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Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 08/12/2025

“From Beijing’s point of view, there is only one measure that will determine whether Lee will keep his job: will he be able to prevent any protests and snuff out any signs of dissent? By that measure, his performance so far has been faultless.” @antd.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

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Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster | Antony Dapiran

The pain is visceral, but civil society, media and the creative community have been in retreat since the 2019 pro-democracy protests, says author Antony Dapiran

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I don’t think there’s much “creeping” left about it. It’s been stomping for quite a while (a la Orwell’s boot).

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Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

This amazing account is by a person who I'd want as a tour guide to some of the world's most interesting historical sites and buildings, from China to Greece to Brazil. Please follow this account, and help him transition away from Twitter!

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Can’t decide which of these two posts I like more.

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This was a actual packet rustling and crunching going on. Just saw their email and think I found the evidence…

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Plus he was like eating potato chips or something during the interview?!

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

+ you’re all set in case of fire

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

When you want a Tesla but you don’t want people to judge you for it:

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

小红书 HQ: “How we will brand our app for international markets so that they don’t notice it’s literally named after a book by one of the 20th century’s most notorious murderous dictators?”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

It’s like misheard rap lyrics.

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Wait til they find out the bribes needed to pay doctors in PRC to get any actual treatment is more than their US insurance premiums…

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

If one phrase could sum up post-2020 Hong Kong, it just might be: “For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law.”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Get back to me when Mark Zuckerberg can take you hostage and detain you indefinitely based solely on contents of your data…

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Lol Klein wrote a whole book about this and it’s still happening to her… naomiklein.org/doppelganger/

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Naomi Klein | Doppelganger

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Love a good Tim Hamlett burn: “We must note that Richard Cullen spends more time writing for the China Daily than he does teaching law, & he appears to have no problem avoiding legalistic formal language in his usual output, which comprises rousing denunciations of American foreign policy.”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Oh, “emergency situations”? Ok… // “With the development of science & technology, more submarine cables & communication cables are laid on the seabed of all parts of the world & the cables need to be cut off in some emergency situations," the Lishui University authors wrote.

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Sad news. “Bottle” (known for his thick round glasses) inspired many as the cheerful MC of the Admiralty “main stage” during 2014’s Umbrella Movement. He was also a social worker, legislator, pro-democracy &—after his own stint behind bars—prisoners’ rights activist.

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Learning LA neighborhoods through obsessively following current news events conveniently supplementing my similarly acquired familiarity with Arizona and Pennsylvania counties.

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Hilarious but also basically a description of his father Brian Stewart:

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

In that vein, a shout out for the Judgment Night soundtrack!

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

The wheels of justice turn slowly…

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

HK is definitely NOT a sanctions-evading hub. But also: “HK’s treasury chief said the city has a greater chance of enticing investors to set up family offices due to Switzerland’s neutral image being impacted by the country’s stance toward the Russia-Ukraine war.” www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

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Hong Kong enjoys ‘greater investor appeal’ amid Swiss sanctions on Russia

Treasury minister says city more likely to entice investors to set up family offices after Switzerland’s neutral image called into question.

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Per @tedgioia.bsky.social: “Nobody in the history of music has made more money than the CEO of Spotify. Taylor Swift doesn’t earn that much. Even after 50 years of concertizing, Paul McCartney & Mick Jagger can’t match this kind of wealth…”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

“The hi-tech equipment on board was abnormal for a merchant ship & consumed more power from the ship’s generator, leading to repeated blackouts…The crew would have been aware of its spying activities…but were ‘threatened with their life, so everybody kept quiet’…”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

“More than 20 Hong Kong police officers have been deployed to a neighbourhood where a week-long independent book fair was underway. Some attendees had their IDs and bags checked by the police.”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The Christmas spirit continues in Hong Kong.

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

The tragedies of a society built upon a foundation of constrained personal expression.

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Hong Kong government reminding us all to focus on the important things about the spirit of Christmas:

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

HK’s hub obsession 2024 edition:

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Wonderful short film on Chow Yun Fat’s street photography (in Canto w/ Eng+Chi subtitles).

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Lovely nostalgia piece on cricket on the radio from @thawking.bsky.social for @theguardian.com: “And now, two decades later, I’m sitting in a new home in Brooklyn, looking down at a dark, wet street, wondering if it’ll ever snow again & listening to the cricket.” www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/d...

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Pitch perfect: why listening to cricket on radio soothes a world that won’t hear sense

Waves crashing. Cicadas singing. And always the burble of cricket on the radio, unifying summers and people with its gentle pleasures for an uncertain world

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

And yet again they are misusing “so-called”. You might not like it, but it was definitely called that. // “The Government of the HKSAR today strongly disapproved of and opposed the so-called "2024 Annual Report" issued by the US CECC…”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Big reservoir dogs energy there…

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Can someone please tell SCMP about this thing called “Christmas holidays”?

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

HK CE John Lee: “We have long stays. We have short stays. That's Hong Kong. In fact, this is the world.” (No, it doesn’t make any more sense in context.) news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...

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CE visits panda carnival in Tsim Sha Tsui - RTHK

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday greeted members of the public as he visited a panda carnival in Tsim Sha Tsui. Lee visited several stalls at the...

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

“Guys, have some perspective, it was just a _little_ bit of a coup…”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Fascinating story from @maryhui.bsky.social: “President Xi Jinping has said he wants China to become a “weather superpower,” and made it a national priority to win the world’s second-largest economy a bigger say in global meteorological governance.”

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The other extremely annoying SCMP reporting habit: pieces which consist solely of a description of an amusing video incident that appeared on mainland social media with NEITHER THE ACTUAL VIDEO NOR ANY LINK TO IT.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 10/12/2024

Vlado Chernozemski, who assassinated King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, belonged in his youth to a club that was devoted to a game of regicide. In the game, known as "chess," contestants subtly maneuver into a position that allows them to topple the opponent's monarch.

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

This seems like entirely the wrong response when they could simply have added a sign next to the statue providing useful historical context to Hafez al-Assad's actions.

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Footage shows protesters toppling statue of Bashar al-Assad's father in Damascus suburb – video

Dozens of anti-government protesters topple statue of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's late father in Damascus suburb

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John dEFR0G does not pumpkin spice @defrog.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Executive summary: Beijing gave us something we didn't ask for, upon which GovHK asked the public for input on one minor aspect that wouldn't change the overall outcome, then basically ignored that input for unexplained reasons and did what it was going to do anyway. Metaphor intensity level: 10/10

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Antony Dapiran @antd.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Minh Bui Jones, founder of @mekongreview.bsky.social, has relaunched his Bui Jones Books as Brixton Ink @brixtonink.bsky.social ! Already published some terrific titles and many more to come (including a new edition of @jwassers.bsky.social’s terrific HK book Vigil).

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