Davin Wong

Good morning fellow treasonous peoples ✊🏼 this is truly a grim moment for Hong Kong and the Hongkonger diaspora

Moving onto thread, peace

20 years ago, I participated in my first protest in Hong Kong. I didn’t understand why the crowd was opposed to Article 23, but my father told me that Hongkongers must show up to fight for our rights. “Because this is Hong Kong, and we are not China yet” he said.

@aimenlau Juicyman looks nice

The woman arrested is Marilyn Tang Yin-lee, veteran labour rights activist and younger sister of Elizabeth Tang , and the man is Fred Ho, veteran lawyer and younger brother of ex #HKAlliance leader Albert Ho , sources said.

Cherie Wong, executive director of Alliance Canada Hong Kong, says the diaspora has been warning about Chinese interference in elections for years - but many are afraid to speak out.

"We understand the weather, we live in Canada, we've been through all this weather before. But it's the lack of support when you need to talk to somebody? The communication has been really bad." globalnews.ca/news/9366947/t…

normalize avoiding people who are not good for your mental health

Among the many revelations of China's weekend protests are that young Chinese—GenZs and Millennials—aren't what people in the West (and even Chinese themselves!) thought they were. I think we're witnessing the emergence of a new political consciousness or nationalism. 🧵0/11

One day they talked shit about u, made u an enemy The next day they asked for ur helping hand Its mercy on my end to give them a glance, or a penny at best

We stand together not because we share the same national identity, but because of our shared struggle. State -driven identitarian politics is the thing that gets us into this mess in the first place.

2. Some HKers believe that by not 落井下石 (throwing rocks after you fell into the well) and staying silent, they are already reasonable after how they were attacked during the HK protests by mainlanders. Plz don't pull a "not all cops".."not all Chinese folks" here

@rhokilpatrick @aimenlau @TwitterSupport @elonmusk so much for free speech

@aimenlau Tyty🥹🫶🏻

Environmental and land defenders are vital in combatting #climatechange, despite facing great danger. Organizations like @EarthRightsIntl and @Global_Witness are calling on policymakers at #COP27 to take steps to protect environmental and land defenders. bit.ly/3UuBM0U

#Breaking RCMP have charged Yuesheng Wang, age 35 from Candiac QC with espionage. The RCMP say he obtained trade secrets to benefit the Peoples Republic of China while he worked at Hydro Quebec.

Twitter HQ is great (this is a real pic)

Is twitter going down as the next tumblr?