The protesters just sang “Glory to Hong Kong” which has become their anthem. A few weeks ago, this didn’t exist. Now they all know it, and often sing it hand over heart.pic.twitter.com/7rUd9iJfqW
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I was very near this—police disguised as protester was discovered, pulled gun. Live round reportedly fired. People rushed towards us to tell us. Hong Kong protesters keep coming up to me to plead with me to tell the world what’s happening.https://twitter.com/lokinhei/status/1178286307061055488 …
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Today’s theme in
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Also, Hong Kong protesters are pretty clear in their demands. They have five enumerated ones, of which they already won one. It mostly comes down to preserving their autonomy as promised under two systems one country. But they also want universal suffrage.pic.twitter.com/KsowGOSkKw
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Here’s a great investigation of the Pennsylvania factory and its poorly-paid workers brewing teargas that is being used on Hong Kong protesters. I took that picture of that canister here in Hong Kong.
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Sad news! Seems the Indonesian journalist shot in the eye by the Hong Kong police may have permanent damage.
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Just a note of
#ff appreciation. I find her Twitter feed to be among the most useful ones for following Hong Kong. She seems to be everywhere, or always come through with explanations and context.https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1178501449992400897 …Show this thread -
At the 45 second mark, you see the Hong Kong police, under no threat, turn right around and shoot directly into the gaggle of journalists, injuring in the eye Veby Mega Indah, journalist with Suara HK News—a local paper read especially by domestic workers.https://twitter.com/_szheng/status/1178348910407897088 …
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There was a Christian prayer meeting in Hong Kong today. They prayed, sang “the anthem”—hand over heart, some in tears—and then a masked protester announced a new charter they are calling for with universal suffrage and accountable government. (Last pic has charter QR code).pic.twitter.com/kYlMjz4bG2
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My dude, they sang their own new “anthem.” There are Christians in Hong Kong, try Wikipedia. I’ve been watching hundreds of thousands of people march and many young people put everything on the line for months. Shocking, people want freedom on their on.
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Someone please write a profile of Uncle Chen and the defenders group. (These are elderly people who form human chains to protect youth against the police). He’s always recognized. People go up and thank him. I’ve seen him pepper-sprayed and just hold his line.
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Prince Edward station in Hong Kong has again been turned into a shrine, as protesters demand answers on what happened on August 31 when the police locked down the station with many people inside, not allowing medics in. Many I talked with want the CCTV recordings to be released.pic.twitter.com/rf5JXIh9Im
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There’s a police station right next to this subway stop, the focus off so much controversy over 8.31. The authorities keep tearing down the shrine and the protesters keep rebuilding it. Here, the candles spell out one of the slogans: “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times.”pic.twitter.com/QQjOxDxEaN
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Hong Kong today will see widespread protests coinciding with the 70th anniversary of mainland China’s founding (though it’s not at all a communist country anymore). The authorities have shut down many subway stations already and pepper spray already out.https://twitter.com/afp/status/1178825723844288512 …
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It’s 1p in Hong Kong and a large, defiant crowd started marching from Causeway where some legislators said they had a right to freedom of assembly and would defy the police ban. I walked here with a crowd wearing black—subway is closed so it’s a day to get all your steps in.
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Protesters in Hong Kong are so used to walking with all the transit shutdowns. I’ve had days of 10+ hours of walking! It’s like almost every tactic by the authorities—police, tear gas, MTR shutdowns—is just designed to get people upset and more committed. https://twitter.com/tominmedill/status/1178903035717672960 …
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A crowdsourced map in Hong Kong,
@hkmaplive, shows all the road closures, teargas, police blocks, everything. But you don’t need to check the map to know there’s police ahead—protesters immediately start chanting “corrupt police” at them and the chant travels back in a wave.
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Terrible news. So far on Hong Kong island, where I am, it’s been pepper-laced blue-dye from water cannon and tear gas. Police cannot solve the political problem. Having watched the evolution of this, it doesn’t feel like protesters will be easily cowed.https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1178954262941843456 …
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Not what a political solution for Hong Kong looks like. The government response seems to be tasking the police with clearing protesters, but the protesters are tenacious and feel legitimate. Police just came and pushed around the press, and then left. No tactical rhyme or reason.pic.twitter.com/1ZhKlface4
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The police just keep throwing around teargas, and a protester was shot in the chest earlier with a live round. (Luckily, he seems to have survived). I saw a family with a small child caught in the middle of this. Meanwhile, most protesters have gas masks. Not a sane path forward.pic.twitter.com/gltTuYmSW6
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Many parts of Hong Kong Island are died blue by the pepper-spray laced blue water from the water cannons. Graffiti left behind. I’m headed to Mong Kok. Still stunned at the news the police shot a protester in the chest at close range (luckily missed his heart!)
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Nathan road on Kowloon side is all barricades, protesters and police lines. Hard to convey the scale.
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Protesters started a fire in front of the Cheung Sha Wan Government Office. The firefighters came and put it out quickly. Like the medics, they are not impeded in their work. (They sometimes serve an intermediary function between the police and the protesters).
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Still a lot going on. I was trying to step away for a minute, ended up getting teargassed. Again. At this point I’m so used to it I just held my breath and walked away. A passerby caught in it asked me to wash his eyes. The city is basically awash in tear gas.
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Heh. Protesters are setting off small fireworks in line of sight of the Mong Kok police station (which is next to the Prince Edward MTR where there have been nightly protests since police closed down the station). And here comes the police line! (As I was typing).pic.twitter.com/MMNXxJWl3x
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I got chased off the bench I was sitting! After 10 hours of walking and a lot of teargas, the sight of riot police charging in my direction doesn’t make me move that quickly. It’s all surreal here: a fire, raptors, a fruit stand still open. I bought some plums and sat back down.pic.twitter.com/Q3mx7c3FuZ
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So after a lot of commotion, and charging, both the riot police and the raptors left. I have one plum left. And the joking or gallows humor aside, there isn’t enough police in the city to handle this many tenacious protesters. Hong Kong’s political problems are too big for this.
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So, like many people in Hong Kong tonight, I was stuck on the wrong side of the water. Practically subway lines are shut down, roads blocked, taxis sparse. Some locals offered a ride. This isn’t unusual—there is a network of citizens ferrying protesters and press around.
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After even some more walking, I’m back indoors! Thanks especially to all the Hong Kongers who have been very kind today, as I hung around and asked questions and walked with them. I hope the teenager who was shot at the chest by the police today recovers fully.
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So what’s all this about? The Hong Kong protesters have five demands, but many of the ones I talk to say the most important one for them is universal suffrage. Hong Kongers want something seemingly as simple as electing their own government. https://twitter.com/fight4hongkong/status/1169193013173612545 …
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This morning in Hong Kong, students are reported to have gathered outside the school of the high-school student shot yesterday in the chest by the police. Sending out the police to solve a political demand is, predictably, leading to a cycle of escalation.https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1179181759675551744 …
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