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Cantonese World collects images, texts, sounds, & material culture from the Cantonese-speaking world 廣東, 香港, 澳門, 海外港人 and promotes the Cantonese-speaking regions.

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#photography Check out my recent drop of #HongKong images 1978-1981. www.gregorylee.net/people-and-p...
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People and Places Photography Archive
Regularly updated archive of photographs I've taken over the years. All photographs © Gregory B. Lee
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Here are some more pictures from my #photography archive, from dancing in back-street Urumchi to enjoying an ice lolly/popsicle at the seaside. Click on the link www.gregorylee.net/people-and-p... or the QR-code
 https://www.gregorylee.net/people-and-places-photography-archive.html
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
#China #HongKong #Taiwan “I am a bookstore employee” via Amy Hawkins and Yu-chen Li www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘A statement of freedom’: T-shirt slogan goes viral and book sales rocket in Taiwan after Hong Kong raids
Taiwanese people look on with concern at fate of Hong Kong’s independent booksellers, after series of arrests in recent months
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
#HongKong national security police arrest 2 bookshop owners over alleged sedition Hunter Bookstore owners, former district councillor Leticia Wong and local man arrested on suspicion of committing acts with seditious intent. www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
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Hong Kong national security police arrest 2 bookshop owners over alleged sedition
Hunter Bookstore owners, former district councillor Leticia Wong and local man arrested on suspicion of committing acts with seditious intent.
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Cantonese World Resource Centre @cantoneseworld.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#HongKong protests and the erasure of the individual – in pictures Created during the extradition bill protests in Hong Kong June-October 2019, Franco-Swiss photographer Thadde Comar's work is displayed as part of the Belfast photo festival. www.theguardian.com/world/galler...
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Hong Kong protests and the erasure of the individual – in pictures
How Was Your Dream? is a documentary project by Thadde Comar, a Franco-Swiss photographer, created during the extradition bill protests in Hong Kong between June and October 2019
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Books on and in Palestine, and birds and warfare. www.gregorylee.net/what-i-came-... The latest edition of "What I came to say" is now online.
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What I came to say
Although there is a collective unease amongst the chattering classes regarding the bellicose times we are experiencing, it's still unease rather than panic at this stage. Since the end of World War...
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome 'Looking for a miracle' 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My latest Blogpost. www.gregorylee.net/what-i-came-...
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"One-nation-one-language narratives lull us into assuming France speaks French, China speaks Mandarin; this ignores the tens and even hundreds of regional #languages, many of whose speakers have experienced everything from active persecution to bans in school..." www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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What happens when we lose a language?
A staggering 44% of human languages are endangered – with culture, tradition and whole ways of understanding the world at stake
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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 17/04/2026
Xinhua: Macao SAR chief executive Sam Hou Fai to visit Europe to boost cooperation – ‘official visits to Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Belgium’
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Macao chief executive to visit Europe to boost cooperation
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Sophie Richardson @sophiedrich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Why is #China petitioner Yin Dengzhen in jail at all? She has broken no recognizable law. She is also gravely ill and authorities are denying her adequate medical care. www.nchrd.org/2026/04/chin...
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China: Release Activist and End Deprivation of Medical Care in Detention | Chinese Human Rights Defenders
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Patrick Poon🎐 潘嘉偉 パトリック.プーン pp@hrmi.ngo ppoon@asianlawyers.net @ppoon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
#CoffeeBeans from #Rwanda 🇷🇼 With #orange, #floral, #honey and #nuts flavour #handdrip #TsukikageCoffee @tsukikagecoffee.bsky.social
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#decoloniality #China @bougon.bsky.social 新作:《從反殖民主義到去殖民性》。重新審視漢學、權力與代表性的問題。繁體中文版本現已刊登。 blogs.mediapart.fr/gblee/blog/1... In Chinese: From Anti-Colonialism to Decoloniality, and the Sino-French University of Lyon Une version en français est disponible sur blogs.mediapart.fr/gblee/blog/3...
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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
curvy. #streetphotography #photography #architecture #leica
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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
#streetphotography #street #photography #leica
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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
old taste. #streetphotography #street #photography #reflection #leica
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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
night vision. #streetphotography #street #photography #urban #neon #night #leica
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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
#streetphotography #photography #streetlife #urban #bnw #leicam
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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
here comes the rain again. #streetphotography #photography #urban #weather
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JocelynH @jocelynhphoto.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
a sunday stroll. #streetphotography #photography #bnw #urban #leica
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Stephen McDonell @stephenmcdonell.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The diaries of Mao's secretary to remain at Stanford University following court ruling... #US #China www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Stanford University wins battle to keep diaries of Mao Zedong's secretary Li Rui
Stanford said the papers, which mentioned the Tiananmen Massacre, would be banned if returned to Beijing.
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Shen Quan* 沈铨 1682-1760 specialized in bird-and-flower painting 'A Hundred Birds' 《百鸟图》 *pronounced "shun chew-en"
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 02/04/2026
Beyond Zouxian: The Making of Chinese Asylum-Seeking Workers in the US Platform Economy madeinchinajournal.com/2026/03/16/b...
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Beyond Zouxian: The Making of Chinese Asylum-Seeking Workers in the US Platform Economy
‘Many of us who came and stayed here for more than two years are still stuck in Chinese-speaking communities.’ A Chinese asylum-seeker shared this with us during a conversation in late 2024. The senti...
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#monochrome #b&w #photography 'The world this week' 📷© @gblee.bsky.social Nathan Coley's There Will Be No Miracles Here, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
#China #西廂記 #ceramic #Scotland 1880-90 plate decorated with scene from 13thC Romance of the Western Chamber by R. Cochran & Co, Glasgow (Britannia Pottery) for export to South-East Asia. V&A, Dundee.
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Patrick Poon🎐 潘嘉偉 パトリック.プーン pp@hrmi.ngo ppoon@asianlawyers.net @ppoon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It's also posted on the website of the University of St. University of St Andrews research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publicati... I'm grateful to spend three months in St. Andrews in 2021. What a memorable Scottish summer! Beautiful.
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Hong Kong: the decolonization that never happened
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Patrick Poon🎐 潘嘉偉 パトリック.プーン pp@hrmi.ngo ppoon@asianlawyers.net @ppoon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
During my doctoral studies at the University of Lyon, I was honored and happy to co-write this article with Professor Gregory B. Lee HONG KONG: THE DECOLONIZATION THAT NEVER HAPPENED research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publicati...
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Cantonese World Resource Centre @cantoneseworld.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#HongKong #Memorabilia @gblee.bsky.social Collection
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#HongKong #Memorabilia @gblee.bsky.social Collection
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Cantonese World Resource Centre @cantoneseworld.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#HongKong #Memorabilia @gblee.bsky.social Collection
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Cantonese World Resource Centre @cantoneseworld.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#HongKong #Memorabilia @gblee.bsky.social Collection
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Cantonese World Resource Centre @cantoneseworld.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#HongKong #Memorabilia @gblee.bsky.social Collection Nelso Doubleday, 1967
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Cantonese World Resource Centre @cantoneseworld.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#HongKong #Memorabilia @gblee.bsky.social Collection
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 25/03/2026
‘For Wifredo Lam, mental decolonisation wasn’t disconnected from the political kind; the two unfolded in tandem, and Cuba was carrying it out in the political sphere just as he was in the artistic one.’ Tony Wood at MoMA. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Tony Wood · At MoMA: Wifredo Lam Reconsidered
Lam referred to a ‘desire to include in my painting all the transculturation that had occurred in Cuba’ – using a...
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Hong Kong Watch @hongkongwatch.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📣 Hong Kong Watch is inviting Hong Kongers in 🇬🇧 to have their say on UK-China policy and other issues in UK politics. Complete this anonymous survey and help us represent the voice of the UK's #HongKong community to the UK government. 📝 Fill out our survey now: s.surveyplanet.com/463e2mso
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Hong Kong Watch @hongkongwatch.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
📑 With the harsh sentencing of #JimmyLai, conviction of Anna Kwok’s father, and other instances of crackdown, February 2026 marked one of the darkest months for human rights in #HongKong since the imposition of the #NSL. Read our briefing: www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/20...
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Hong Kong Watch @hongkongwatch.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
📢 Hong Kong Watch is pleased to announce the appointment of @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social as our new Patron in 🇬🇧 We look forward to continuing working closely with you in your new role, to uphold human rights and support the #HongKong community. www.hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/20...
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 18/02/2026
#streetphotography #zhuhai #monochrome
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 18/02/2026
#streetphotography #zhuhai #monochrome
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 23/02/2026
Ferry head to Hong Kong from Zhuhai
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 23/02/2026
#hongkong #streetphotography #monochrome #香港
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 24/02/2026
#hongkong #streetphotography #monochrome #香港
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 25/02/2026
#hongkong #streetphotography #monochrome #香港
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 27/02/2026
My content #hongkong #香港
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 27/02/2026
#hongkong #streetphotography #monochrome #香港
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 26/02/2026
#hongkong #streetphotography #香港
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 24/02/2026
#hongkong #streetphotography #monochrome #香港
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Ken Tam ← Photographer @hkphoto.com · 24/02/2026
Today lucky no. in Hong Kong #hongkong
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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Sunbeam #Shamian #China 1.3.1877. "The streets of the city are so narrow, that two chairs can scarcely pass on another, except at certain points. The roofs of the houses nearly meet across the roadway, and, in addition, the inhabitants frequently spread mats overhead..." #Brassey #History #1870s
Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Shamian, China 1.3.1877.
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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Sunbeam, Pearl River #China 1.3.1877. "These are very necessary precautions, on account of the numerous #pirates who occasionally ship in disguise among the crowd, murder the passengers & crew, & take possession of the steamer...this voyage was more prosperous, the captain was most kind..." #Brassey
Pages from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. The Pearl River, China 1.3.1877.
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