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Yuen Chan
@yuenchan.bsky.social
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"Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky"
Was @xinwenxiaojie on the app formerly known as Twitter.
Hongkonger, South Londoner.
Teaching journalism at City St George's, University of London.
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Recently spotted in Tai Po:
Only when it is lost do you know what you most love.
Only when it is no more do you know to lament.
Photo of Chinese characters in black written on a white wall: 失去先知最愛，到無先識感慨。
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Throwback Friday.
So, I was reminded that this happened six years ago.
Screenshot of an FB post that reads: S is teaching her classmate, C Cantonese C: Yeah, man Teacher: why are you saying Yeah, man? C: It means evening in Chinese
October 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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What are the "five left-wing attacks" and which is the "single right-wing attack"?
screenshot of text that reads: From 1994 to July of this year, there were 495 right-wing terror attacks and plots, and 68 left-wing ones, according to data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank. But there have been five left-wing attacks this year, compared to one right-wing incident.
October 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Homemade 猪仔餅 says "Hi!"
A moon cake cookie in the shape of a piglet
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Managed to get a good skin to filling ratio this year. Fam doesn't liked salted egg yolks in their moon cakes though 🤷‍♀️
A quarter of a cut moon cake showing lotus seed filling in soft pastry, held between thumb and finger. Another cut quarter behind it resting on white plate
October 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Happy Mid-Autumn festival to everyone celebrating 🌕🥮
但願人長久，千里共嬋娟
A small, round baked pastry (moon cake) on a china dish featuring a pair of painted rabbits.
October 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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They've edited it to take out husband's name but still describes her as married with two children before her professional accomplishments.
Screenshot of Sky News Headline and standfirst, reads: Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first (in big headline type), followed by: Sarah Mullally, 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married with has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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So much wrong with the world.
And also mince pies in September 😞
Colorful boxes of mince pies stacked on a shop shelf. Has pictures of round shortcrust pastry pies, one split to show dried fruit filling. Writing says 6 Merry Mince Pies.
September 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Clerkenwell, London.
A wall with black spray printed words: PRAY 4 THE KiRks and a black cross (crucifix) below.
September 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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About to watch Ten Years.
10 years after I watched it in YauMaTei.
十年
十年人事幾番新
Cinema screen showing Hong Kong Film Festival in UK 2025
September 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Screenshot from the movie Gattaca. Shows a blue screen with the headshot of a smiling man wearing glasses (Ethan Hawke). The right of his image are the words IN-VALID, below that a string of numbers and below that, in the bottom centre of the screenshot, the words UNAUTHORIZED SPECIMEN in a box.
August 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Oh dear, what to do with this? 😳🍇🍇🍇
Wooden table in garden covered with green grapes and with yellow plastic bowl filled with grapes.
July 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Dan Jarvis issues clarification in response to Alicia Kearns letter. Extradition cooperation with Hong Kong is still suspended "The new law completes the severing of extradition ties."
Thank goodness!
Post by minister of state for security Dan Jarvis on X, in response to Alicia Kearns letter. Reads: "This is entirely incorrect. The treaty remains suspended. The new law completes the severing of extradition ties. We are resolute in our commitment to human rights, the rule of law, and safety of all in the UK. That goes for all Hong Kongers who have made our country their home."
July 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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This was posted by @aliciakearns.bsky.social MP over at the bad place.
Very concerning indeed.
Govt planning to reintroduce extradition cooperation with Hong Kong, which was suspended after implementation of the National Security Law in 2020.
Letter from Alicia Kearns MP to Minister of State for Security, Dan Jarvis expressing concern that government plans to reintroduce extradition arrangements with Hong Kong which were suspended after the introduction of the Hong Kong National Security Law in 2020. Asks for reassurances for the safety of the more than 150,000 Hongkongers who have moved to the UK since then.
July 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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I seem to recall @stephenkb.bsky.social saying he'd like a kettle that brewed tea and kept it warm?
July 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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A sign on a stone wall on one of the islands of the Matsu archipelago off Taiwan with the Chinese characters 光復大陸, i.e. reclaim the mainland
June 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Dear Hongkongers, today is the 10th Anniversary of the inaugural "Waiting for Uncle Fat Day". I know it seems like several lifetimes and worlds away.
#等埋發叔
For those who don't know, here is a helpful Wiki entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting...
A bespectacled woman (pro-Beijing trade unionist and lawmaker Chan Yuen-han) sits with her mouth agape in the chamber of Hong Kong's Legislative Council while her colleagues head out of the chamber through a door behind her.
June 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Congratulations to the @theoffsetmag.bsky.social team on the publication of their magazine - packed with features on climate change.
It's been a pleasure working with you, I look forward to seeing your stories and bylines in the future!
Also thanks to @misszing.bsky.social & @cdtilbury.bsky.social
MA International Journalism students standing on the steps of the arched entrance of the College Building of City St Georges, University of London, holding copies of their magazine. Students standing in the classroom and flicking through the pages of their magazine immediately after unboxing. Copies of The Offset Magazine showing the cover of the publication that shows a picture of the Seven Sisters Cliffs in Sussex.
June 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Wonder whether 'source' contacted the journalist after seeing their journorequest
screenshot of Bluesky post, reads: Another case study call out from me. Are you a parent who is struggling to decide whether to put money aside for school fees or your pension pot? Would you be willing to talk with me about it for a broadsheet piece? Can be anon but ideally not. Pls email me (add in bio.) Thanks #journorequest.
June 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Screenshot of a scene from the film "Freddy vs Jason" depicting Freddy Krueger from Nightmare on Elm Street facing off against Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th while flames lap around them.
June 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Him
A screenshot from an episode of the X-files, showing the actor Brian Thompson who plays an alien bounty hunter (a shape shifter who resembles a white human man, with slicked back fair hair, wearing a trench coat and a white shirt and tie).
May 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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This one?
IYKYK
#HongKong #MythicalCreatures
ps. it was a challenge to write the alt text for this.
A parody Top Trumps-type card with a picture of a penguin jumping off ice into the open mouth of a killer whale. The name of the bird is written in English above the picture: "Golden Wing Falling Bird". Below are the Chinese characters for Golden-winged falling on the street bird, this is a Cantonese homophone for "[We're] really f*n screwed this time". Below that is a description of the creature as a particularly stupid one which is frequently mocked by others followed by point scores for various attributes. The card is part of a set of parody "Golden Creature Card", derived from popular memes the online Golden Forum in the 2010s.
May 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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As we watch the smoke signals, I thought I'd reshare my favourite placement of a banner ad perhaps ever.
Screenshot of a webpage from Scientific American with a headline for an article reading "What is Imposter Syndrome?" The banner ad at the top of the page features a picture of the face of a bearded man and the question: "Is Jesus Really God?"
May 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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The idiom of our times: 指鹿為馬
Calling a deer a horse
Screencap of an old Hong Kong anti-corruption agency ad with a picture of a spotted deer with antlers and a caption that reads: this is a horse
April 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Screenshot of AI overview in Google search. Reads: The phrase "as original as generative AI" can be interpreted as questioning the true originality of content created by these AI models. Generative AI, while capable of producing novel outputs, is ultimately limited by the data it's trained on and the algorithms that power its generation. While AI can generate content that seems original, it's essentially a remix or adaptation of existing patterns within its training data, rather than a truly novel invention.
April 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM