The key things to know about vandalism in Hong Kong is that 1) it is highly targeted for specific political reasons, 2) its scope is a fierce topic for debate among demonstrators, 3) public transit has been weaponized against protesters since mid-August.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/business/hong-kong-starbucks-vandalism.html …
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The preview tile also says "McDonald's could be next", while the article has changed this to "Apple could be next". The last thing in the world the Hong Kong protests are about are global brands, but that's what the NYT has run with.
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Nobody is going to heave a brick through a McDonald's window when it is the one place you can get a Pineapple McSpicy after a protest, when the government has pressured every other store in the city to shut down.
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Honestly, the Hong Kong coverage from the New York Times reads a lot like a sanitized version of the South China Morning Post. I would not treat them as a credible source.
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(Also the Pineapple McSpicy is very deliciously real. It's not some Pinboard flight of fancy)pic.twitter.com/bFfv78gnM6
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Oh, and I didn't even notice this in my rage: The MTR has been shut down systemwide every night since October 4 in a de facto curfew, not just "once". A complete failure of fact checking at the NYT.pic.twitter.com/R614kr7MFc
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Adding this to my "there's something weird about NYT coverage of Hong Kong" thread. On the night of the biggest escalation in five months of protests, there's nothing about Hong Kong on the NYT front page. You have to dig in to the 'world' section to find this misleading headlinepic.twitter.com/hliXkLivLf
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Plus, there're a mounting no. of suspected cases of vandalism where the attacks couldn't be carried out by the so called "rioters". 1) how "rioters" breaking in from the OUTSIDE can possibly do this? 2) "rioters" strolling leisurely in a closed station with the police looking on?pic.twitter.com/oEN1mkwFtF
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Police killings?
Do you have an English source?
I've been to HK so many times since childhood, it breaks my heart; but I'm so proud that people are willing to stand up for democracy and freedom. -
The rumors of police killings in the MTR have never been substantiated. I don't think they are true, but the belief is very widespread among Hong Kong protesters and guides their behavior.
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