a Hongkonger (people of Hong Kong) during an interview with BBC. Lai told “SportsRoad” that “being disqualified is not helping the situation. It is so ridiculous to link "being proud to be a 'Hongkonger' as a supporter of “Hong Kong Independence. This is wrong to threatened or disqualify me because of the “Free HK” photo". He would be extremely regretful if he was disqualified, “Freestyle Football is an international sports without discrimination of race nor nationality, I believe each of us has the right to enjoy equity and freedom, which it what I have been pursuing, I will not change my stance for participating in any kind of tournament with self-censorship”
Lyson Sze also expressed his concern, “What will be the meaning for winning if our freedom of speech and the will of protecting Hong Kong is erased?” He had emailed the International Freestyle Football Association about the incident and demanded them to clarify the reason of disqualifying Lai. He has explicitly asked if it was the shoes problem? Would he be qualified again if the photo is deleted? Was this a political censorship?
(*Lai had received the notification of being disqualified*)
#ChinaInfluence #Sports #SelfCensorship #FreedomOfSpeech
Excerpt (https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/268401) (10-Oct)
Chun-Yin Lai, the 22-year-old football player was planned to represent Hong Kong at the 2019 China & Asia Pacific Freestyle Football Championships. He was participating in the “China Championships” and “Asia-Pacific Region Battle” before being disqualified.
Lai used correction fluid to write “Free HK” on his pair of vans in protest against Vans decision to disqualified the “Naomiso-design” and uploaded the photo to his personal account in Instagram. Another football player, Lyson Sze, was informed by the organizing committee that Lai had received an anonymous complained. Mr. Sze was worried that it would complicate the competition and pressure Lai to quit the tournament or he would be disqualified.
Lai was disqualified in the World Freestyle Football Championship 2 years ago after he talked about his identity as a Hongkonger (people of Hong Kong) during an interview with BBC. Lai told “SportsRoad” that “being disqualified is not helping the situation. It is so ridiculous to link "being proud to be a 'Hongkonger' as a supporter of “Hong Kong Independence. This is wrong to threatened or disqualify me because of the “Free HK” photo". He would be extremely regretful if he was disqualified, “Freestyle Football is an international sports without discrimination of race nor nationality, I believe each of us has the right to enjoy equity and freedom, which it what I have been pursuing, I will not change my stance for participating in any kind of tournament with self-censorship”
Lyson Sze also expressed his concern, “What will be the meaning for winning if our freedom of speech and the will of protecting Hong Kong is erased?” He had emailed the International Freestyle Football Association about the incident and demanded them to clarify the reason of disqualifying Lai. He has explicitly asked if it was the shoes problem? Would he be qualified again if the photo is deleted? Was this a political censorship?
(*Lai had received the notification of being disqualified*)
#ChinaInfluence #Sports #SelfCensorship #FreedomOfSpeech
Excerpt (https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/268401) (10-Oct)
體路 Sportsroad
【花式足球亞錦賽】港將黎俊賢IG發帖後疑被勸退：不會因自我審查而改變追求平等自由的權利 - 體路 Sportsroad
體路每天為大家採訪屬於香港的體育新聞，並有各方專家定期專欄，更會邀請香港體壇精英親自撰文分享心路歷程，屬於香港人的體育新聞平台。
#Newspaper
Advertiser Asiaray self-censored
"Betrayal of Sakamoto Ryume" and the show's poster can not be posted
Editor’s note: Asiaray Media Group Limited is an investment holding company principally engaged in the development and operations of out-of-home advertising media, including advertising in airports, metro lines, billboards and building solutions in the PRC and Hong Kong.
(17 Nov) Artistic Creative Director of the theatrical group Theatre Space and director of "Betrayal of Sakamoto Ryume" Jacob Yu said on Facebook[1] yesterday that a wall-sized poster should have gone on public display but was cancelled due to it's content sensitivity. The theatrical group's dramaturg CHEUNG Fei Fan responded in the post that the contents were already approved by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), yet "advertiser sponsor feared its content sensitivity" and stopped the display. TheStand News asked for more details from Theatre Space, and learned that advertiser sponsor Asiaray was involved. We asked Asiaray for comments but had not yet received a reply.
In the style of Ukiyo-e, masked men in black clothing open umbrellas
"Betrayal of Sakamoto Ryume" set stage in the Bakumatsu era of Japan when the conservatives and reformists fought over a police murder case. It retold the story of Sakamoto Ryume who dared to oppose the regime and led people toward a new era. The involved advertisement used the Ukiyo-e painting style, and wrote the word "rebel" in the smoke. As for the picture, the two sides had images of shoguns dressing in green armours. Masked men in black clothing walked on the streets, with some opening oil-paper umbrellas (mostly in yellow colour) to resist, and some appearing to be burning the debris of a rickshaw. Other people with fuzzy faces hung colourful cloths from a bridge, with some yellow and some purple.
Jacob Yu said he wasn't sure what was so "sensitive" about it. "Is it because the story that took place in Japan 180 years ago resembles Hong Kong today? Is it because Sakamoto Ryume as a reformer died of assassination in the end? Or is it because this Ukiyo-e painting depict our scenery?" He thinks the root cause of sensitivity rests on the fact that "theatre is to reflect on events of the time, and art is to make people feel sensitive. Therefore, art should not make you numb but feeling sensitive instead."
Although the poster cannot go on public display, Jacob Yu thinks "Speak out against injustice, what's to fear?" Therefore, he disclosed the incident and the original design on Facebook, and "hope that the watchful eyes such as you can scrutinise every detail."
[1]https://bit.ly/35dAzB1
Source: TheStand News
https://bit.ly/35hZ5Bg
Another part of the series:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/11882
#SelfCensorship #FreeSpeech
Advertiser Asiaray self-censored
"Betrayal of Sakamoto Ryume" and the show's poster can not be posted
Editor’s note: Asiaray Media Group Limited is an investment holding company principally engaged in the development and operations of out-of-home advertising media, including advertising in airports, metro lines, billboards and building solutions in the PRC and Hong Kong.
(17 Nov) Artistic Creative Director of the theatrical group Theatre Space and director of "Betrayal of Sakamoto Ryume" Jacob Yu said on Facebook[1] yesterday that a wall-sized poster should have gone on public display but was cancelled due to it's content sensitivity. The theatrical group's dramaturg CHEUNG Fei Fan responded in the post that the contents were already approved by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), yet "advertiser sponsor feared its content sensitivity" and stopped the display. TheStand News asked for more details from Theatre Space, and learned that advertiser sponsor Asiaray was involved. We asked Asiaray for comments but had not yet received a reply.
In the style of Ukiyo-e, masked men in black clothing open umbrellas
"Betrayal of Sakamoto Ryume" set stage in the Bakumatsu era of Japan when the conservatives and reformists fought over a police murder case. It retold the story of Sakamoto Ryume who dared to oppose the regime and led people toward a new era. The involved advertisement used the Ukiyo-e painting style, and wrote the word "rebel" in the smoke. As for the picture, the two sides had images of shoguns dressing in green armours. Masked men in black clothing walked on the streets, with some opening oil-paper umbrellas (mostly in yellow colour) to resist, and some appearing to be burning the debris of a rickshaw. Other people with fuzzy faces hung colourful cloths from a bridge, with some yellow and some purple.
Jacob Yu said he wasn't sure what was so "sensitive" about it. "Is it because the story that took place in Japan 180 years ago resembles Hong Kong today? Is it because Sakamoto Ryume as a reformer died of assassination in the end? Or is it because this Ukiyo-e painting depict our scenery?" He thinks the root cause of sensitivity rests on the fact that "theatre is to reflect on events of the time, and art is to make people feel sensitive. Therefore, art should not make you numb but feeling sensitive instead."
Although the poster cannot go on public display, Jacob Yu thinks "Speak out against injustice, what's to fear?" Therefore, he disclosed the incident and the original design on Facebook, and "hope that the watchful eyes such as you can scrutinise every detail."
[1]https://bit.ly/35dAzB1
Source: TheStand News
https://bit.ly/35hZ5Bg
Another part of the series:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/11882
#SelfCensorship #FreeSpeech
Money speaks louder than humanity:
World Photography Awards remove Hong Kong protest images raise speculations about self-censorship ⬇️
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17751
#Feb19 #SelfCensorship
World Photography Awards remove Hong Kong protest images raise speculations about self-censorship ⬇️
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/17751
#Feb19 #SelfCensorship
Money speaks louder than humanity:
World Photography Awards remove Hong Kong protest images raise speculations about self-censorship
Hong Kong artist Chung-Ming Ko entered finalist round of 2020 Sony World Photography Awards with his works “Wounds of Hong Kong.” However, on #Feb14, he found the link to his collection was broken, who went on and discovered two more series “Battleground Hong Kong” by American photographer David Butow and “Hong Kong Protestors” by Australian artist Adam Ferguson were disappeared. The WPO defended the decision, in an initial reply to inquiries, by saying they were taken down temporarily over the “sensitive nature” of his images.
The edited series was uploaded, with only four left out of the original series of 10 pictures. Ko bewailed the decision by the judges. “I don’t know who’s complaining and what their concerns are. But why should any ‘concerns’ not be addressed by the judges at the judging phase?” asked Ko in a response to Hong Kong Free Press. Nevertheless, he still hoped to share his photos in Hong Kong (now numbered at 20). “If WPO couldn’t release these Hong Kong protest-related photos for now, I hoped to share it here,” he said on his Facebook Page.
Link to Ko’s works “Wounds of Hong Kong”:
https://bit.ly/39NsHbL
Only 5 pictures remained in another series “Battleground Hong Kong” by David Butow:
https://bit.ly/2SW4v06
No pictures were deleted in Adam Ferguson’s “Hong Kong Protestors”.
https://bit.ly/2SVJwud
Ironically, photojournalist Mustafa Hassona won 3rd place in last year’s WPO by “Palestinian Right of Return Protests”, which captured moments in the Palestinian movement.
https://bit.ly/2HCLhr5
Meanwhile, Title Sponsor of WPO Sony Corporation, hardly-battered over accusations of self-censorship, issued a statement that affirms that although Sony is the title sponsor, the contest was operated by the WPO independently.
WPO team
https://www.worldphoto.org/meet-the-team
Source: USP, HKFP #Feb19 #SelfCensorship
World Photography Awards remove Hong Kong protest images raise speculations about self-censorship
Hong Kong artist Chung-Ming Ko entered finalist round of 2020 Sony World Photography Awards with his works “Wounds of Hong Kong.” However, on #Feb14, he found the link to his collection was broken, who went on and discovered two more series “Battleground Hong Kong” by American photographer David Butow and “Hong Kong Protestors” by Australian artist Adam Ferguson were disappeared. The WPO defended the decision, in an initial reply to inquiries, by saying they were taken down temporarily over the “sensitive nature” of his images.
The edited series was uploaded, with only four left out of the original series of 10 pictures. Ko bewailed the decision by the judges. “I don’t know who’s complaining and what their concerns are. But why should any ‘concerns’ not be addressed by the judges at the judging phase?” asked Ko in a response to Hong Kong Free Press. Nevertheless, he still hoped to share his photos in Hong Kong (now numbered at 20). “If WPO couldn’t release these Hong Kong protest-related photos for now, I hoped to share it here,” he said on his Facebook Page.
Link to Ko’s works “Wounds of Hong Kong”:
https://bit.ly/39NsHbL
Only 5 pictures remained in another series “Battleground Hong Kong” by David Butow:
https://bit.ly/2SW4v06
No pictures were deleted in Adam Ferguson’s “Hong Kong Protestors”.
https://bit.ly/2SVJwud
Ironically, photojournalist Mustafa Hassona won 3rd place in last year’s WPO by “Palestinian Right of Return Protests”, which captured moments in the Palestinian movement.
https://bit.ly/2HCLhr5
Meanwhile, Title Sponsor of WPO Sony Corporation, hardly-battered over accusations of self-censorship, issued a statement that affirms that although Sony is the title sponsor, the contest was operated by the WPO independently.
WPO team
https://www.worldphoto.org/meet-the-team
Source: USP, HKFP #Feb19 #SelfCensorship
#Interview
No longer silent, Wuhan post-90s: It's my life duty to voice out for the dead
(14 Mar) Washington – Dragonslayer, a Chinese post-90s born in Wuhan, once believed that if he doesn’t say anything politically sensitive, doesn’t do anything outrageous, obeys the authorities, and be a ‘refined egoist’ like many around him, his life could only get better.
A coronavirus epidemic completely changed his views. Dragonslayer said he doesn’t want to be “the silent majority” anymore.
“I know how much of a bastard this government is,” he said, “I used to tell myself not to care.”
//“OK, I’ll do as I’m told, and I won’t do these politically sensitive things,” he said. “I’ll just follow your footsteps.”
//as days went by, things didn’t seem so unbearable, like the frog in the pot.
//“There’s a yellow bear reverse driving”
//no officials apologised to the people of Wuhan. Absurdly, they told us we should hate America, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and we should hate ‘The Wall Street Journal’. No one took responsibility for the epidemic.
//“You need to have a fine division between ‘CCP’, ‘China’ and ‘Chinese’,” Dragonslayer once told an oversea friend. However, these terms seem “indifferentiable” at this moment of time.
//“There’s now an abnormal optimistic atmosphere in China....‘Oh look how shit foreign countries are doing and how great we are doing.’ This is chilling!”
//Firstly, lose one’s rationality. Secondly, lose one’s conscience.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/No-longer-silent-Wuhan-post-90s-Its-my-life-duty-to-voice-out-for-the-dead-03-23
Source: VOA News
https://bit.ly/3afuJCf
#HongKongProtest #Wuhan #LiZeHua #FreedomOfPress #SelfCensorship #ChinesePropaganda #Coronavirus #ChinaLiedPeopleDied #Xinjiang
No longer silent, Wuhan post-90s: It's my life duty to voice out for the dead
(14 Mar) Washington – Dragonslayer, a Chinese post-90s born in Wuhan, once believed that if he doesn’t say anything politically sensitive, doesn’t do anything outrageous, obeys the authorities, and be a ‘refined egoist’ like many around him, his life could only get better.
A coronavirus epidemic completely changed his views. Dragonslayer said he doesn’t want to be “the silent majority” anymore.
“I know how much of a bastard this government is,” he said, “I used to tell myself not to care.”
//“OK, I’ll do as I’m told, and I won’t do these politically sensitive things,” he said. “I’ll just follow your footsteps.”
//as days went by, things didn’t seem so unbearable, like the frog in the pot.
//“There’s a yellow bear reverse driving”
//no officials apologised to the people of Wuhan. Absurdly, they told us we should hate America, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and we should hate ‘The Wall Street Journal’. No one took responsibility for the epidemic.
//“You need to have a fine division between ‘CCP’, ‘China’ and ‘Chinese’,” Dragonslayer once told an oversea friend. However, these terms seem “indifferentiable” at this moment of time.
//“There’s now an abnormal optimistic atmosphere in China....‘Oh look how shit foreign countries are doing and how great we are doing.’ This is chilling!”
//Firstly, lose one’s rationality. Secondly, lose one’s conscience.
Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/No-longer-silent-Wuhan-post-90s-Its-my-life-duty-to-voice-out-for-the-dead-03-23
Source: VOA News
https://bit.ly/3afuJCf
#HongKongProtest #Wuhan #LiZeHua #FreedomOfPress #SelfCensorship #ChinesePropaganda #Coronavirus #ChinaLiedPeopleDied #Xinjiang
Telegraph
No longer silent, Wuhan post-90s: It's my life duty to voice out for the dead
(14 Mar) Washington – Dragonslayer, a Chinese post-90s born in Wuhan, once believed that if he doesn’t say anything politically sensitive, doesn’t do anything outrageous, obeys the authorities, and be a ‘refined egoist’like many around him, his life could…
#WhiteTerror
Cable TV Staff fired after making satirical post about reducing number of users of China Mobile ⬇️
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19005
#Mar25 #WuhanPneumonia #SelfCensorship
Cable TV Staff fired after making satirical post about reducing number of users of China Mobile ⬇️
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19005
#Mar25 #WuhanPneumonia #SelfCensorship
#WhiteTerror
Cable TV Staff fired after making satirical post about reducing number of users of China Mobile
Screenshot of the post from Cable TV Finance ⬆️
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19004
Cable Finance, under Cable TV, made a satirical post last week on Facebook, titled "Where have the 7 million people gone?" The title is a reference to the reduction in number of users at China Mobile. Hashtags such as "There is only one truth" and "National Secrets Leaked" are also in the post. The post was taken down shortly after it was published, and the responsible staff has been sacked.
Cable TV acting president, Fung Tak Hung, explained that the post was based on unconfirmed rumours, and did not go in line with the principle of the channel. He added that there were no political reasons behind the dismissal.
Recent collaborations between Cable TV and China Mobile led to speculation that political reasons were behind the dismissal. In September 2018, Cable TV and China Mobile signed an agreement which allows China Mobile HK to use information provided by Cable TV, such as news, financial information and entertainment.
Source: Apple Daily #Mar25
#SelfCensorship #WuhanPneumonia
Cable TV Staff fired after making satirical post about reducing number of users of China Mobile
Screenshot of the post from Cable TV Finance ⬆️
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19004
Cable Finance, under Cable TV, made a satirical post last week on Facebook, titled "Where have the 7 million people gone?" The title is a reference to the reduction in number of users at China Mobile. Hashtags such as "There is only one truth" and "National Secrets Leaked" are also in the post. The post was taken down shortly after it was published, and the responsible staff has been sacked.
Cable TV acting president, Fung Tak Hung, explained that the post was based on unconfirmed rumours, and did not go in line with the principle of the channel. He added that there were no political reasons behind the dismissal.
Recent collaborations between Cable TV and China Mobile led to speculation that political reasons were behind the dismissal. In September 2018, Cable TV and China Mobile signed an agreement which allows China Mobile HK to use information provided by Cable TV, such as news, financial information and entertainment.
Source: Apple Daily #Mar25
#SelfCensorship #WuhanPneumonia
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Cable TV Staff fired after making satirical post about reducing number of users of China Mobile ⬇️
#Mar25 #WuhanPneumonia #SelfCensorship
Cable TV Staff fired after making satirical post about reducing number of users of China Mobile ⬇️
#Mar25 #WuhanPneumonia #SelfCensorship
The Truth About Living in China
Two well-known YouTubers who had been traveling around China reveal how it is like to live in China - not as a tourist but as 'foreigners' settling down in China.
Being a tourist, their life in China in the past was like having a great party, whereas living in China is full of bitterness - foreigners are always seen as outlier by the China government and the system. One cannot just has party for all his life. Eventually, China has become not only an unpleasant, but also a dangerous place for them to stay. With deep understanding of the Chinese society and culture, the two YouTubers share their experiences in China in details, reflecting on the current Chinese society and China government.
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Watch
https://youtu.be/kDV4s9c9sfQ
Further reading:
Is China the most Racist country in the world?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19068
#Racism #Xenophobia #SelfCensorship #WhiteTerror #CCP
Two well-known YouTubers who had been traveling around China reveal how it is like to live in China - not as a tourist but as 'foreigners' settling down in China.
Being a tourist, their life in China in the past was like having a great party, whereas living in China is full of bitterness - foreigners are always seen as outlier by the China government and the system. One cannot just has party for all his life. Eventually, China has become not only an unpleasant, but also a dangerous place for them to stay. With deep understanding of the Chinese society and culture, the two YouTubers share their experiences in China in details, reflecting on the current Chinese society and China government.
⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Watch
https://youtu.be/kDV4s9c9sfQ
Further reading:
Is China the most Racist country in the world?
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19068
#Racism #Xenophobia #SelfCensorship #WhiteTerror #CCP
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#65 China Is Getting Worse | Laowhy86 and SerpentZA
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