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Heiky Kwan

@heikykwan.bsky.social

(She/her/她/佢) Canadian Hong Konger Settler on stolen Coast Salish Territories aka Raincouver. Organizer/ diaspora /activist/ artist/ senior marcomm strategist/ Jesus follower. I talk all things equity, social justice, foreign affairs.

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Oy 🤣

12.06.2025 13:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And fucking Musk

12.06.2025 13:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I miss everyone 🥲

12.06.2025 13:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I much prefer here too but if we want to persuade...

12.06.2025 13:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The issue is there's less traffic from the public here so it doesn't make as much sense here for activists because you don't get the general masses yet.

It's really great for academics though, or ideas circulation/ thought-leadership.

12.06.2025 13:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I mean for me also. I was active but NOT THAT active.

12.06.2025 07:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

💯

12.06.2025 07:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

612係香港人真正覺醒嘅一日。

第一次有人真切感受到,守法唔等於安全,和平唔會換嚟對話。政府根本唔會聽你講。

而大家開始明白,civil disobedience嘅必要。

12.06.2025 05:41 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That peaceful protest alone was not enough. That civil disobedience was not chaos. It was necessary.

12.06.2025 05:41 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

June 12, 2019, was a wild awakening for Hong Kongers.

What began as peaceful resistance was met with tear gas, rubber bullets, and batons. Protesters were students, workers, elders. Armed only with umbrellas and makeshift goggles.

It was the moment many realized the government would not listen.

12.06.2025 05:41 — 👍 56    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 2

Anyone else on Threads?

Holy smokes. The platform is so toxic.

11.06.2025 14:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I bought this t-shirt at the Tiananmen Mothers stand in Hong Kong's Victoria Park one June 4th and wore it on a number of other June 4ths. Now if I wear it, especially today, another June 4th... I'll attract unwanted police attention and might even get arrested for doing so.

04.06.2025 05:48 — 👍 29    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 0

💛

04.06.2025 06:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In 1989, students and workers gathered in Tiananmen Square to demand freedom and reform. The Chinese military opened fire on civilians. To this day, the exact number of deaths is still unknown.

04.06.2025 01:56 — 👍 23    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

June 4.

I came from a place that once lit candles.

Now, even public remembrance is banned in Hong Kong.

Those in power want to silence history.
We cannot let them.

If we still have the freedom to remember, then we must.

04.06.2025 01:56 — 👍 165    🔁 41    💬 3    📌 3

Actually, instead of staying quiet, it'd be helpful to use your platform to quote and amplify voices that need the boost. 🙌🏻

24.05.2025 00:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We are honestly living in the shittiest timeline.

23.05.2025 14:12 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Stop trying to make Hong Konger's advocacy issues partisan.

16.04.2025 17:18 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Oh wow!!

12.04.2025 00:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
05.03.2025 05:45 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We need to learn about the past.

05.03.2025 05:15 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

There's different political stripes, and then there's evil.

What we're seeing now, is evil.

27.02.2025 02:38 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The uncomfortable truth is that many Hong Kongers (also Canadians & others) don’t truly believe in checks & balances, freedom of expression, or democracy.

They embrace them only when it serves their side. When it doesn’t, they see them as obstacles/barriers.

There are no principles.

22.02.2025 09:15 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Stop buying into US disinformation about Canada.

06.02.2025 16:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The trade war/ tariffs flipflop had us all confused.

04.02.2025 02:20 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Why is Canadian media headlining with NO TRAITORS in the foreign interference inquiry is just baffling to me.

The report clearly says there are legitimate problematic and ethical concerns exhibited.

Why isn't that alarming?
Are we reading the same thing??

29.01.2025 20:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How do you build a Nation without its people? Without resources? Without talent?

If nation-building is the goal, why tear each other down? Why belittle those who support but are just trying to survive?

What are you really focusing on?

I'm saddened by the state of my community.

25.01.2025 08:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I laugh because this is so true.

17.01.2025 09:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The idea that joining xiaohongshu is sticking it to the man and that Chinese people all eat lobster for lunch is just so dumb it makes my head hurt.

17.01.2025 09:26 — 👍 35    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

We are so fucked.

17.01.2025 09:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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