Hong Kong State of Mind: 37 Views of a City That Doesn’t Blink

Hong Kong is a city where limousines outnumber taxi cabs, party-goers count down to Christmas every December 24, and giant billboards of fortune tellers and cram school tutors compete with breathtaking skylines. This collection of essays zeroes in on the city’s idiosyncrasies with deadpan precision. An outsider looking in and an insider looking out, Jason Y. Ng has created a travel journal for the passing visitor, and a user’s manual for the wide-eyed expat.
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• twitter .com/krislc/status/1246719162220564481 (‘ Protest calling for the sacking of RTHK’s @yvonne_tg for her question asking @WHO official if it will reconsider Taiwan joining – as legal as it can get. Just four people, ·Kris Cheng  ‘)
• cna.com .tw/news/firstnews/202004015004.aspx  (‘ … These supplies will go to medical workers on the front lines who are working around the clock to save lives. Woa, THANK You, Tsai Ing-wen, 蔡英文   ‘)
• time .com/5805629/coronavirus-taiwan (‘ COVID-19, Taiwan a été exclue des discussions sur la santé mondiale. Sa participation aurait pu sauver des vies; Taiwan Has Been Shut Out of Global Health Discussions. Its Participation Could Have Saved Lives , 18-03-2020; Tsai Ing-wen, 蔡英文 , President of the Republic of China  ‘)
• amazon.co .jp/dp/4087211215/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_GzkPEbZ7136TJ (‘ 香港デモ戦記 (集英社新書) (日本語) 新書 – 2020/5/15, 小川 善照 (著) ‘)
• twitter .com/chowtingagnes/status/1254302255865450499 (‘  Hong Kong Demo Senki will be published on May 15th; 「香港デモ戦記」を出版しました。5月15日に発刊予定です。;  周庭 Agnes Chow Ting  ‘)
• twitter .com/mollyesque/status/1241733873555460097   (‘ An intimate, fresh perspective on the most powerful woman in American political history, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, by award-winning political journalist Molly Ball ‘)
• twitter .com/FChangy/status/1263499489429450753  (‘  21-05-2020, En clair, ce charabias procédurier du Parti communiste chinois veut dire: Pekin va imposer à #Hongkong des lois de sécurité nationale #article23 en court-circuitant les institutions de HK. Pour bcp, c la fin du principe ´1 pays, 2 systèmes’ et le début d’une crise très grave. Florence de Changy est correspondante à Hong Kong ‘)
• twitter .com/HongKongPLG/status/1260587190297518081 (‘  … shared his views with @altare_dei about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, the recent reshuffle of the Hong Kong government and his views on the future of Hong Kong, Progressive Lawyers Group 法政匯思 ‘)
• piratenpartei .de/2020/05/23/europaabgeordnete-marketa-gregorova-verurteilt-das-vorgehen-chinas-in-hongkong (‘ Der neue Versuch, die Menschen in #Hongkong durch ein unterdrückendes nationales Sicherheitsgesetz zu unterwerfen, war zu erwarten und darf weder von der #EU noch einer anderen Demokratie toleriert werden. @Piratenpartei  ‘)
• reuters .com/article/us-hongkong-protests-detention/hong-kong-democracy-group-files-complaint-to-un-over-alleged-abuse-idUSKBN23918B (‘ According to Demosisto and city legislator Shiu Ka-chun, at least 34 male protesters have been remanded in custody in Pik Uk since June 2019. Of those, 14 are still in detention. Joshua Wong ‘)
• vice .com/kr/article/dyzv4v/national-security-law-china-hong-kong-democracy-joshua-wong-opinion  (‘ Joshua Wong : Hong Kong is where we live and there is no future unless we can decide for ourselves , “The ’Hong Kong Security Act’ intends to use the Corona 19 situation to infringe Hong Kong autonomy.” ‘)
• cbc .ca/news/business/zoom-hong-kong-china-controversy-1.5605792  (‘ “It is deeply troubling that a U.S.-based company like Zoom is willing to shut down accounts in the United States to appease the Chinese government. Sadly, Zoom is hardly unique,” said Joaquin Castro, Texas congressman, so John Garrick is right, the rest of the world should worry ‘)
• twitter .com/FChangy/status/1277836325824024579  (‘ 30-06-2020, Surrealistic situation in #hongkong where people have heard since 9.30 this morning that Beijing NPCSC voted a new #NationalSecurityLaw that no one has seen here, not even the Chief Executive. Waiting…, Florence de Changy ‘)
• asiseeithk  .com/2015/07/the-city-that-doesnt-read.html  (‘ 30-06-2020, With today’s new technologies, things are changing. Just think about reorganizing and having people with us. This is the key since major newspapers are more and more abandoned by the population. People don’t no longer need for large publishers, etc … to publish one’s book. For example: there is a certain film, he managed to do so, thanks to a certain studio. So with a computer and your head, just let’s go. Above all, there are a lot of people who are interested in delivering the right books. Courage and don’t give up ‘)