The law they just passed effectively destroys freedom in Hong Kong. Maybe. They passed it without letting them see it. This is evil.
For fucks sake, it seems like the law makes it illegal in China for me to even post this. Luckily, I don’t have enough influence for it to matter. But remember the way they silenced the entire fucking NBA through economic intimidation? The way they kept Falun Gong supporters from being able to participate in TV and awards shows through economic intimidation? The way that 25 cent keyboard warriors will use the most vicious and disingenuous rhetorical strategies to attack and exhaust people supporting Tibet, Hong Kong, Falun Dafa, or the Muslim minorities that are currently being exterminated? Literal genocide.
Those bitches really are invested in silencing the world.
Authoritarianism is just evil.
And then we have ppl who say stuff like “it doesnt concern me” like dude, Article 38 of China’s new Hong Kong National Security Law may have Hong Kong in the name, but is being illegally enacted upon 8 BILLION PPL OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.
Police have raksed purple flag indicating violation of China’s National Security Law (punishment: life imprisonment, no fair trial, extradition to China).
Lausanhk will be hosting a rally against Hong Kong’s national security law & global state violence this Wed July 1st in NYC.
If your opposition to police oppression is consistent, you oppose the new security law the Chinese government is forcing on Hong Kong and the persecution of migrants in the European Union as well as the racist police murders in the US.
The law “spells the end of “One Country, Two Systems”, but also emboldens oppressive regimes everywhere.
Calling for allies to stand in solidarity to protest of the Chinese National Security Law in Hong Kong, and "to begin to work together to build an international movement that can stand up to the globalization of state violence.” ✊
People of Tumblr! Protest, for it also violates your rights!
i'm an american. i'm so sorry that nobody else is listening to what's happening. some media outlets have covered it but definitely not in-depth and a lot of people simply don't know it's happening. but i do. i don't have any way to help you other than to say i stand with you and i'll tell anyone who can hear me to stand with you too. please don't hurt yourself.
hi! i’m so glad people are reaching out. to answer your question about how to help, i’d recommend telling all your friends and family about it. hong kong doesn’t get as much media coverage because it’s a very small city located all the way across the world. however, i’m proud to say that hong kong protestors and smart and innovative. our methods of protesting have been used in many other countries’ protests as well.
now onto other reliable news sources! the stand news (hk) is based in hong kong and gives speedy information about hong kong. apple news daily hong kong is based in taiwan, but is also very accurate and often donates back to the protests, by giving students free access to their membership programs. both of these companies offer news in english, as well as various opinions from political and financial experts. i’d advise you to share these links with your families and friends, keep this movement alive.
don’t worry about me! i have various stages of depression that fluctuate a lot and i was in a particularly bad mood this morning. i’m having my exams right now so i can’t go into detail about the protests, but i’ll try my best
anyone also have a hong kong protest centred blog please also tell me i’ll help share you around!
Some claim that Stand News is deep in the yellow to the point of bias. I have no comment on this, but I trust Apple Daily the most. RTHK also has programmes dedicated to local affairs, e.g. the recently ended Headliner (forced to end after decades of reporting because of government intervention, also in Cantonese), and Hong Kong Connection focuses on not just social issues, but the protest as well - there’s an episode that covers the 7/21 attacks. I’m not sure how well they have fared recently or will continue to fare in the future, but it’s something to look out for.
YouTube has plenty of anti-government songs and parodies. Most of them are in Cantonese and can be quite vulgar, but there are English songs out there too.
@the50-person has a whole series dedicated to daily happenings. Check them out as well!
News sources:
Apple Daily, Hong Kong Free Press. Where I actually get my news from is directly from the diff journo twitter accounts, where they give on the ground live reports that are not yet subject to filtering by their editors (some of which are pro-CCP and practice censorship).
Twitter accs:
KongTsungGan, Hong Kong Hermit, hkwuliff, Antony Dapiran, stegersaurus, wilfredchan, hkdnow1
Other sites:
Lausan HK, the Hong Kong Reddit thread
As always, bring your own critical and thinking mind when reading ANY material and form your own opinions.
According to the new National Security Law enacted by China from today onwards, I am now officially considered an enemy of the People’s* Republic *of *China and the Chinese *Communist *Party.
I can be kid*napped and m*urdered any time and especially if I enter the territory of Hong Kong and PRC (Mainland China).
Just for exercising my human rights of freedom of expression and thought and even though I am not Hong Konger/Chinese and they technically should have zero hold over me.
HONG KONG UPDATE 1 JUL 2020
People of Tumblr! Protest, for it also violates your rights!
Well, that honestly sounds kind of ridiculous at first, then it dawns on you that literally every single person on this planet, even those not held under Chinese rule, is under threat - China is not condemning human rights of just their residents, but those of everyone on the planet who opposes them in even the smallest ways. Like I said, it sounds ridiculous, but I’m scared not just for us, but the whole world as well.
And of course, the UN is in China’s pocket, aren’t they? Even the place supposed to advocate for human rights is against human rights. Figures.
^^^ Just all of this.
World. It’s time to wake up. Ain’t no time to dawdle. The threat is upon you and breathing down your necks.
“Fuck the popo!” I cry into the microphone while looking at the clock at 11:59pm on 30 June 2020, then I realized that my clock was two minutes behind.
Soon, police sirens began to wail in the direction of my apartment building, and I know what awaits me as I am escorted to the police station and the male officers tell me that they want to inspect my bodily possessions by saying, “Take off your clothes.”
Lausanhk will be hosting a rally against Hong Kong’s national security law & global state violence this Wed July 1st in NYC.
If your opposition to police oppression is consistent, you oppose the new security law the Chinese government is forcing on Hong Kong and the persecution of migrants in the European Union as well as the racist police murders in the US.
The law “spells the end of “One Country, Two Systems”, but also emboldens oppressive regimes everywhere.
Calling for allies to stand in solidarity to protest of the Chinese National Security Law in Hong Kong, and "to begin to work together to build an international movement that can stand up to the globalization of state violence.” ✊
People of Tumblr! Protest, for it also violates your rights!
According to the new National Security Law enacted by China from today onwards, I am now officially considered an enemy of the People’s* Republic *of *China and the Chinese *Communist *Party.
I can be kid*napped and m*urdered any time and especially if I enter the territory of Hong Kong and PRC (Mainland China).
Just for exercising my human rights of freedom of expression and thought and even though I am not Hong Konger/Chinese and they technically should have zero hold over me.
HONG KONG UPDATE 1 JUL 2020
People of Tumblr! Protest, for it also violates your rights!
Lausanhk will be hosting a rally against Hong Kong’s national security law & global state violence this Wed July 1st in NYC.
If your opposition to police oppression is consistent, you oppose the new security law the Chinese government is forcing on Hong Kong and the persecution of migrants in the European Union as well as the racist police murders in the US.
The law “spells the end of “One Country, Two Systems”, but also emboldens oppressive regimes everywhere.
Calling for allies to stand in solidarity to protest of the Chinese National Security Law in Hong Kong, and "to begin to work together to build an international movement that can stand up to the globalization of state violence.” ✊
People of Tumblr! Protest, for it also violates your rights!
Reminder to all the young ppl born after 1 Jul 1997:
Get your parents and family to apply for BNO. There is a chance that they can bring you out of HK even if you don’t have BNO.
Keep your money in other currencies (preferably USD) and not HKD or Chinese Yuan.
Use working holiday in Canada.
If your family is leaving, send the kids and elderly abroad first and say you are going for a holiday.
If parents have to work, only leave one parent in HK.
Get the earliest flight out. Even if it means you have to take longer detours due to lack of flights cos of COVID, it is faster. Best to transit via Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Japan. Do not transit via Malaysia.
the national security law is coming tonight. anyone speaking against the government might be caught. by tomorrow, i will have deleted this post.
in no particular order,
FUCK YOU CARRIE LAM
FUCK YOU POPO
FUCK YOU XI JINPING
FUCK YOU CCP
FUCK YOU TVB
FUCK YOU COMMUNISM
HONG KONG UPDATE 30 JUN 2020
Clarification: when HKers mean by communism has nth to do with the liberal left, HKers are anti-CCP, which partakes in genocide, torture, totalitarianism and all sorts of crimes against humanity.
generally, i mean communist countries where communism is the main thing. not just like communist parties. those can be good. but countries where communism is the only type of way, i will hate on that.
oh yes, i was clarifying just in case some ppl deliberately misinterpret it *side-eye* yknow those peeps who make smear campaigns and falsehoods abt how HK protests are “funded by CIA”
the national security law is coming tonight. anyone speaking against the government might be caught. by tomorrow, i will have deleted this post.
in no particular order,
FUCK YOU CARRIE LAM
FUCK YOU POPO
FUCK YOU XI JINPING
FUCK YOU CCP
FUCK YOU TVB
FUCK YOU COMMUNISM
HONG KONG UPDATE 30 JUN 2020
Clarification: when HKers mean by communism has nth to do with the liberal left, HKers are anti-CCP, which partakes in genocide, torture, totalitarianism and all sorts of crimes against humanity.
Lol if I deleted this whole blog then all my posts - even my non-political ones - would have been for naught.
Let them come.
Y'all think I’m suicidal for keeping this blog up? I personally don’t even know anymore.
Perhaps I should just change my url.
They’ll come for us no matter if you delete it or not. /I’m/ keeping mine. Unless they go by other means e.g. hacking/contacting Tumblr, my stuff will stay up.
