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William Nee

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Senior Program Manager at the National Endowment for Democracy. Interests: IR, foreign policy, human rights, Catholicism, religious dialogue, business and human rights, trail running. Former Amnesty, CHRD, CLB; HKU & CU Buffs

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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Today’s must-read human rights report 👇
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Network for Uyghur Rights @uyghurnetwork.org · 08/06/2026
We are grateful to NED for convening this important conversation, which also included Dr. Gyal Lo, a Tibetan activist and educational sociologist; Li Qiang, Executive Director of China Labor Watch; and Peter Mattis, President of The Jamestown Foundation Foundation.
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Network for Uyghur Rights @uyghurnetwork.org · 08/06/2026
Last week, our Co-ED @zubayra.bsky.social spoke at the National Endowment for Democracy's event marking 37 years since the massacre. As a student in Shanghai in 1989, she took to the streets in solidarity with the democracy movement.
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MERICS @merics.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
China's new model of social governance merges Mao-era grassroots mobilization with digital surveillance and party-led service delivery. Nis Grünberg, Katja Drinhausen and Alexander Davey explore how China’s Communist Party is reinserting itself into daily life: merics.org/en/report/se...
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Labor activist #LiWangyang died under suspicious circumstances 13 years ago today while under police surveillance in Hunan province. A labor leader in the #Tiananmen pro-democracy movement, he is one of the figures our statement pays tribute to: 🔖 www.nchrd.org/2025/06/on-t...
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Politico @politico.com · 29/05/2025
Exclusive: Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to gut the State Department’s human rights bureau as part of a sweeping reorganization of the country’s diplomatic service, according to internal department documents and people familiar with the plans.
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Rubio outlines plans to drastically cut human rights offices in State
The cuts are part of a Trump administration plan to overhaul State, outlined in internal documents.
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Marina Rudyak 卢玛丽 @rudyakmarina.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
How Will the Trump Presidency Change EU-China Relations? Very happy to join this @chinafile.bsky.social conversation together with a stellar lineup of great colleagues. Thank you @goldkorn.bsky.social & @neysunm.bsky.social for putting it together! www.chinafile.com/conversation...
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How Will the Trump Presidency Change EU-China Relations?
Over the past few years, European countries have started to line up with the United States on China policy. But now, as Donald Trump destroys the trust European countries had in America, China is step...
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 16/04/2025
Hong Kong Democratic Party to Disband; Amnesty International Hong Kong Office Opens Abroad "Chinese officials or middlemen had warned [Democratic Party leaders] to disband or face serious consequences, including possible arrests."
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Hong Kong Democratic Party to Disband; Amnesty International Hong Kong Office Opens Abroad
The latest political development in Hong Kong underscores the extent to which authorities have cleansed the city of democracy. On Sunday, the Democratic Party, Hong Kong’s last remaining opposition pa...
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China Law Translate / Jeremy Daum @chinalawtranslate.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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US bans government personnel in China from romantic or sexual relations with Chinese citizens
The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citize...
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Witness To Innocence @wtiusa.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Death Row inmate deserves new trial, ex-US Senator, former Alabama AG urge in ‘unusual’ request
In a brief filed Wednesday, 10 former Alabama prosecutors signed on asking a Jefferson County judge to grant a new trial in the 1995 case.
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Professor Anne-Marie Brady FRSNZ @anne-mariebrady.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
NZ has never looked more isolated. The rules-based international order is being vaporised. The alliances that guaranteed NZ security since the end of WWII are finished. A new order is forming in Europe, but NZ is not yet named among the like-minded states. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3606...
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New Zealand’s stark choice: navigating uncharted waters
OPINION: New Zealand has never looked more isolated.
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Jailed HRDs #QuanShixin & #ShiTingfu receive the 11th Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders. 🌹 Quan, a land rights defender, & Shi, a pro-democracy activist, are both sentenced for “picking quarrels”—a charge often used to silence critics. 🏆 www.nchrd.org/2025/03/winn...
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Winners Named for the 2025 Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders | Chinese Human Rights Defenders
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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Now out! New report from our colleagues @amnesty.org on the abuse of electric shock equipment around the world. We were pleased to share technical & policy analysis, as well as our expertise on the trade in law enforcement equipment. Read this important publication here 👇
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention New research analyzing 1,545 prison sentences echoes U.N. concerns that arbitrary detentions “may constitute crimes against humanity.” thediplomat.com/2025/03/chin...
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China’s System of Mass Arbitrary Detention
New research analyzing 1,545 prison sentences echoes U.N. concerns that arbitrary detentions “may constitute crimes against humanity.”
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Some of the loudest voices applauding NED’s struggles are those who wish to see freedom fail. That should tell us everything we need to know. www.nationalreview.com/2025/02/amer...
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America’s Enemies Are Rooting for the Death of the National Endowment for Democracy | National Review
Some of the loudest voices applauding NED’s struggles are those who wish to see freedom fail. That should tell us everything we need to know.
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CSW @cswadvocacy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
A Catholic priest from the Archdiocese of Mandalay was stabbed to death by a group of armed men in Kangyi Taw Village, Shwebo Township, in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar/Burma on 14 February.
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CHRD人权捍卫者网络 @chrdnet.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
#LuSiwei, the human rights lawyer extradited to #China from Laos, is barred from communication from detention with his family, languishing with health problems due to lack of medicine and malnutrition, said his wife, citing a recent visit by Lu's lawyer. #ArbitraryDetention #Torture
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Erin Hale @erin-hale.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
👉New study looks into whether political repression "works": "Despite political tightening under Xi, we find evidence for increased frequency, larger size, and pluralization of grievances for protests during his rule." Much of like the 2022 White Paper protests - it started as Covid and snowballed.
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HK Labour Rights Monitor 香港勞權監察 @hklabourrights.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
UK MPs repeatedly questioned whether Shein’s products are made with cotton from China’s Xinjiang region. Yinan Zhu, Shein’s lawyer in London, refused to answer. This evasive response raises serious concerns about Shein's transparency and accountability. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Jeremy Goldkorn @goldkorn.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
"For now, it’s the Brazilian government that is taking action on behalf of the Chinese working class." by @tianjie.bsky.social
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BYD, “Slave-gate” and the soul search about China’s cutthroat industrial model
The EV maker’s labor rights scandal in Brazil adds fodder to an ongoing debate about China’s industrial prosperity that appears to benefit few in the country
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Patricia M. Thornton @pm-thornton.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
CNN: #China has built or expanded more than 200 specialized detention facilities nationwide to interrogate suspects ensnared in Xi Jinping’s widening anti-corruption drive edition.cnn.com/2024/12/28/c...
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China is building new detention centers all over the country as Xi Jinping widens corruption purge | CNN
More than 200 specialized detention facilities have been built or expanded across China, a CNN investigation finds, as the Chinese leader extends his crackdown beyond the ruling Communist Party to a v...
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Business and Human Rights Centre @business-humanrights.org · 18/12/2024
SHEIN's expected London IPO is already steeped in controversy over alleged links to forced labour. What does the rise of its ultra-fast model mean for workers' rights? BHRRC's KnowTheChain breaks down key issues for investors ➡️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
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Xinjiang Victims Database @shahit.biz · 17/12/2024
There are over 1800 elderly victims documented as serving prison terms (potential death sentences). Name: Yusupjan Mamut Age: 55 Status: serving a 13-year, 11-month sentence (Nankou Prison), nephew also detained shahit.biz/eng/37056/
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Maggie Lewis @margaretklewis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A pioneer and a legend Stay tuned for Jerry’s memoirs in 2025 🙌
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eedemocracy.bsky.social @eedemocracy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This UN Human Rights Day Olga Reshetylova from Media Initiative for Human Rights talks about their work documenting the crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine, which they plan to submit to the ICC. Defending human rights involves accountability for those who violate them. #HRD bit.ly/4iwhMrk
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Olga Reshetylova, Media Initiative for Human Rights | Voices of Democracy: Ukraine’s Women Leaders
Olga Reshetylova is the Head of the Media Initiative for Human Rights, a Ukrainian organisation monitoring human rights violations in the occupied territories. She is one of the seven women leading EED partner organisations featured in the short movie “Voices of Democracy: Ukraine’s Women Leaders”, which highlights how, at a time of war, many women-led organisations are leading efforts to protect human rights, safeguard free speech, and bring people together. The initiatives featured in the movie ‘Voices of Democracy: Ukraine's Women Leaders’ were supported thanks to the contributions of the European Commission and of the Government of Canada to EED.
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Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 09/12/2024
In what should be no surprise to anyone, Russian distributors are using info from Texas Instruments’ online shop to purchase semiconductors for civilian & military use. Orders are routed through third-party companies in places like Hong Kong to bypass sanctions www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Russia’s Military Found a Surprisingly Simple Way to Buy US Chips
A cache of internal Russian documents reviewed by Bloomberg reveals how Putin’s forces have been able to keep purchasing American semiconductors.
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Bill Bishop @billbishop.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Just published outside the paywall an unofficial translation of today’s Politburo readout. There is some interesting language in it ahead of the Central Economic Work Conference later this week open.substack.com/pub/sinocism...
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December Politburo meeting ahead of the Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC)
The headline of the readout is “CPC Central Committee Political Bureau Holds Meeting to Analyze and Research 2025 Economic Work, Study and Deploy Party Conduct, Clean Governance and Anti-Corruption Wo...
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Morning run view
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Will (Faithful Politics) @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This week, guest co-host @williamnee.bsky.social and I chat with Mark Clifford about The Troublemaker, exploring Jimmy Lai’s journey from immigrant to billionaire, his fight for democracy, and his imprisonment in China. A powerful story of resilience and freedom. Watch here: youtu.be/nf3xp08epUM
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Jimmy Lai: The Face of Hong Kong's Resistance with Mark L. Clifford
YouTube video by Faithful Politics Podcast
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Eric Lai 黎恩灝 @ericyhlai.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Great announcement: happy to contribute to an upcoming edited volume on politics of NSL-era Hong KongMy chapter focuses on judicial independence and the rule of law in NSL-era Hong Kong. See the description of the book here. It will be out next April! www.routledge.com/Hong-Kong-Po...
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Hong Kong Politics after the National Security Law: Autocratization and Its Consequences
Ortmann, Lau and Chan, together with the contributors provide an innovative assessment of the impact of the National Security Law on Hong Kong politics. The law was introduced by the Chinese governmen...
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Adrian Zenz @adrianzenz.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The US Dept of Labor's overview of Uyghur forced labor has been updated. Humbled to see that I am the most-cited author. The conceptual accuracy of this originally very problematic page has increased, and it has become more concise and organized. Thread: www.dol.gov/agencies/ila...
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Against Their Will: The Situation in Xinjiang
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CFHK Foundation @thecfhk.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
🚨 #HongKong47 Update: Democrats Owen Chow, Helena Wong, Clarisse Yeung, and Winnie Yu appealed their convictions and sentences today in the landmark subversion case. Each had been sentenced to 6.5+ years in prison under the national security law. hongkongfp.com/2024/11/27/4...
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4 Hong Kong democrats seek to challenge conviction and sentence in landmark subversion case
Four Hong Kong democracy campaigners who were jailed for up to seven years and nine months in the city’s largest national security case to date have sought to challenge their convictions and …
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Laurel Chor @laurelchor.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Tonight I had dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in Ukraine, “Myao”. Just last week Russia launched its first nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missiles here, but as usual it hasn’t stopped Ukrainians from going on with their daily lives.
Diners inside the Asian-fusion restaurant “Myao” in Dnipro, Ukraine.
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Xinjiang Victims Database @shahit.biz · 25/11/2024
Today marks around 2 years since the death of Quat Abilbek (shahit.biz/eng/1211/), a Kazakh imam who had studied at the Xinjiang Islamic Institute. He was detained in 2017-2018 and sentenced to 7 years, likely for his religious position. He was around 50 at the time of death.
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Entry 1211: Quat Abilbek
Quat Abilbek was an imam from Ghulja County, who had studied at the Xinjiang Islamic Institute.
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Morning run view
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/11/2024
Independent Bookstores Under Pressure; Taiwanese Books Shut Out "[Former Shanghai-based bookseller] Zhou said he could not handle further harassment. He said it was as if he were 'smuggling drugs instead of selling books.'” chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/11/inde...
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Independent Bookstores Under Pressure; Taiwanese Books Shut Out
At the Associated Press, Fu Ting reports mounting pressure on China’s independent bookstores and other cultural channels and venues: Independent bookstores have become a new battleground in China, swe...
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Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 19/11/2024
It should be clear to anyone who covers Hong Kong’s national security-related trials is that the case is never over even after the verdict is delivered, as Secretary of Security Chris Tang reiterated today. A short thread 🧵 of the key points: www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/...
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S for S speaks on sentence delivered by Court of First Instance on conspiracy to commit subversion case
Following is the transcript of remarks by the Secretary for Security, Mr Tang Ping-keung, at a media session on the sentence delivered by the Court of First Instance on a conspiracy...
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Dave Coulson @cheesindave.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
HONG KONG (AP) — Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the largest case under a national security law that critics say crushed political activism in Hong Kong apnews.com/article/hong...
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45 pro-democracy activists face sentencing in Hong Kong. Here's who some of them are
Dozens of prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists are scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in the biggest case under a national security law that critics say has crushed political activism in the sem...
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Tibet Network @tibetnetwork.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A growing list of groups, activists, experts etc who post about rights related to Tibet, Uyghurs, Hong Kong and China. To be updated regularly - share your handle if you want to be added. bsky.app/start/did:pl...
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William Yang @williamyang120.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
“By unleashing a new legion of Han officials and settlers on to the Tibetan Plateau, Xi seeks to complete the discursive, demographic, and cultural integration of Tibet into a new Han empire.” madeinchinajournal.com/2024/11/12/t...
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The Tibet-Aid Project and Settler Colonialism in China’s Borderlands
This year marks 30 years since China launched its ambitious Tibet-Aid Project (援藏计划), a vast and ongoing party-state effort to reshape the region. Unveiled at the 1994 Tibet Work Forum, the scheme pai...
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 05/07/2023
Excellent piece on the case of detained blogger Ruan Xiaohuan, and his wife’s reckoning with his secret identity www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/world/as…
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China Took Her Husband. She Was Left to Uncover His Secret Cause.
He was brilliant, quirky and intensely private — and also, she now suspects, an anonymous dissident blogger who had won fame for years of evading the surveillance state.
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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
🇭🇰 Usually, governments issue bounties for murderers or arms dealers. But in Hong Kong, they've put out arrest warrants and a HKD $1 million bounty for folks overseas like Kevin Yam who is an Australian lawyer and attached to Georgetown's Center for Asian Law.
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Christian Göbel @christiangoebel.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
Hi everyone, my name is Christian Göbel. I am a data hoarder interested in state-society relations in China and will occasionally post on matters related to protest, propaganda and government responsiveness in China. Thank you @mattknight.bsky.social for the invite.
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 03/07/2023
Another absurd move from the Hong Kong government: Hong Kong national security police issue HK$1 million bounty each for 8 self-exiled activists hongkongfp.com/2023/07/03/breaking-…
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 27/06/2023
Hiking
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 22/06/2023
But I was wrong… youtu.be/G6Kspj3OO0s
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The Cranberries - Linger (Official Music Video)
Official Music Video for Linger by The Cranberries.Listen to The Cranberries here - https://TheCranberries.lnk.to/StreamListen to Everybody Else Is Doing It,...
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 17/06/2023
Frosty
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 14/06/2023
So many cows out today. Mui Wo vibes, almost.
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 12/06/2023
Belated post: There's a powerful series on Cha: Asian Literary Journal- JUST ANOTHER DAY - of personal reflections on June 4th from people in #HK & around the world. I think the entries give a sense of how people are coping with a post-NSL world chajournal.blog/category/just-anoth…
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Just Another Day – Cha
Posts about Just Another Day written by t
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William Nee @williamnee.bsky.social · 12/06/2023
The mountain biking views today in Blacksmith Fork Canyon, #Utah
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