1. Hong Kong stand with our freedom-loving friends in Thailand against Chinese bullying! #nnevvy
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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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