1. Hong Kong stand with our freedom-loving friends in Thailand against Chinese bullying! #nnevvy
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2. Four years ago, I went to Bangkok for speaking events at Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University. But the Thai government blacklisted me at Beijing's request and detained me from Suvarnabhumi Airport for over 12 hours.https://hongkongfp.com/2016/10/06/joshua-wong-thanks-thai-democracy-activists-for-support-after-bangkok-airport-detainment/ …
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3. I had no access to my phone or a lawyer. Communication was difficult, and the authorities kept replying "no" to my questions. I distinctly remember one of them telling me: "You should know this is Thailand, just like China, not the same as Hong Kong."
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4. It was one of my scariest experiences ever: foreign country, foreign language. I also thought of the infamous cross-border abduction of Gui Minhai — one of the five missing Causeway Bay booksellers — from Thailand to China in 2015.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/08/gui-minhai-the-strange-disappearance-of-a-publisher-who-riled-chinas-elite …
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5. Someone else in the cell could use his phone, and alerted my friends by msging
@demosisto's FB page. For a while I thought I might be imprisoned for years. Thankfully I was sent home. I'll never forget the activists who waited for me at the terminal, raising their umbrellas.Show this thread -
6. Over the past few days, Vachirawit Chiva-aree (Bright)'s girlfriend has been accused for advocating Taiwanese independence. Thai netizens came to their defense and also showed an overwhelming support for Hong Kong. I've been so moved.
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7. Angry Chinese nationalists think they can attack the Thai people by attacking the Thai regime. But the King of Thailand is especially unpopular: Rather than combating the Wuhan virus, he has been hiding in a German hotel with 20 women!https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/king-of-thailand-isolates-from-coronavirus-with-20-women/ …
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8. Bright's fans adore him for his popular romantic TV drama, 2gether: The Series, about the story of a gay couple. They're young and progressive, obviously not blindly pro-government (unlike their counterparts in China). The exchange shows what Chinese nationalists can't grasp.pic.twitter.com/OOZlfmc1hP
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9. Of course the Thai youth supports Taiwan, the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage, just as progressives around the world should, my friend
@jeffreychngo has argued. This is most important at a time when it faces exclusion by the WHO.https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/island-left-neglected-taiwan-dppp-tsai …Show this thread -
10. The Vietnamese people — having endured decades of racism, imperialism and geopolitical oppression from China — have likewise long been standing up for Hong Kong, even as the Vietnamese government is reluctant to say anything pro-democracy.
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11. This incident is giving me a lot of hope in youth activism and transnational social engagement. Perhaps we can build a new kind of pan-Asian solidarity that opposes all forms of authoritarianism. ขอบคุณ!!!
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I'm so sorry to hear this. Please, be aware that Thai teens, young adults are on the democracy's side which is the same side as yours. I'm not going to apologise for the idiot who disgrace you, but when Thailand have democracy back, they all will be brought to justice.
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