Safely arrived in HK:
- Heavy AVSECO presence outside the exit going to the taxis.
- Spotted motorbike officers escorting Benzes on a highway going to the airport.
- Saw white plastic barriers around some stations near Admiralty.
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Hong Kong's Protest Keep Getting Darker and Edgier
In-depth analysis of how both the protesters and the government have deployed motifs relating to death, and illustrating how the protesters are motivated from the feeling that this is the Darkest Hour.
Heard of a pro-mainland event going on at the IFC.
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They were there to counter a group singing "Glory to Hong Kong", and photos circulated on facebook show a woman in red paying the pro-Beijing group a.k.a "blue ribbons".
Edited by stairwalker on Sep 12th 2019 at 9:20:06 PM
CP is intensifying interrogation of any staff members voicing support for the protests.
Management uses screen caps of posts from FB, Instagram and private What App groups and interrogate said staff member about. They say no, but they’re forced to leave and take chances with another airline. Worse if it’s from the mainland.
Protests this weekend are banned again. Forbidding a protest on the International Day of Democracy (15 September) is definitely a good way to show what type of government it is.
https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/democracyday
There’s a laser-lights demo in Victoria Peak today.
Word is there’s going to a procession to the British Consulate.
Heads up folks.
PTU’s deployed at Central MTR.
Heard my dad say “HK belongs to China” when he suggests a selfie. (In joking stride).
Edited by Ominae on Sep 14th 2019 at 12:42:35 PM
SCMP with a live blog on what’s happening.
There’s lots of blockading and police raiding a shop connected to the protests.
March to the British consul announced.
Admiralty station is closed.
Taiwan has been sending gas masks to help the protesters. It's the little things that are appreciated.
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I think we should remind ourselves that it's private Taiwanese citizens that are doing this, not the actual ROC government, since actually doing so would risk a military escalation in the Strait that Tsai - despite all of her fierce "pro independence but we can't call it that" rhetoric - doesn't need.
Well, yes, that.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49774809
A BBC article mentioning that the HKPF may be pushed to the limit.
Wonder if now would be the perfect time for a really big stunt to show that the police have lost control. Maybe taking over the Legislative Council building and raising the Black Bauhinia?
We'll see. They've got something planned, that's for sure.
Two 13-year-olds arrested, one for apparently burning the PRC national flag.
Edited by TheWildWestPyro on Sep 22nd 2019 at 4:44:40 AM
Eeh, gotta be real careful there. If you go violent, you're no longer a nonviolent movement and you no longer have the legitimacy that nonviolent protest gives you.
Half-assed street violence gives the enemy an easy propaganda score.
At this point, they're too angry and fired up to notice.
The song is called "Glory to Hong Kong". The composer is a full-time musician named Thomas, in his 20s.