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Hong Kongers in San Francisco Bay Area
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[hailey @haileyhmt]

(3/3) Hong Kong has used bamboo scaffolding for decades because it’s lightweight, highly flexible in strong winds, easy to assemble on irregular building façades, and extremely cost-effective.

The scaffold itself wasn’t the issue here. The netting material was.

[Chung Ching Kwong 鄺頌晴 @chungchingkwong]

I don’t quite understand where does this “bamboo scaffolding led to the fire” come from.

The bamboos scaffolding after the fire is still mainly intact. It’s the netting that’s flammable, not the bamboo scaffolding. It started with the netting, as multiple videos show.

[Luke de Pulford @lukedepulford]

Note to western journalists: don’t suck up PRC propaganda. Bamboo scaffolding is widely regarded as safe - a craft in Hong Kong of which they’re rightly proud. Early indications are that the netting was the cause of this tragedy.

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

HKDC Executive Director @AnnaKwokFY has received the 2025 Lhakar Award for Activism in Exile from @SFTHQ. The award will be presented at SFT's Longsho Nite in NYC on Aug 30. Fellow awardees include @SFTFrance & Tibetan #PoliticalPrisoner A-Nya Sengdra.
https://t.co/yHVaLnVCNU

[Samuel Bickett @SamuelBickett]

Weeks after cutting a deal with Trump in the US, elite New York law firm Simpson Thacher faces another human rights scandal: senior counsel and former China head Celia Lam chaired the tribunal that banned @kevinkfyam from practicing law in Hong Kong—punishment for his pro-democracy activism.

Simpson Thacher loves to market its human rights credentials. This is the opposite.

https://t.co/yMFWL1seSS

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

The US gov't yesterday released its annual human rights reports, including on #HongKong. There are few surprises. In short, another miserable year: China & HK gov't "further dismantled HK's political freedoms & autonomy."
Full report: https://t.co/mP4GJm7Ze4

[Kevin Yam 任建峰 @kevinkfyam]

Remember: every guilty plea, every decision not to fight a case by any Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner is NOT a real admission of guilt, but more a “what’s the point, let’s get it over with” thing.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

🔥FLAME OF FREEDOM: As closing arguments in #JimmyLai's sham national security trial begin on Thursday, we look back at some key trial exchanges that showcase his remarkable courage & fortitude.

#FreeJimmyLai
#wearejimmylai

https://t.co/nuqtJ3qImv

[Chloe Cheung 張晞晴 @Chloe_chc_25]

Pathetic: an op-ed at @SCMPNews slams my @guardian interview as “misleading”.

Even more pathetic: he claims that “the national security law does not criminalise political advocacy or criticism of the authorities,” while so many people are in prison for exactly that. What a joke.

[The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation @thecfhk]

🧵In August, DC-based @TheWJP is co-hosting a #HongKong conference on corruption & the rule of law in #HK & #AsiaPacific. Paul Lam, HK Sec of Justice, just sanctioned by @StateDept, will give the keynote address...

https://t.co/f0fbv5MuBV

[Finn Lau 劉祖廸 @finnlau_cd]

We have to take this issue seriously. This deepfake video marks the beginning of the misuse of AI technology against Hong Kong dissidents as well as an experimental AI disinformation campaign that would errode community trust, freedom of expression and democracy.

[HK SFBayArea @HKSFBayArea]

The Hoover Project on China’s Global Sharp Power invites you to Hong Kong After the National Security Law | Hoover Institution https://t.co/fHTYTmQzNC
on Tuesday, May 14 from 4-5:30pm PT
RSVP in Person or Online ☝️

[Hong Kong Watch @hk_watch]

46 civil society organizations urge Secretary Blinken to raise human rights concerns during China visit

https://t.co/MQP9z3dVFM

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

More photos from #Tibetans & #HongKongers’ protest against top CCP official & PRC ambassador to US Xie Feng at @Harvard’s @Kennedy_School. Stand up against the CCP’s human rights abuses & crushing of the popular will in #Tibet & #HongKong.

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

#Tibetans & #HongKongers protest Xie Feng at @Harvard. Xie’s PRC ambassador to the US. He was a main CCP official in HK during the 2019 protests & subsequent crackdown. He’s invited to speak by Chinese students at @Kennedy_School. US universities should avoid associating w/ him.

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

Joint statement by 21 US #HongKong groups:
We oppose the visit to the US of top HK government official Christopher Hui & call on US authorities, groups & businesses to refrain from meeting Hui or other HK gov't officials while the crackdown in HK goes on. https://t.co/011AqwkqMh

[Hong Kong Democracy Council @hkdc_us]

#HongKongers & allies in Chicago are protesting against the visit of top HK official Christopher Hui, who is at an event co-hosted by HKETO. Say no to meetings with top HK officials as long as they continue to crack down on HKers!

[HK SFBayArea @HKSFBayArea]

@annack4congress has confirmed to join us. Thank you

[HK SFBayArea @HKSFBayArea]

📢 FREE🎥 Screening of "The Hong Konger" followed by a panel discussion featuring Jimmy Lai's colleagues and Hong Kong activists.
🗓️ Sunday, April 7, 2024
🕐 1:00pm - 4:00pm
📍 UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley
ℹ️ RSVP & Event Details: https://t.co/n9CXqZ9H3M
@thecfhk @hkaaberk

[HK SFBayArea @HKSFBayArea]

Dear Congress members @RepDeSaulnier @SpeakerPelosi @RepBarbaraLee @RepDuarteCA13 @RepSwalwell @RepKevinMullin @RepAnnaEshoo @RepRoKhanna , please join us