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a garden selection.
#flowers #garden #floral #greenery #leicam11p

anyone in hong kong, interested in joining a street photography workshop in macau?
#photography #streetphotography #macau #workshop

dress up.
#streetphotography #pink #blue #hongkong

Restless Waters eyes deeper role in HK’s underground music scene Three musicians want to be part of HK's flourishing underground music scene. Their post-punk band Restless Waters, formed in 2023, is their way to engage with the community.

#HongKong
‘Joyously making critique’: Post-punk trio Restless Waters eyes deeper role in Hong Kong’s underground #music scene
Formed in 2023, Restless Waters is their way to engage with the community.

via Hans Tse @hongkongfp.com

hongkongfp.com/2025/09/28/j...

Appartements à Hong Kong, 1988.
#photographie
#HongKong

China enters new era of ‘Dark Factories’ with no lights, no workers China is on the cusp of a manufacturing revolution with the emergence of “dark factories,” fully automated facilities that operate without human workers or traditional lighting. Powered…

The new frontier of manufacturing? For those who still think they can 'bring back' manufacturing jobs.
#china #manufacturing #tech
www.texspacetoday.com/china-enters...

‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama

#ZhangYadi #China #Tibet
via Jessie Lau
Tue 30 Sep 2025 11.00 BST

Zhang was arrested in late July. Neither her family nor friends have had any contact with her since. She returned to China this summer from #France planning to travel into more Tibetan regions.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

'Looking out over Telegraph Bay from Hong Kong Island' 從香港島眺望鋼絲灣* Oil on canvas board (70cm x 50cm) by Natacha Lee @natachalee.bsky.social See her other work on https://www.natachalee.art/

#HongKong #art #painting
Probably the best birthday gift I ever had.

'Looking out over Telegraph Bay from Hong Kong Island'
從香港島眺望鋼絲灣*

Oil on canvas board (70cm x 50cm) by Natacha Lee 利瑛瑛@natachalee.bsky.social
See her other work on www.natachalee.art

*aka 大口灣 / 大河灣

Supporting freedom of expression is not wrong, Jimmy Lai’s lawyer tells court Closing arguments made in Hong Kong media mogul’s national security trial, which has lasted more than 140 days

#HongKong #JimmyLai

“It is not wrong to support freedom of expression. It is not wrong to support human rights”

via @heldavidson.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Ann Gillian Chu

#HongKong #religion

"Joys in Online Religious Spaces: A Study of Hong Kong Local and Diasporic Online/Offline Christian Communities"

Conference Paper by Ann Gillian Chu
www.researchgate.net/profile/Ann-...

Hong Kong Officials Harden Their Stance on ‘Soft Resistance’

Bookshops under fire

Excellent explainer of #HongKong government's own understanding of 軟對抗 'soft resistance' via Joy Dong for The New York Times - in fact they can't even define it themselves!

Hong Kong Officials Harden Their Stance on ‘Soft Resistance’ [軟對抗]
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/w...

China's Gen Z women embrace centuries-old script On Instagram-like Xiaohongshu, the hashtag "Nushu" has been viewed over 73.5 million times -- mostly featuring young women sharing tattoos and other modern work incorporating the old script.

On Instagram-like Xiaohongshu, the hashtag "Nushu" has been viewed over 73.5 million times -- mostly featuring young women sharing tattoos and other modern work incorporating the old script. In full: buff.ly/lzp5hkh

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai given heart monitor for final stretch of marathon trial Hong Kong pro-democracy businessman Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor for the start of his final submissions in a landmark national security trial, following health concerns over heart palpitations.

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai given heart monitor for final stretch of marathon trial reut.rs/4mlU1DR

Independence activist Tony Chung says UK granted him political asylum, as Hong Kong condemns 'harbouring of criminals' | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Wanted Hong Kong pro-independence activist Tony Chung says he has been granted political asylum in the UK, while Hong Kong authorities condemned foreign countries for ‘harbouring criminals’.” The...

Wanted pro-independence activist Tony Chung says he has been granted political asylum in the UK, as Hong Kong condemned on Sunday the "harbouring of criminals.” In full: buff.ly/RZHBrPc

Australia grants asylum to 'wanted' Hong Kong democrat Ted Hui | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP Former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui who is wanted by the Chinese city has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain...

Former pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui who is wanted by the Chinese city has been granted asylum in Australia, he said in a social media post, calling on Canberra to do more for those who remain jailed. In full: buff.ly/VsW2qac

Infographic chart showing the number of people who have been arrested, charged and convicted in Hong Kong under national security related charges since June 30, 2020. Chart: AFP.

Hong Kong activist Tony Chung says he has been granted asylum in the UK Chung, one of youngest people to get jail sentence under security law, posts Home Office letter agreeing he has ‘well-founded fear of persecution’

#HongKong
via @heldavidson.bsky.social @theguardian.com
Tony Chung granted #asylum in the #UK

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A Hongkong, le funeste marathon judiciaire de l’opposant Jimmy Lai touche à sa fin Entamé en décembre 2023, le procès du magnat de la presse hongkongaise et militant prodémocratie reprend ce jeudi 14 août avec les plaidoiries finales. Harcelé et incarcéré depuis près de cinq ans par...

Jour de plaidoiries finales à #HongKong dans le procès de #JimmyLai
Il risque la prison à vie pour avoir voulu défendre les libertés des Hongkongais et une presse indépendante
#FreePress #HumanRights

www.liberation.fr/internationa...

‘I don’t expect to live a normal life’: how a Leeds teenager woke up with a Chinese bounty on her head After speaking out about the suppression of Hong Kong’s protests, Chloe Cheung was targeted by Beijing, followed on the street and abused online. Yet she remains defiant

#China #HongKong
#rights #freedom #transnational #repression

‘I don’t expect to live a normal life’: how a Leeds teenager woke up with a Chinese bounty on her head.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Backreading Hong Kong
Anglophone & Sinophone
November 17-18, 2025

Call for Abstracts—Deadline: September 7, 2025

Explores the entangled, and at times antagonistic, relationship between the 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 and the 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 in the study of Hong Kong’s cultural & literary fields.

backreading.com/2025-2/

聲韻詩刊 Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒚. 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐌𝐒—聲韻詩刊 Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, a Hong Kong-based bilingual (Chinese and English) print publication, invites poets and translators worldwide to.....

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒚.

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐌𝐒—Voice & Verse, a Hong Kong-based bilingual print publication,invites poets/translators worldwide to submit original ENG-language poems & poems newly translated into English for their upcoming issue themed 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠.
www.facebook.com/VoiceAndVers...

#China #Chine #Macau #Macao
@cantoneseworld.bsky.social

Macao: l’UE condamne l’arrestation de l’ex-parlementaire Au Kam-san

Agence France-Presse

2 août 2025 à 12h51
via @mediapart.fr
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fil-...

Macao: Statement by the Spokesperson on the arrest of Au Kam San The EU condemns the arrest of EU citizen and former Macao lawmaker Au Kam San on 30 July under national security charges in what constitutes the first application of the National Security Law of the M...

Macao: Statement by the Spokesperson on the arrest of Au Kam San | EEAS www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/macao-s...

Former Macau lawmaker arrested in city's first nat. sec law action A former Macau pro-democracy lawmaker became the first person to be arrested under the city's national security law, with authorities alleging on Thursday that he had ties to foreign groups endangerin...

Macau ex-lawmaker arrested in city's first nat. security law action hongkongfp.com/2025/07/31/m...

Pequim rejeita críticas da UE à detenção do cidadão português - BOM DIA França A representação diplomática de Pequim em Macau repudiou este sábado “os comentários ilusórios” de Bruxelas, que condenou a detenção do ex-deputado de Macau e cidadão português Au Kam San, manifestando...

#Macau #Portugal

Pequim rejeita críticas da UE à detenção do cidadão português
Hoje às 18:14

bomdia.fr/pequim-rejei...

Detenção de cidadão português em Macau agrava preocupações da UE - BOM DIA França A União Europeia condenou a detenção do ex-deputado de Macau e cidadão português Au Kam San, acusado de violar a lei da defesa da segurança do Estado, admitindo preocupação com a erosão das liberdades...

Detenção de cidadão português em Macau agrava preocupações da UE
bomdia.fr/detencao-de-... #bomdia #União Europeia #macau #detenção #deputado #au kam san via @GrupoBOMDIA

Português detido ao abrigo de lei de Segurança Nacional macaense O ex-deputado pró-democracia de Macau Au Kam San foi detido por suspeita de violação da lei de Segurança Nacional, anunciou esta semana a Polícia Judiciária. Sem referir o nome completo do antigo depu...

#Macau #Macao #China
Português detido ao abrigo de lei de Segurança Nacional macaense bomdia.fr/antigo-deput... #bomdia #mundo #macau #au kam san #lei de segurança nacional via @GrupoBOMDIA

back on the street.
#street #photography #streetphotography #hongkong

At the Chimelong penguin hotel in Guangdong, China, visitors can dine alongside captive penguins in a glacier-themed restaurant. Photograph: Zed Nelson/Institute/© not to be reproduced without permission https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/24/humans-addicted-faking-natural-world-anthropocene-illusion-zed-nelson-aoe

#Nature as spectacle #China #photography

via Zed Nelson, Penguin Hotel, 珠海長隆企鵝酒店"

"In the numerous theme parks and zoos I visited....nature is made safe – no thorns, biting insects, flooding or unpredictable creatures. This is nature only as spectacle."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy And Beijing

A 2 day mini book tour to promote my new @columbiagr.bsky.social slim volume, Tuesday talk at the Hoover (video already up here www.hoover.org/events/milk-... ) & then Wednesday at @cwclub.bsky.social (event co sponsored by @dissentmag.bsky.social (podcast to come)