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London, England
Joined June 2019
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Jimmy Lai's media company, Next Digital, parent company of Apple Daily, delists today from the #HK stock exchange after closure of its flagship pro-democracy newspaper, which ignited fears over a crackdown on press freedom. Story w/ @oliviahttam bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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More big breaking news. Bloomberg has learned China is considering letting local governments raise $220B to fund infrastructure & the recovery. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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All Xi (音:痾屎 -Eng. meaning: Taking a Shit), A performance piece I did back in 2017 pretending I’m a pro Communist supporter and sneaked into the paid supporter groups to welcome president Xi. – at Taichung City, Taiwan
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🇭🇰"This is the right time to go." China has radically reshaped the once free-spirited city of Hong Kong, @opinion's @mbrookerhk says as he bids farewell to his home of 3 decades trib.al/SnC5YhD
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🇭🇰 "1997 was the beginning of an end." It's been 25 years since the British handover of Hong Kong to China. Those born in 1997 have witnessed some of the city's most rapid social and political change. We speak to 3 Hong Kongers born in that year trib.al/HZDgigH
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"At no point did I expect me to be the person responsible for the English-language Hong Kong Covid news." Stay-at-home dad of 2, @tripperhead, has become an unlikely source of news for the city's #Covid19 policies. Here's how he got there trib.al/honGPRV
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Your weekly thread on everything that's happened in Chinese markets. What. A. Week. 1/10
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The mobile emergency alert that just gave you a heart attack is the result of a HK$150 million alert system launched by the Communication Authority in Nov 2020 but never used... until now, after HK01's story today: hk01.com/article/744351/
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NEW: More and more finance workers think Hong Kong's best days are over. New York, London, Singapore and Dubai are beckoning instead. Read The Big Take ⬇️ trib.al/9rimQjM
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Firefighters Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine are unable to start putting out fire, are being shot at by Russian troops - RIA cites Ukrainian energy ministry
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Russian army is firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl! Russians must IMMEDIATELY cease the fire, allow firefighters, establish a security zone!
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Hong Kong has a hamster Covid cluster and these headlines are everything.
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All of this happened in Chinese markets this week. A thread. 1/10
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