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JocelynH

@jocelynhphoto.bsky.social

a garden selection.
#flowers #garden #floral #greenery #leicam11p

August 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM

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JocelynH

@jocelynhphoto.bsky.social

anyone in hong kong, interested in joining a street photography workshop in macau?
#photography #streetphotography #macau #workshop

September 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM

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JocelynH

@jocelynhphoto.bsky.social

dress up.
#streetphotography #pink #blue #hongkong

September 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM

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#HongKong
‘Joyously making critique’: Post-punk trio Restless Waters eyes deeper role in Hong Kong’s underground #music scene
Formed in 2023, Restless Waters is their way to engage with the community.

via Hans Tse @hongkongfp.com

hongkongfp.com/2025/09/28/j...

Restless Waters eyes deeper role in HK’s underground music scene

Three musicians want to be part of HK's flourishing underground music scene. Their post-punk band Restless Waters, formed in 2023, is their way to engage with the community.

hongkongfp.com

September 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM

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Natscute

@bluesky2020.bsky.social

Appartements à Hong Kong, 1988.
#photographie
#HongKong

September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM

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Eva Montemaggi

@evamontemaggi.bsky.social

The new frontier of manufacturing? For those who still think they can 'bring back' manufacturing jobs.
#china #manufacturing #tech
www.texspacetoday.com/china-enters...

China enters new era of ‘Dark Factories’ with no lights, no workers

China is on the cusp of a manufacturing revolution with the emergence of “dark factories,” fully automated facilities that operate without human workers or traditional lighting. Powered…

www.texspacetoday.com

September 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM

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Gregory Lee 利大英

@gblee.bsky.social

#ZhangYadi #China #Tibet
via Jessie Lau
Tue 30 Sep 2025 11.00 BST

Zhang was arrested in late July. Neither her family nor friends have had any contact with her since. She returned to China this summer from #France planning to travel into more Tibetan regions.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support

Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama

www.theguardian.com

September 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM

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Gregory Lee 利大英

@gblee.bsky.social

#HongKong #art #painting
Probably the best birthday gift I ever had.

'Looking out over Telegraph Bay from Hong Kong Island'
從香港島眺望鋼絲灣*

Oil on canvas board (70cm x 50cm) by Natacha Lee 利瑛瑛@natachalee.bsky.social
See her other work on www.natachalee.art

*aka 大口灣 / 大河灣

'Looking out over Telegraph Bay from Hong Kong Island'
從香港島眺望鋼絲灣*

Oil on canvas board (70cm x 50cm) by Natacha Lee @natachalee.bsky.social
See her other work on https://www.natachalee.art/

September 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Cantonese World Resource Centre

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#HongKong #JimmyLai

“It is not wrong to support freedom of expression. It is not wrong to support human rights”

via @heldavidson.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Supporting freedom of expression is not wrong, Jimmy Lai’s lawyer tells court

Closing arguments made in Hong Kong media mogul’s national security trial, which has lasted more than 140 days

www.theguardian.com

August 21, 2025 at 6:56 AM

Cantonese World Resource Centre

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#HongKong #religion

"Joys in Online Religious Spaces: A Study of Hong Kong Local and Diasporic Online/Offline Christian Communities"

Conference Paper by Ann Gillian Chu
www.researchgate.net/profile/Ann-...

August 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM

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Gregory Lee 利大英

@gblee.bsky.social

Bookshops under fire

Excellent explainer of #HongKong government's own understanding of 軟對抗 'soft resistance' via Joy Dong for The New York Times - in fact they can't even define it themselves!

Hong Kong Officials Harden Their Stance on ‘Soft Resistance’ [軟對抗]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...

Hong Kong Officials Harden Their Stance on ‘Soft Resistance’

www.nytimes.com

August 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

@hongkongfp.com

On Instagram-like Xiaohongshu, the hashtag "Nushu" has been viewed over 73.5 million times -- mostly featuring young women sharing tattoos and other modern work incorporating the old script. In full: buff.ly/lzp5hkh

China's Gen Z women embrace centuries-old script

On Instagram-like Xiaohongshu, the hashtag "Nushu" has been viewed over 73.5 million times -- mostly featuring young women sharing tattoos and other modern work incorporating the old script.

buff.ly

August 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM

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Reuters

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Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai given heart monitor for final stretch of marathon trial reut.rs/4mlU1DR

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai given heart monitor for final stretch of marathon trial

Hong Kong pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor for the start of his final submissions in a landmark national security trial, following health concerns over heart palpitations.

reut.rs

August 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

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Wanted pro-independence activist Tony Chung says he has been granted political asylum in the UK, as Hong Kong condemned on Sunday the "harbouring of criminals.” In full: buff.ly/RZHBrPc

Independence activist Tony Chung says UK granted him political asylum, as Hong Kong condemns 'harbouring of criminals' | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

Wanted Hong Kong pro-independence activist Tony Chung says he has been granted political asylum in the UK, while Hong Kong authorities condemned foreign countries for ‘harbouring criminals’.” The...

buff.ly

August 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

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Former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui who is wanted by the Chinese city has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain jailed. In full: buff.ly/VsW2qac

Australia grants asylum to 'wanted' Hong Kong democrat Ted Hui | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

Former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui who is wanted by the Chinese city has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain...

buff.ly

August 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

@hongkongfp.com

Infographic chart showing the number of people who have been arrested, charged and convicted in Hong Kong under national security related charges since June 30, 2020. Chart: AFP.

August 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM

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Gregory Lee 利大英

@gblee.bsky.social

#HongKong
via @heldavidson.bsky.social @theguardian.com
Tony Chung granted #asylum in the #UK

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Hong Kong activist Tony Chung says he has been granted asylum in the UK

Chung, one of youngest people to get jail sentence under security law, posts Home Office letter agreeing he has ‘well-founded fear of persecution’

www.theguardian.com

August 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM

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annechaasia.bsky.social

@annechaasia.bsky.social

Jour de plaidoiries finales à #HongKong dans le procès de #JimmyLai
Il risque la prison à vie pour avoir voulu défendre les libertés des Hongkongais et une presse indépendante
#FreePress #HumanRights

www.liberation.fr/internationa...

A Hongkong, le funeste marathon judiciaire de l’opposant Jimmy Lai touche à sa fin

Entamé en décembre 2023, le procès du magnat de la presse hongkongaise et militant prodémocratie reprend ce jeudi 14 août avec les plaidoiries finales. Harcelé et incarcéré depuis près de cinq ans par...

www.liberation.fr

August 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM

Cantonese World Resource Centre

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#China #HongKong
#rights #freedom #transnational #repression

‘I don’t expect to live a normal life’: how a Leeds teenager woke up with a Chinese bounty on her head.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

‘I don’t expect to live a normal life’: how a Leeds teenager woke up with a Chinese bounty on her head

After speaking out about the suppression of Hong Kong’s protests, Chloe Cheung was targeted by Beijing, followed on the street and abused online. Yet she remains defiant

www.theguardian.com

August 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal

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Backreading Hong Kong
Anglophone & Sinophone
November 17-18, 2025

Call for Abstracts—Deadline: September 7, 2025

Explores the entangled, and at times antagonistic, relationship between the 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 and the 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 in the study of Hong Kong’s cultural & literary fields.

backreading.com/2025-2/

August 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal

@asiancha.bsky.social

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒚.

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐌𝐒—Voice & Verse, a Hong Kong-based bilingual print publication,invites poets/translators worldwide to submit original ENG-language poems & poems newly translated into English for their upcoming issue themed 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠.
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