Three days in Hong Kong, what to do?

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I haven't been following closely but have been seeing bits via twitter. There's this thread instigated by an American who's spent a lot of time in Hong Kong during the riots. I feel slightly wary of the outsider perspective on something that's probably changed character in quite complex ways since its started - he's very supportive of the protests and Hong Kong culture in a way that seems to skew things a bit sometimes, but it seems like a useful summary:

SHAME-FREE thread: ask the dumbest question you have about the Hong Kong protests. I'll try to answer it or loop in a real Hong Konger to answer it for you. No question too ignorant or basic.

— Pinboard (@Pinboard) October 15, 2019

He also wrote this quite nice piece on the mechanics of protest.

A Walk in Hong Kong

I found this Chuang piece on the perspective from within China an interesting and useful perspective, with wider application to how government can control media, and how absence of information doesn't mean that there's a gap from which you can infer correctly what's going on, more that you get stuck on an axis of the controlled government messaage and confusion.

Why are informed Beijingers increasingly baffled by the struggle in Hong Kong?

There's a useful timeline if slightly annoyingly presented here.

Fizzles, Thursday, 17 October 2019 05:35 (four years ago) link

two months pass...

reusing this thread to offset some air miles

theres no real reason to avoid a layover in HK airport in the next few months.....right?

Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 January 2020 13:13 (four years ago) link

people i know have been through hong kong airport fine over the last month. i almost did as well, but then went via dubai, because of the same doubts as you, which was a) in retrospect a bit silly and b) the rong decision because dubai airport is horrible and i quite like hong kong airport as airports go (good food options and cheap electronics).

Fizzles, Saturday, 4 January 2020 08:21 (four years ago) link

excellent, seeing as we booked regardless

Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Saturday, 4 January 2020 10:34 (four years ago) link

six months pass...

reusing this thread to offset some air miles

theres no real reason to avoid a layover in HK airport in the next few months.....right?

― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 January 2020 13:13 (six months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Oh my

Covfefe and TV (ken c), Saturday, 1 August 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link


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