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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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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The number announced as arrested yesterday in Hong Kong is now close to 200, and it appears many of these protesters (many of whom are very young) will be charged with "rioting" which carries a potential 10 year prison sentence.
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So if anybody thought yesterday was the end of it. There’s a giant impromptu march that just formed, and the protesters are waving people in, people are joining and it’s quickly growing.
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HongKongers can now sing their “anthem” fluently without missing a beat. They often put their hands over their hearts or hold five fingers up—for five demands, including universal suffrage. Some people are in tears. It’s the fourth month of practically non-stop protests.pic.twitter.com/phRfKSUycI
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That flash rally ended at Admiralty. I got food and went back to the subway. A gaggle of youth at the entrance were empathetically waving, asking people to boycott the MTR, but not blocking. Maybe middle schoolers. It was the cutest picket line I ever saw. Anyway, I’m on a bus.
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Apparently, I broke this thread. To preserve the continuity, I'm going to post the lost tweets here. (Imagine a tool that helped one use threads properly but asking for usability on Twitter is a lost cause).https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1179219111135633410 …
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(Threading back lost tweets, 2).https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1179379610343084033 …
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(Threading back lost tweets 4).https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1179390499775488000 …
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Back to updates. Today, two more people imprisoned for their role in the Umbrella Movement in 2014 completed their prison sentences. That movement was completely peaceful and merely demanded universal suffrage. Ended with no concessions and jailed leaders.https://twitter.com/KongTsungGan/status/1179608235487068162 …
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And the high school student who was shot in the chest by the Hong Kong police has been charged with “rioting” which is a potential 10 year sentence here.https://twitter.com/karenklcheung/status/1179614953596051456 …
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Hong Kong may be planning to ban masks—exposing everyone including journalists to teargas. More importantly though, they may do this by invoking a very old colonial law to completely bypass legislative limits and authoritize anything they want. See thread.https://twitter.com/jerometaylor/status/1179692295580307457 …
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Barricades have gone up and the road remains blocked by protesters at Tai Koo Station. Earlier, the protesters reportedly chased of the riot police. Hong Kong is now having nightly protests. For Tai Koo context, see: https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1179725546759962624 …pic.twitter.com/XjeBha1yP5
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Well the police have shown back up in the whole place is drenched in teargas. The residents at a nearby apartment complex have opened doors and are taking people in. As usual tons of people without masks are caught in the teargas.pic.twitter.com/csV2y1p28R
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A barrage of tear gas versus umbrellas. A canonical Hong Kong protest. (This is a middle class neighborhood—and I witnessed how the protesters were taken in by many residents).https://twitter.com/mikaljakubal/status/1179811206065872896 …
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In what has become a daily occurrence in Hong Kong, thousands are marching in Central. This is the fourth month of this movement, and people are still showing up in large numbers.
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It seems the Hong Kong executive will use a 98-year old colonial law to declare, in essence, a state of emergency that gives it unlimited powers, bypassing the legislative, and will kick it off with a mask ban. Remember SARS?
Masks are very common here.https://twitter.com/maryhui/status/1179991987056852992 …
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As the news of the emergency powers spreads (it was airdropped to my phone), protesters block the road at the corner of... Louis Vuitton and Armani. It’s kind of surreal: protests are routinely held at the high-end shopping district (close also to government headquarters).pic.twitter.com/czk92SUo4r
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Hong Kong mask ban can be retroactively applied for a year but journalists are exempt. What’s the stop thousands of people just showing up and yellow vests, with lanyards announcing they are freelancers for LIKHG? https://twitter.com/rthk_enews/status/1180019048412635137 …
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Today, hundreds stayed after the flash mob rally behind block Des Voeux at Central. It’s been hours, and now students are joining in. Following the news of the mask ban, people are going around handing out masks. And I heard a new chant: “Hongkongers rise up.”
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And the protesters pulled down and set the banner on fire. The protest has grown as people leave work and join. Many rallies around Hong Kong have been announced. Raw anger in the air. Many new chants. Feels like a turning point.https://twitter.com/pinboard/status/1180055305222262785 …
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I climbed a pedestrian bridge to see the ends of this march. I can’t. Also, many businesses in Hong Kong close during protests. But not McDonalds. It stays open through even the worst teargas. I’ve seen this in multiple neighborhoods. So now, I like Pepe and Mcdonalds.
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Few hours before the mask ban goes into effect in Hong Kong, thousands have gathered around the legislative council, the site of the Umbrella Movement five years ago. More arriving, many clearly coming straight from work, in office clothes. Ads have been altered accordingly.
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Causeway Bay. Chanting “Hongkongers, rise up.” It’s a new slogan.pic.twitter.com/5zmoMw5DOA
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Another Hong Kong protester appears to have been shot.
In the Hong Kong island side, it’s only firefighters operating so far, the police have stayed away. (Protesters do start fires but also clear the way for fire engines and applaud them).https://twitter.com/xinqisu/status/1180119820479520769 …Show this thread -
I spoke too soon! A line with 30 and riot police appeared near wan chai MTR. Literally within 30 seconds the crowd I was with—thousands—disappeared into the side streets. “Be watering”. A young woman came out of a restaurant there and yelled “triads” (gangsters) at them.pic.twitter.com/Faqt3B0xSQ
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