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I mean, this is the caliber of "evidence" we're dealing with from the NZ guy...

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And it's not just pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and Han chauvinist nonsense - it's also a popular talking point among the far right in NZ who want to discredit Māori indigeneity and therefore any claims they have to the land. I'm amazed anyone thought it was OK to air this drivel so credulously

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I'm sure racist New Zealanders desperate to discredit Māori indigeneity also gobble this garbage up

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Was New Zealand discovered by Chinese sailors?

To be fair, these claims have been around for decades: web.archive.org/web/20260204... The real question is why the hell would anyone give them air without providing any serious pushback or critical context

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E-Hoe in the 47th Skyfang Logistics Brigade (郊狼) 🇹🇼🇵🇸🇺🇦 @coyotestail.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Surprised not to see any classic HK bakeries or CCTs on here (not even Fatty Pang's favourite!)

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Can we just ban westerners from speaking about China until they've done extensive and sufficient research on at least Two Old Dynasties AND read about the republic, civil war, PRC, and all the weird Qing bullshit? Just like. Tape ripstop fabric over mouths until they get the memo.

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Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 16/09/2026

Takes me back to the “smart lamp post” I watched protesters tear down in 2019

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 14/09/2026

Hong Kong police must remain vigilant against national security risks and root out threats at the earliest stages, the city's national security police chief has told new recruits to the force. In full: hongkongfp.com/2026/09/14/h... Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

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Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 13/09/2026

Nerd out with me about the unexpectedly close relationship between Hong Kong and the Falklands — Britain’s “last islands of empire” that both faced existential crises in the 1980s, with revealing different outcomes

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 13/09/2026

[Members only] The Argentine president struck a historical nerve for the UK and China earlier this month. In an HKFP Monitor special, we share a deep dive on how a "Hong Kong solution" to the Falklands dispute nearly became a reality. In full: hongkongfp.com/newsletters/...

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Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 10/09/2026

Dow Jones' conviction for attempting to stop Selina from participating in a union is a small, partial victory for the press and labour rights in Hong Kong. But, unfortunately, what they did is not exceptional. I spoke with several journalists who said they were also discouraged from union activity.

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Code of Silence - China Media Project

As the Wall Street Journal fires the head of Hong Kong’s biggest press union, sources tell us this is only the tip of the iceberg — across the board, international media are pressuring their Hong Kong...

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: A Hong Kong court has convicted the Wall Street Journal’s publisher of attempting to prevent a former reporter from taking up leadership of an embattled press union, but cleared it of unlawfully firing her. In full: buff.ly/KQGkBXg Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

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Hong Kong gov't sites have all gone dark to mark the death of former Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa. The last time this happened was after the Wang Fuk Court fire, which killed 168 people last year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first time it's ever happened for a single person.

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Ready for these bad boys to make a comeback

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samuelwa.de @samuelwa.de · 09/09/2026

Paying tribute to ex-CE Tung Chee-hwa, Henry Tang says Hong Kong was a "cultural desert" before the handover to China and Tung's appointment in 1997. That's right: HK was a cultural desert for 150+ years - even during the golden age of cantopop and HK cinema - until the politicians gave us culture!

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Thread. This is *especially* true for China, which is vast and much less uniform than widely imagined, and has, let’s say, pronounced idiosyncracies in terms of internal flow of information, particularly negative information. So, for example:

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Translation: “Why Do Urban Chinese Have So Many Misconceptions About the Countryside?” (Part One)

Despite huge leaps in recent decades, rural living standards remain an issue of widespread popular concern in China. A heating crisis in Hebei last winter,

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The Politics of Passing On - China Media Project

How do you mourn a CE? It's a question HK hasn't confronted before, and it comes at a time in our political transition when it's not always clear what the (new) norms are. In the mainland, the death of a cadre is handled with extreme caution - it can take days before the official line is determined.

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In China, the death of an esteemed comrade is never strictly a private matter. For context on the passing of Jiang Zemin, CMP runs this piece from the 2017 archives — on the politics of the official f...

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Ryan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 07/09/2026

1030 update: we've got the (current) CE's Belt and Road Summit speech but nothing yet on the death of former CE Tung Chee-hwa

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In other words, one in which the people living there are not consulted

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 05/09/2026

HKFP Lens: Standing in Central's Connaught Place since 1976, the General Post Office is now seen by many as an icon of modern Hong Kong heritage - but the previously underappreciated building will soon be torn down to make way for a new shopping mall. Full gallery: buff.ly/bDnlDwV Photos: Kyle Lam.

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Alternative headline: You’ll Never Believe This One Simple Trick to Protect Hong Kong Heritage

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RIP to this unintentionally scathing piece of public art testifying to how Hong Kong has changed in the past ~6 years.

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港大民主牆完成改裝　換成3個大型電子屏幕香港大學完成將大學圖書館的民主牆，換成3個大型電子顯示屏幕，播放校園資訊及推廣影

After being stripped bare and left empty since 2021, the Democracy Wall at the University of Hong Kong — once a space for students to put up posters promoting events and political causes — has finally been consigned to history, converted into a digital display promoting environmental sustainability.

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港大民主牆完成改裝　換成3個大型電子屏幕

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