Real interaction I saw on here the other day
Chinese feminist: China collaborated with Bush’s war on terror and used it to reframe Uyghur nationalism as Islamic terrorism
“Pro🇵🇸” Larper: you’re saying this because you’re white adjacent and love white supremacy
@AdamKinzinger They never really did understand how our forward bases served all of us, especially us. They really have no idea of how any of this works and man does it show. People who can be so easily riled up on populist know-nothing talking points are the most pathetic people.
"In the 20 years since she arrived from Hong Kong, she had built a life and family in Kennett, working two waitressing jobs and cleaning houses on the side."
https://t.co/NByipz4olY
It is already exceedingly difficult for Hongkongers trying to flee the national security crackdown to gain entry to the US. This will just make it even harder, with little benefit to US interests.
Aaron Maté has spent half of his career arguing that Assad's gassing of children was "staged" by the Syrian opposition.
He even went in front of the UN on behalf of Russia to make that very claim.
Now, he's trying to claim he was never pro-Assad.
If DED “is not extended for Hong Kongers by Feb. 5, affected individuals would…face deportation. ‘I'm afraid of going back to Hong Kong,’ said 27-year-old Koo. ‘I've spent the last 10 years here, and this is where I call home. Now I may have to leave.’” https://t.co/KeauYlaPf2
Respect to @SpeakerPelosi & @CECCgov chair Rep Chris Smith for their rapid response: they condemned the #HK47 sentencing on the very day it took place, the 19th, standing outside the Capitol. True friends of #HongKongers; heartening support.
Reminds me of the Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti, who was the most moderate critic of Beijing’s Uyghur policies and an advocate of better Uyghur-Han relations. (He played by the CCP’s rules and was against East Turkestan independence.) Beijing gave a life sentence.
7 years 9 months for Owen Chow, who has courageously continued to speak out from prison, including a message today. Added to his previous political conviction, he won’t be released until 2032.
I know many of my constituents will be deeply alarmed by the jailing of 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.
Today I spoke in Parliament about the need to better protect Hongkongers in the UK so they can exercise their civil liberties without fear of transnational repression.
Full page ad in today’s New York Times from @thecfhk calling out finance executives for attending an investment conference in Hong Kong this week while 45 democratic opposition leaders are sentenced to prison and pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai’s political trial resumes.