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Reporter at covering Asia business & geopolitics, & HK protests. Previously: freelancer & . Trail runner. mhui@qz.com

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Joined March 2009

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  1. Even if Hong Kong doesn’t close its borders, some countries are starting to close their borders to Hong Kong.

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  2. Responding to Carrie Lam's characterisation of the medical strike as "extreme," the union spox said Hong Kong's Basic Law guarantees the right to strike.

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  3. The Hospital Authority Employees' Alliance, the union behind the medical strike, says Carrie Lam's latest border restrictions aren't enough as the three ports of entry still open account for >60% of all arrivals to HK from mainland China.

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  4. Only the two land border entry points, plus the airport (all marked out in red boxes below) will remain open from midnight tonight. Carrie Lam has still refused to close the border completely, and condemned the medical strike as "extreme" and "political."

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    Protesters also responded to the presence by chanting “support the police to enforce the law in

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  6. Lunchtime protests now have a new focus: urging the Hong Kong govt to close the border with mainland China

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    10 hours ago

    Simple equation. If HK doesn't shut its doors, then increasing number of countries will shut off to HK, as well as the mainland, as Philippines has. If wants to protect economy/ financial system, then it better do more than just pay lip service.

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  8. Feb 2

    "...we declare that talks have broken down, and industrial action has officially begun.”

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    Feb 2

    'Please take my daughter': Mother of girl with cancer pleads at virus blockade

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    Feb 1

    “At critical turning points, Chinese authorities put secrecy and order ahead of openly confronting the growing crisis and risking public alarm or political embarrassment.”Many of my colleagues worked tirelessly on this reconstruction of events. Pls read

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    ICYMI, I wrote up a short explainer on population mortality, case fatality, and the proportion of fatal cases associated with so far. It’s important to note that early in an outbreak, dividing deaths by total cases isn’t necessarily an accurate measure of lethality.

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  13. Feb 1

    A local Hong Kong beer brewery has made its own hand sanitisers and is handing them out free to those who need it. "We're tired of this government; we can only rescue ourselves. Today, in the blink of an eye, Hong Kong has entered a second battle."

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  14. Feb 1

    I joined Al Jazeera's "The Listening Post" to discuss China's coverage and censorship of the coronavirus outbreak. Also on the programme were (who covered the 2003 SARS outbreak), , & .

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  15. Feb 1

    Per polling, >60% of Hong Kongers support the medical strike and 80% want the mainland China border closed.

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  16. Feb 1

    Strike details: Day 1 (Mon, 3 Feb): suspend non-emergency services Days 2-5 (Tue-Fri): all union members regardless of rank strike "The already dire situation in HK could only turn even direr, for the incompetence of our govt continues to bring us to the point of no return."

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  17. Feb 1

    A newly formed medical workers' union, which grew out of Hong Kong's protest movement, has voted overwhelmingly to start a phased 5-day strike commencing Mon (3 Feb) in order to pressure the govt to close the border w mainland China amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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    Feb 1

    Forgot who it was who posted that this brewing storm, for Hong Kong’s labour movement, looks just like the lead-up to June 9, 2019 for Hong Kong’s street movement... Also, for frontliners who’ve been waiting forever for peaceful woleifei to launch a strike — it’s finally here...

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    Under current Director-General , the WHO also appointed a dubious Goodwill Ambassador in Oct 2017: notorious Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe. It was only after an international outcry that the rescinded the head-scratching appointment.

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    i fixes this thread which was borne out of rebuttals to carrie lam’s assertion that no one has border controls as strong as HK but is now turning into a lengthy thread of countries banning chinese visitors outright

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