Jeffrey Ngo 敖卓軒
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Activist historian of/from/outside #HongKong. Ph.D. candidate & Instructor at @Georgetown. Senior policy and research fellow with @hkdc_us.
Joined December 2013
Probably the most riveting picture tonight, the kind you can only take in #HongKong: an odd mash-up of skyscrapers, smoke, trees, barricades, umbrellas, laser, and masked protesters in the backdrop. This is revolution in our 21st-century postmodern metropolis 🌃💨🌲🚧☂️🔦👥👥👥👥
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Your daily reminder to #BoycottMulan.
"I support the Hong Kong police. You can all attack me now. What a shame for Hong Kong.". Hong Kong protesters call for 'Mulan' boycott after star went public in support of police
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Hello D.C., spot this truck around town today to learn more about police brutality in #HongKong and the urgency of the situation there. No American should their back on people who risk their lives for freedom. #HKHRDA #DelayNoMore
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BREAKING: Minutes ago, both the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and the PROTECT Hong Kong Act passed the House of Representatives. It was especially moving to hear @SpeakerPelosi‘s speech on her work and support over the decades. Onward to the Senate now!
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🤣🤣🤣 @KingJames be like: “Look at all these folks who aren’t educated on the situation at hand.” 🏀.
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Another sign that Hong Kongers are following developments in the Senate very closely: a banner quoting @senatemajldr and appealing to him for a swift floor vote on the #HKHRDA.
The sign hanging above the Hong Kong protesters today says “Time for the Senate to act.” It has Mitch McConnell’s photo and calls for him to put the Hong Kong Human Rights & Democracy Act to a vote in the US Senate. He is holding up the vote. My story:
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Heartbreaking picture from @HongKongPolyU, where two protesters — one waving an American flag 🇺🇸, and the other, a British flag 🇬🇧 — desperately appeal to the Western world for help. Will Washington pass the #HKHRDA and London grant full citizenships to #BNO passport holders?
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Minutes ago, asked about the #HongKong national-security law Beijing just announced, @realDonaldTrump said on the South Lawn before boarding his chopper: “I don’t know what it is, because nobody knows yet. If it happens, we’ll address that issue very strongly.” 😅
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The sentences are in: Joshua Wong will serve 13.5 months, Agnes Chow will serve 10 months, and Ivan Lam will serve 7 months 😭.
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Another rare glimpse of @joshuawongcf at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre, this one a long-distance shot captured by @StandNewsHK moments ago. He’s set to be transferred to another correctional facility soon, presumably a more remote, maximum-security prison. Take care 😞
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Very excellent ongoing advocacy work for #HongKong on the West Coast, especially by University of #California students. Hello @SenFeinstein, please support the #HKHRDA.
650+ signed letters collected from UC campuses to @SenFeinstein. Today, a group of #UCBerkeley & #UCDavis students delivered letters to Senator Dianne Feinstein. We urge Senator to support HK Human Rights and Democracy Act (#HKHRDA) in the US Senate. #StandWithHongKong
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1. This new documentary of @hoccgoomusic — opened in American virtual cinemas on July 1 — charts her entertainment career and political activism, contextualizing her present journey as a world-renowned independent artist boycotted by Beijing and virtually all big-name sponsors.
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1. The past week hasn’t been easy. “The fires of frustration and discord,” once again, “are burning in every city, North and South.” As a Hong Konger deeply disturbed by the death of #GeorgeFloyd in #Minnesota, I stand with those who march for #BlackLivesMatter.
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This is huge. A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in Congress just joined @marcorubio and sent a letter to @Disney C.E.O. Bob Chapek. They question the company’s decision to film #Mulan in #Xinjiang, where Muslim Uyghurs are locked in concentration camps. #BoycottMulan
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On this night four years ago, @nathanlawkc set a record when, at age 23, he won a Legislative Council seat with 50,818 votes to represent #HongKong Island. So much has changed; the city doesn’t even have elections anymore. But it was one hell of a campaign I’ll forever remember.
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At today’s @SenateForeign hearing to review @StateDept’s annual budget request, @SenJeffMerkley, an original #HKSHA co-sponsor, began his remarks with events in #HongKong and asked @SecPompeo about the administration’s plans to help those facing political persecution. Thank you!
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Stand News just called it. At least 240 seats won by the opposition, securing a majority. The other side only has 28 so far.
Stand News reports as of 4am that the pro-democracy camp has won at least 240 confirmed District Council seats - over half of the 452 total elected seats - compared with the pro-Beijing camp's 28 confirmed seats.
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So deeply moved again last night watching @PeteButtigieg, the single most pro-#HongKong presidential candidate, stand in solidarity with not just our movement but also the struggle of Uyghurs against Chinese human rights atrocities. I’m proud to support him. #Pete2020
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Fingers crossed for a smooth passage of the #HKHRDA in the Senate, presumably within the next 20 hours or so. Hong Kongers, as usual, appreciate @MarshaBlackburn for yet another message of support 🤞🤞.
The people of Hong Kong are right to stand up to Communist China and fight for freedom. We hear your cries for democracy and are doing our part to hold China accountable for their acts of violence against protestors. Thank you @marcorubio @SenatorRisch for your leadership.
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1. I’m encouraged by @KamalaHarris’s selection of @Tim_Walz as her running mate. While his record as an educator, a National Guard officer, and Minnesota’s governor is acclaimed, I want to reflect on how I met this amazing guy: his dedication to human rights and #China.
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This is the kind of shit we see in #HongKong on a regular basis nowadays. Dead bodies mysteriously discovered everywhere because people are supposed to have jumped off skyscrapers or into the sea. But here’s a video showing how one of these “suicides” happen.
Warning‼️Viewer discretion advised. As mysterious suicide(Homicide) cases growing in #HongKong, there’s another one happened today, in #YauTong police quarters. Apparently this guy was throwing out by someone in the apartment. What’s the excuse this time?
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TWO. MILLION. PEOPLE. TOOK TO THE STREETS TODAY. This is the single largest protest ever in #HongKong’s history. We should all be proud. Carrie Lam has no choice now but to withdraw the extradition bill completely and resign immediately!
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I just spoke with the friend who visited @joshuawongcf earlier. A detail not disclosed in news accounts thus far is that he’s forced to use the surgical masks at hand — which aren’t even that effective in blocking light — as makeshift blindfolds. This is a human-rights violation.
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Yesterday, Chow Tsz-Lok, a 22-year-old protester and #HKUST student, died. The circumstances of his passing remain dubious. My @dc4_hk friends and I are distributing leaflets in the busy #DupontCircle neighborhood tonight to raise further awareness of the #HKHRDA in Washington.
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BREAKING: At around 2:30 a.m., a black Toyota rushed by Tin Shui Wai Police Station and shot multiple rounds of FIREWORKS at protesters outside. Numerous injuries reported. This is undoubtedly yet another terrorist attack in #HongKong.
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Chinese national emblem outside Beijing’s Liaison Office now completely covered by a plastic box to prevent vandalism, ahead of the protests back on Hong Kong Island this afternoon. In Cantonese we call this 膠味濃 😂😂
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Today, @joshuawongcf and @hoccgoomusic received a copy of the #HKHRDA, with the signatures of @SpeakerPelosi, @ChuckGrassley, and @realDonaldTrump. It’s a historic document in U.S.-H.K. relations and truly the culmination of over five years of hard work put in by so many people.
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Let’s get this straight: A British bank desperate for continued access to China’s financial market can suddenly freeze your #HongKong assets on Saturday — turning your entire life savings into $0 — unfreeze it without explanation on Sunday, only to freeze it all again on Monday.
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1. I’ve been reflecting a lot since the publication of @wilfredchan’s interview with me. His efforts deserve my utmost appreciation as he presents my positions faithfully and gives me an opportunity to reach new readers. Speaking with him never ceases to be stimulating.
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1. Half a world away, my heart is heavy. Two @demosisto colleagues — Standing Committee Member Tobias Leung and Vice Chairman @IsaacChengCKL — have been arrested (and now released on bail) in the last few days alone, since Beijing announced the #HongKong national-security law.
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I’m always proud of my friend @chowtingagnes, who’s now arguably the best-known Hong Konger in #Japan. Reacting to her arrest early this week, Japanese Twitter users from all walks of life came together to make their one demand heard: #FreeAgnes.
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1. I guess I’ve long come to accept as part of my life that friends just go in and out of jail. Here I am, again. I wish the same words and emotions don’t seem redundant, but the saddest thing is being so accustomed to it all. Nothing feels novel anymore.
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Now cops are marching up and down Kowloon’s most famous throughway, Nathan Road, with fully-loaded semi-automatic rifles. Carrie Lam has turned #HongKong into both a failed state and police state.
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@EW “It’s obviously a very complicated situation, and I’m not an expert. I hope this all gets resolved soon.” This is such a bullshit non-answer to human-rights abuses in #HongKong. Why give her a free pass and compliment her for being “prepared to address the issue”? #BoycottMulan.
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Cảm ơn các bạn! Ties between free peoples in #HongKong and #Vietnam run deep. Unwavering Vietnamese support for our movement, especially in the U.S., never fails to amaze me. Much of this dates back to when we accepted large numbers of boat people refugees during the Cold War.
Vietnam authorities did not intervene public display of supporting Hong Kong protesters (I guess my enemy's enemy's is my friend). HK also housed Vietnamese refugees during the 80s-90s. And TVB dramas were once popular there. Source: FB Phong Trào Dù Vàng - Hồng Kông
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1. Over the years, I’ve gotten to know personally and work with many opposition figures in #HongKong. I can say that one of the bravest, most genuine among them is @tedhuichifung. That he’s now in exile reflects the impossibility for even moderates to survive in the city.
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Certainly. In New York over the weekend, friends from not just #Tibet and #Taiwan attended our @NY4HK rally in solidarity with the 47 political prisoners, but also #Burma, #Thailand, and even #Catalonia. There were #EastTurkestan flags. I held up a @joshuawongcf photo as I spoke.
Seeing everyone stand together and encourage one another through this hard time is heartwarming. It has come to a point where protests against injustice in Hong Kong, Tibet & Xinjiang are also protests against injustice in Thailand and Myanmar.
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BREAKING: Voter turnout from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. is a whopping 3.82 percent! It was 1.31 percent from the same period in the 2016 Legislative Council elections, and 1.28 percent in the 2015 District Council elections.
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Folks, please follow my friend @LesterShum, a Tsuen Wan district councilor and prominent youth activist who joined Twitter last week. While you’re at it, subscribe also to his new Youtube channel: This is my favorite picture of him, from six years ago!.
Iconic photo of Hong Kong student leader Lester Shum surrounded by riot police. #UmbrellaRevolution
http://t.co/7MvWSejyce.
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It’s finally lunchtime, and the police has besieged the central business district. They’re firing tear gas against white-collar workers who are not only unarmed but don’t even have masks. Now who’s tarnishing #HongKong’s economy and status as a global financial hub?
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11. She was perhaps the first person in the U.S. to demolish Jackie Chan’s image as an affable guy when she called him a “male chauvinistic pig” on David Letterman’s program. She’s also a leading proponent of the inclusive phrase “Lunar New Year,” not “Chinese New Year.”.
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These blatant lies from the far left who depicts #China as a socialist utopia aim to drive a wedge between oppressed peoples fighting, respectively, against U.S. and Chinese police brutality. Don’t fall for it; don’t diminish the pain and struggle of others.
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He’s the cop who gunned down protesters. There better be some accountability.
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The total number of votes cast today is over 2.94 million, with a final voter turnout of 71.2 percent, the highest ever in Hong Kong’s history. It was 58.28 percent in 2016 and 47.01 in 2015. Thank you, Hong Kongers!.
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“Since #China refuses to respect basic human rights, American business and industry leaders should use their platforms to demand change or cut ties rather than be bullied by the Chinese. Why should we reward bad behavior with profit?” — @SenatorLankford
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Since this @USCC_GOV report’s publication, P.L.A. troops have intervened in #HongKong and staged a “voluntary” clean-up. Normalizing their presence is paving the way for a military crackdown. @StateDept must have the courage to respond boldly as soon as the #HKHRDA is passed.
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The U.N. is absolutely horrible. Never forget that, in 1972, it removed #HongKong from the official List of Non-Self-Governing Territories after the Chinese claimed the territory — then still a British colony — as theirs. That’s how we lost our right of self-determination.
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Joining @SenWarren as the latest #HKSHA co-sponsor in the Senate is @RonWyden from Oregon, who discussed the #HongKong situation with @nathanlawkc, @samuelmchu, and I last December. Thank you!
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22. Yeoh’s speech means so much. She wasn’t referring to any Asian or Asian-American per se; she was championing the kind of genuine solidarity that transcended nationalism. And, of course, she’d never forget to give a shout-out to her beloved Hong Kong that made her a superstar.
Michelle Yeoh accepts her #Oscar for Best Actress: "For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. This is proof that dreams do come true."
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Two unforgettable days — February 18, 2017, in London and June 30, 2020, in Washington — bookend a remarkable journey alongside these good friends, with far too much in between to be grateful for than I can count. It’s the end of an era, but I’ll never give up the fight.
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I hope the “hotline” process goes through the Senate without a hitch today. However, if any Senator decides to place a hold, then the Majority Leader ought, as the Minority Whip urges, to give the #HKHRDA a vote immediately. #DelayNoMore.
Calling on all sides to deescalate violence and for Senator McConnell to have an immediate vote on the bipartisan Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
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So touched to hear @SpeakerPelosi, a lifelong champion of human rights in #China, kick off the @HouseForeign hearing with some personal remarks on the hard work she has done over the years.
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@HongKongPolyU For the past number of hours, this is how the peninsula has been locked down. The university is dead center in this map. Where the FUCK do these cops expect people to go?
This morning in Hong Kong police have expanded their cordon to stretch 2km along Chatham Road. Police are looking to starve & push the 1000s remaining in the uni into submission & arrest. This isn't law enforcement, it's vengeful & sadistic actions by an unaccountable force.
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My friend turns 24 today. He also just learned this week that he’s (finally!) graduating from college after years of delays due to his activism, imprisonment, and everything in between. I probably won’t be seeing him anytime soon, but Happy Birthday and Congratulations 🎂🎉.
[Finally, I have graduated!]. 1. Today, I have received the graduate certificate from #OUHK, confirming that I have completed my Bachelor of Social Sciences (Politics and Public Administration) with Second Class Honours (Upper Divison) by the University's Senate.
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@RobbieGramer @alexbward Um, if your response to a nationalist, authoritarian regime that opposes multiculturalism, puts ethnic and racial minorities in concentration camps, controls women’s bodies, and persecutes the L.G.B.T.Q. community (among other things) is to be gentler, you’re not “progressive.”.
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In two weeks, #Massachusetts Democrats will decide if @EdMarkey — a tireless crusader for freedoms in #HongKong, as well as healthcare, environmental, educational, criminal, and economic justice at home — should continue to be their senator. I hope they’re #StickingWithEd.
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Things are moving very quickly in D.C. today. Breaking @WSJ news: @ChrisVanHollen and @SenToomey will introduce an urgent, bipartisan bill in response to the #HongKong national-security law. Separately, a strong @HawleyMO resolution is also coming soon.
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Pictures published by @appledaily_hk from the first hour or so show long lines outside polling stations across the territory. These are very uplifting scenes that reflect how much Hong Kongers are persisting.
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8. Because, on the other hand, the life stories of Quan Kế Huy and Michelle Yeoh epitomize something very different: the unlimited possibilities Hong Kong once offered to Southeast Asians destined for far greater things.
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There’s a certain appeal #Mulan has for liberals who like the film because of its supposed Asian representation. Except actual Asians — like our #MilkTeaAlliance friends from #HongKong, #Taiwan, and #Thailand who face the threat of Chinese imperialism on a daily basis — hate it.
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1. THREAD: Today is #HongKong’s Election Day. The polls will open momentarily through 10:30 p.m. local time. Across 18 districts, 452 seats are contested under the first-past-the-post system. (27 ex officio members represent rural areas.) The opposition needs 240 for a majority.
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This is it, folks. The series of policy responses by @realDonaldTrump regarding #HongKong, in accordance with @SecPompeo’s report yesterday to Congress, is coming tomorrow.
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Earlier today, on Nov. 20, 2019, @RepThomasMassie for Kentucky’s Fourth Congressional District cast the only NAY vote on the landmark #HKHRDA. Perhaps @KingJames and him can be best buddies. How will he go down in history?
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1. What a journey it’s been, @PeteButtigieg: a 38-year-old, gay, former mayor of a midsized, Midwestern city in #Indiana who rose from obscurity to presidential frontrunner in less than one year, before winning the Iowa caucuses.
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Earlier today, I resigned as a standing committee member of @demosisto and concurrently announced my departure from the activist group. I thank my friends for everything over the past three years and four months. I’ll keep doing what’s right for #HongKong. See you along the way.
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15. Thanks in large part to him and his team, this film also features a substantial amount of Cantonese dialogue, at a time when even those produced in Hong Kong itself must increasingly feature Mandarin.
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Wrong guy!.
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The context is very different, but let me say what I said four summers ago when I campaigned on #HongKong Island for his election to the Legislative Council: “Please vote for Nathan Law.” I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.
We are proud of @nathanlawkc for being recognized among the @TIME 100 reader poll. You can support him through this link:
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Well, @AndrewYang just gave Asia’s most progressive nation another big middle finger. He opposed to “leveling the playing field and recognizing #Taiwan on equal footing with #China.” There was “no reason” to alter “the status quo,” which, he said, “is working well on both sides.”
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Video of an Orientalist in town who thinks he’s entitled to any attention for being able to speak like a dozen words. Yeah, dude, I can also order cheeseburgers in English. Big fucking deal.
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9. Born in Saigon, Quan fled his country with his family when he was a kid after the communist unification. He was admitted as a refugee in 1978 by Hong Kong and resettled in 1979 to California. My Ph.D. dissertation project follows the trajectories of people just like him.
Ke Huy Quan, through tears, celebrated his Oscar win for best supporting actor in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.". "My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp. And somehow I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage," Quan said.
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1. THREAD: On this day 56 years ago, the greatest president in American history was assassinated in Dallas. A good number of his ideas have lived on, not just in the U.S., but also in #HongKong, where many of us have recently found wisdom and inspiration in his words.
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19. Tibetan-Americans are Asian-Americans; Uyghur-Americans are Asian-Americans; and Mongolian-Americans are Asian-Americans, too. But Asian-Americans aren’t seen equally. Too often, those who conform to a sense of “Greater Chinese unity” enjoy having their voices amplified.
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“Asia’s finest”: Earlier tonight in Kwun Tong, a clearly retreating cop was shot in the head by his colleague from behind for no reason — black comedy captured on live television. Now they have a taste of their own medicine 👮♂️🔫💊
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17. Make no mistake: Hong Kong was never fully democratic, fully autonomous, albeit freer in the past. That’s why our decades-long struggle isn’t about choosing one colonial master over another, but about exercising our universal right of self-determination as a people.
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Tune in now: My friends @nathanlawkc and @BrianLeungKP join @ahyanlee to testify before the @HouseForeign hearing, “The End of One Country, Two Systems?: Implications of Beijing’s National Security Law in Hong Kong,” which will begin momentarily.
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Contrary to the government’s claims, #HongKong’s N.S.L. allows for retroactive application. This happened before with the 2016–17 removal of lawmakers from office due to their oath-taking practices. Now we’re seeing it again, both in @joshuawongcf’s disqualification and here.
In May last year, I've announced that I no longer advocate #HongKongIndependence.Furthermore, since the #NationalSecurityLaw is put into effect, I didn't say anything related to #HongKongIndependence to politicians which they call "foreign forces".
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14. Daniel Kwan, the co-director and co-writer of Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won Best Picture tonight, is the son of a Hong Kong father and a Taiwanese mother.
Daniel Kwan, one-half of The Daniels directorial team behind 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' thanked his immigrant parents in a moving speech while accepting the Oscar for Best Director
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More creative Hong Kongers here. Just like in a co-op video game, protesters work together to block a “spawn point” that is one of the back entrances of the police HQ on Arsenal St., so cops can’t dispatch reinforcements or leave the blockaded complex at all.
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This may sound trivial in the grand scheme of things, but can reporters please not refer to Hong Kongers abroad who will almost certainly face five, ten years — if not a lifetime — behind bars upon returning home as being in “self-imposed” exile? The framing is horrible.
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16. Alas, the Hong Kong I describe doesn’t exist anymore because of the very regime — a regime that threatens ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity — Yang and Yen support. The sweeping National Security Law on June 30, 2020, spelt its ultimate demise.
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1. THREAD: The Senate Minority Leader just publicly urged his Republican counterpart to give the landmark Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which passed the House unanimously yesterday, a vote. Minority Whip @SenatorDurbin also did the same earlier today.
The people of Hong Kong have a right to free expression. We stand with them. The Chinese Communist Party must be held accountable. @SenateMajLdr McConnell: The House just passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. Time for the Senate to vote!.
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18. The recent rise of anti-A.A.P.I. hate is real. As a U.S.-based Hong Konger, I’ve felt it personally. I understand why some folks on the left in search of their identity cling onto an idealized, strong China. But confusing racial and national categories does no one any good.
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