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Law's entry into and presence in the country would not be in Singapore's national interests. A visa holder is still subject to further checks at point of entry into the country. That is what happened with Nathan Law.

From @krislc.bsky.social, the Ministry for Home Affairs in response to Nathan Law being barred entry into Singapore.

"Law's entry into and presence in the country would not be in Singapore's national interests. A visa holder is still subject to further checks at point of entry into the country."

Hong Kong Activist Nathan Law Says He Was Denied Singapore Entry Nathan Law, a former Hong Kong lawmaker and pro-democracy activist, said he was denied entry into Singapore after arriving in the city on Saturday for a conference.

Law: “It might have been under Chinese pressure, or Singapore’s internal political consideration that led to the U-turn.”

The article also notes that “traveling to Singapore also carries some risk as the country maintains an extradition agreement with Hong Kong.”

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

YouTube video by A Current Affair Mum's desperate call for more DLD support | A Current Affair

Watch this clip on two Australian families who shared their stories about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and how current support does not meet their needs. There are different ways to raise awareness of DLD and media coverage can be powerful. #devlangdis #DLDday
youtu.be/75jcsjanqR4?...

abusers have a dysfunctional understanding of "understanding". they believe something like this👇

"If one understands something, then one agrees with it. If I don’t agree with something, then I don’t understand it. If you don’t agree with me, then you don’t understand me."

With a Distracted U.S., Hong Kong Intensifies Its Democratic Crackdown American attention seems focused elsewhere as pro-Beijing authorities ramp up “national security” measures in Hong Kong.

Eric Yan-ho Lai, a research fellow at the Georgetown Center for Asian Law, says “the rising geopolitical tensions, particularly between the U.S. and China, has favoured the Hong Kong government to expand national security governance in the city.”

time.com/7294510/hong...

As a journalist friend posted elsewhere: Washington can accommodate Chinese propaganda outlets CGTN and Phoenix TV, but not VOA and RFA.

On a somewhat related note, it always makes me chuckle that the local govt translators gave leading colonial figures dodgy Chinese names, like Edward Belcher (of Belcher St) being 卑路乍, where 卑 is associated with lowly status and 乍 with dishonesty and fraud.
Resistance of the powerless!

MOFA welcomes former American vice president to Taiwan - Focus Taiwan Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Friday welcomed former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Taiwan, in response to inquiries on his reported arrival in Taiwan on Thursday.

Lol, God, I enjoyed when Liz Truss was here more

focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...

Whoever the strategic comms person is who spun that 小紅書 is “Rednote” and not Little Red Book, plus somehow convinced folks the Stanford Crimson MBA origin to the Rednote name is legit — you deserve a massive bonus. This is a case study in a PR class. Hats off.

In memory of Mr. Shiu Ka-Chun (1569-2025), a well-respected former Hong Kong legislator, social worker, former political prisoner, and founder of the prisoners' rights support group Wall-fare 石牆花, who passed away today (10 Jan, Hong Kong time) of gastric cancer. RIP.

Former Hong Kong lawmaker and prison rights activists Shiu Ka-chun has died at 55, following a cancer diagnosis that worsened over the past weeks.

Shui Ka-chun, Hong Kong Activist, Dies (Gift Article) A social worker and teacher imprisoned for his activism, he later wrote about the toll of incarceration and worked to help others behind bars.

Shiu Ka-chun, social worker and pro-democracy lawmaker in Hong Kong, passed away on Friday due to stomach cancer. He was 55

Article by Tiffany May. Gift link 🎁:
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/w...

How an FBI Sting Stopped a Russian Smuggler but Not His Hong Kong Supply Route The case showed how difficult it is to stanch the flow of equipment to Russia through China, which the U.S. accuses of helping Moscow sustain the military production it needs to continue the war.

U.S. investigators lured a Russian smuggler from his Hong Kong haven to Fiji, where they picked off a supplier of parts Moscow needs for its war in Ukraine.

But the ultimate goal was a miss: his network survived and continues to feed Russian companies.

🎁 link: www.wsj.com/world/how-an...

I did just enjoy Chris Patten (ex governor of Hong Kong) responding to questions about Prince Andrew’s Chinese spy friend: “I don’t think the Duke of York is a source of great intelligence”

Pizza Hut Taiwan Knows It’s Making Italians Angry From stinky tofu to Oreo-calamari, there's a method to their specialty-pie madness.

In appreciation of @dearclarissa.bsky.social‘s article celebrating the Taiwanese pizza, each like = 1 pizza 🍕

Traffic from Bluesky's @bsky.app to @theguardian.com is already 2x that of Threads

In its first week on the platform & with 300k followers, Bluesky traffic from @theguardian.com posts is already higher than it was from TwX in any week in 2024, where the account had 10.8m followers, but🧵

Saagar Enjeti tweets: "Probably a cold take but IMO Tokyo is the male fashion capital of the world: whether it’s western wear, suits, street wear the aesthetic is refined to the highest possible level From the salaryman to the rebel teen they are impeccably dressed It also helps no one is fat"

Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵

A two panel image. The top panel shows Wednesday Adams (played by Jenny Ortega) from the show Wednesday, appearing to hold up a lemon slice. She is captioned as saying "What a lime, huh?" The bottom panel shows Jack Donaghy (played by Alec Baldwin) from the show 30 Rock captioned as replying, "Wednesday, it's lemon." This is a play on a popular image macro meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-a-week-huh

He Rose to Riches in Hong Kong. Now He’s a Symbol of China’s Crackdown. Media baron Jimmy Lai, who protested for democracy, faces possible life sentence.

Jimmy Lai’s rags-to-riches-to-prison story mirrors Hong Kong’s path from outpost to hive of unbridled commerce and now battleground for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s determination to stamp out dissent.

My free to read profile of Lai on the resumption of his NSL trial:

www.wsj.com/world/china/...

He's deluded if he thinks this will get him anything.

January 6, 2021 began 18 hours earlier in Hong Kong, and for people who love(d) Hong Kong. I think about that from time to time.

The “organisers” faced a starting point of 15 years. Benny Tai, the brain of the primary election, didn’t offer any help to the prosecution, in fact he didn’t even testify. He merely pled guilty and got a 1/3 deduction. Others who helped got 45-55% deduction, thus 6-7 years.

Benny Tai, Joshua Wong among 45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed up to 10 years in landmark national security case Pro-democracy activist Benny Tai has been jailed for 10 years over organising an unofficial primary election in 2020, as Hong Kong’s High Court delivered sentences in the city’s largest…

45 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists and academics and writers sentenced today for up to a decade in prison. They'd been found guilty of "subverting state power" - all for organizing a primary election poll. Going live on @npr.org later to talk about the implications.
hongkongfp.com/2024/11/19/b...

Wendy Cope, "Differences of Opinion" HE TELLS HER He tells her that the earth is flat– He knows the facts, and that is that. In altercations fierce and long She tries her best to prove him wrong. But he has learned to argue well. He calls her arguments unsound And often asks her not to yell. She cannot win. He stands his ground. The planet goes on being round.

“The planet goes on being round.”

-“Differences of Opinion”
by Wendy Cope

Sharing again. #everynightapoem

The idea that Bluesky is insular and X is a place for diverse views is a fallacy.

X is based on an algorithm rigged to push the views of Musk and others on the far right.

Bluesky is open. You can make it whatever you want it to be.

Just waiting for the Australian media to remember there’s an Australian being sentenced in #HongKong tomorrow… www.sbs.com.au/news/article...