Bettina in HK

Asia economics, climate news. Ex @NYTimes @FinancialTimes @CNBC journo. Still writing. In Hong Kong since 2008. Follow my Insta for offbeat #hongkonghiking tips

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

“Hong Kong is being remade almost faster than changes to its history can be reported, as if the whole city had been suddenly unzipped to reveal a shadow society lurking beneath,” @LimLouisa writes in a guest essay. https://t.co/KIfzxAtE9P

[The New York Times @nytimes]

What exactly have we been doing here on Twitter for the last decade and a half? Whether the platform is dying or not, it’s time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains. https://t.co/c6f90zbbue

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

This claims to be #asiasworldcity

[Tom Grundy @tomgrundy]

#HongKong police made protesters:
✓ Wear numbered tags.
✓ Max. 100 people.
✓ Carry own cordon line.
✓ Masks banned.
✓ Black outfits, yellow raincoats banned.
✓ Slogans/placards/banner design checked.
✓ Media separated from marchers.
✓ Marchers filmed by police.

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

Excellent and important report, in equal parts fascinating, sad and inspiring. #journalism #exile

[Nieman Foundation @niemanfdn]

Exiled journalists face many challenges while abroad. Most outlets are blocked in their home countries, and funding is scarce. How do you even pay staff when the government uses spyware — and actual spies — to track you? Read more in @NiemanReports.
https://t.co/C34JPzfpqO

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

Seriously?! Are there no women in HK? #manel

[Tom Grundy @tomgrundy]

Another great embarrassment of a Hong Kong sausagefest.
@InvestHK @hktdc @HKUniversity

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

For pilots suffering after pandemic, seeking counselling puts job at risk https://t.co/EEHCe8S0eK

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

@tripperhead Also a near-#manel. Ugh.

[IJNet @IJNet]

Since June 2020, when China implemented the National Security Law in #HongKong, independent journalists have fled abroad as once strong press freedoms have eroded. Read more:
https://t.co/ouiiGZ9bfV

[Aaron Busch @tripperhead]

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Request!

Kate Whitehead is writing a book about Covid-19 and its impact on mental health in Hong Kong for HKU Press and is looking for first-person accounts. If you want to share your experience please email [email protected]

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

Simple. Honest. Valuable. Good for other governments to learn from. Yes, iI'm lokling at you, #hongkong

[Joel Chan @kjoules]

Singapore released a white paper regarding its Covid-19 response; here are the main points: looking back at their experience, and how they can improve their response for the next pandemic.

That Hong Kong won’t even bother to conduct a public inquiry is, honestly, shameful

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

@tripperhead Yeah no. Macau.

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

Witnesses to war: the Hong Kong journalists on the frontlines in Ukraine

🔗 https://t.co/XbwBaYcOC8

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

@tripperhead Another day, another (near) #manel. 2 women in the mix

[Aaron Busch @tripperhead]

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So, in the past 18 hours...

• Singapore scraps final non-healthcare setting mask mandate

• Taiwan scraps indoor mask mandate except public transport and healthcare

• Hong Kong extends indoor and outdoor mask mandate for another 14 days

#HelloHongKong

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

A must-read thread on what happened, and should not have happened, in HK. We need objective insights into all this so it does not happen again. Thank you @DrDOwens

[David Owens @DrDOwens]

Hong Kong has amongst the highest Covid mortality rates in the world post availability of vaccines. Why?

A: HK prioritised performative politics over science

Will HK hold a public enquiry?

A: Apparently not

Why not?

A: politics

An inquiry 🧵in 25 tweets

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[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

@tripperhead @AusCGHK Well done you! Hope you wore shorts and flip flops for the occasion.

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

That's a lot of men in black suits. #manel

[Aaron Busch @tripperhead]

"Hello Hong Kong" is officially launched, with a second slogan of "Hong Kong is Onstage Again".

[Dame Heather McGregor @HeatherMcG_hwud]

Today is a special moment in journalism history as Emma Tucker starts at @WSJ and all three of @FT @TheEconomist and @WSJ have female editors @EmmaTuckerST @khalafroula @zannymb such a date to remember and so pleased to have seen this in my lifetime 🥂👏👏

[Dr Siddharth Sridhar @sid8998]

The people who come up with names like ‘Orthrus’ are the bigger problem.

Referring to every emerging Omicron subvariant as a mythical monster is going to desensitise people to actual health threats down the road.

[Bettina in HK @BWassener]

@tripperhead No news on tourist visas for entering China yet, right?