The attack on pro-democracy shops continue. Earlier today, Wah Yee Tang Cake Shop in Sai Wan posted on their FB page that the Environmental Protection Department informed them they received "complaints" that the smell of baked goods in the oven has "caused discomfort" to others.

America Is Burning Through the Missiles It Would Need in a War With China Five months of war with Iran have reportedly depleted critical American strike weapons and sharply reduced estimated inventories of air-defense interceptors. theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/america-is...

America Is Burning Through the Missiles It Would Need in a War With China

Five months of war with Iran have reportedly depleted critical American strike weapons and sharply reduced estimated inventories of air-defense interceptors.

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A Food & Environmental Hygiene Department officer in Hong Kong has been found guilty of "misconduct in public office" for issuing littering fines to 5 innocent persons, some of whom were not in town when the fines were issued and faced arrest warrants for the baseless but unpaid fines.

Hong Kong pro-China columnist Chris Wat Wing-yin, in what seems to be a push for broader acceptance of mobile payments such as AliPay and WeChat Pay said that the "only" reason why some businesses are cash only is tax evasion and the authorities should investigate such businesses

Pro-democracy retail outlet AsOne in Sham Shui Po announced that the Buildings Department informed them that their exterior sign is somehow a "illegal structure" and needs to be taken down. Curiously, the sign was not an issue with the previous occupant of that store.

Just spoke with a person who knew her as a personal friend; the NGO that worked for didn't even let her collect her personal belongings after they fired her.

The forced acceptance of Chinese culture continues, this time with pro-Beijing news commentator Chow Hin claiming that Hong Konger's are "ignorant and uncultured" for squatting like Mainlanders do, claiming that those that do are healthier and more civilised than those that don't.

Authorities in Chengdu, China have covered up a mural of #WangWang and her puppies, in what seems to be an effort to cover public reminders of the incident to prevent public sentiment calling for justice from building in the wake of the the dog and her puppies being murdered.

A man has been found guilty of sedition for writing "Free Hong Kong, Liberation of our time" inside a bathroom stall, the slogan was popularized during the protests; a court later ruled the phrase carries secessionist & seditious intent. Defendant remanded until sentencing in December.

Sunset on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

I am once again begging people, *especially* on the left, to engage with the complicated realities of China rather than make up a version in your head to bash what you dislike in the United States.

On that point, one notes how the Trump admin has basically just obliterated US soft power. I don't think it really understands how soft power may, in fact, be a key part of why lesser powers are willing to subordinate themselves to a hegemon that reassures in this way

my feeling on this is that any system is going to have a certain number of grifters and you just have to accept that it is far more important to help deserving people than to not help undeserving ones. you can do your best but gatekeeping is generally much crueler than needed.

Lindsey’s Little Ladybugs (BB&BS)@beecherbibles56.bsky.social · 2w ago

So while I generally agree with this, this is where controversy is created because any definition of “unable to work” might exclude people who have social media access and can post curated sob stories about it. I feel like we can’t just take people at their word, hell if we did I wouldn’t work.

One thing to add: much of the evidence detailing police complicity in the attacks appeared in two documentaries produced by public broadcaster RTHK. The govt fixed that by arresting the producer, Bao Choy, and ensuring that RTHK's editorial independence was removed and its archives deleted. 1/3

RazvenHK@razvenhk.bsky.social · 2w ago

"721 篡改歷史 指鹿為馬" - Today marks the 7th Anniversary of the 721 Incident. On this night in 2019, a pro-CCP mob affiliated with the local mob surrounded and forced their way into Yuen Long subway station, viciously and indiscriminately attacking anyone they could find.

"721 篡改歷史 指鹿為馬" - Today marks the 7th Anniversary of the 721 Incident. On this night in 2019, a pro-CCP mob affiliated with the local mob surrounded and forced their way into Yuen Long subway station, viciously and indiscriminately attacking anyone they could find.

Shocking video unloaded by kingwest0219 on Twitter shows a horde of tourists suspected to be Chinese smugglers at Korea's Incheon Airport bypassing the queue and cutting in line en masse trying to reach the check-in counter first, once again showing the uncivil and ill-mannered side of the Mainland.

So now instead of illiterate serfs, we now have literate wage slaves. Wow, such improvement.

Z. Claude@zclaude.bsky.social · 2w ago

This was a society of serfdom that the CCP liberated millions of people from. China is not some kind of utopian society but they industrialized their country, educated hundreds of millions of people, and are the only country acting with any urgency about climate change today.

"I never would and never will criticize Mao Zedong… one of the great leaders of this world... who changed the entire universe … There was a lot of fucking excess... but China would not exist without Mao." Mao’s rule resulted in 40M deaths.

Shocking video unloaded by @kingwest0219 shows a horde of suspected Chinese smugglers at Korea's Incheon Airport bypassing the queue and cutting in line en masse trying to reach the check-in counter first, once again showing the uncivil and ill-mannered side of the Mainland.

China "is becoming more willing to be seen," by tourists who will be easily impressed and won't look too hard. At same time Beijing is introducing visa-free travel for many, it's also expelling foreign journalists and heavily restricting those that remain. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Shenzhen MTR implements mandatory airport-style security check for passengers and luggage, with restrictions on flammable items, alcohol, lighters and portable chargers and high risk items being prohibited. Some passengers delayed for up to 20 minutes before entering station.

Hawaii is such a photogenic place, it's a shame I'm now in San Francisco.

Milly Way above the lava field left behind by the Kilauea volcano eruption.

Hong Kong Police Senior Superintendent Ian Chow Ngai-kong (周毅剛) has been found guilty of all 3 counts of indecent assault of a subordinate while working at the police headquarters in Wanchai. Defendant released on bail ahead of sentencing on July 31.

Episode 51 of the Kilauea Eruption event has ended.

RazvenHK@razvenhk.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kilauea's eruption is expected to end later today as the eruption weakens in the late afternoon, rivers of lava can be seen flowing downhill from the crater into the surrounding area.

Kilauea's eruption is expected to end later today as the eruption weakens in the late afternoon, rivers of lava can be seen flowing downhill from the crater into the surrounding area.

Despite intermittent rain, episode 51 of Kilauea's eruption has drawn a steady stream of visitors both local and international to Hawaii's Volcanoes National Park.

RazvenHK@razvenhk.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happening now: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts.

A university student from China's Guangdong province has had their travel permit to Taiwan cancelled after he posted online a edited image of the permit to say "Taiwan of China" and replaced Taiwan's flag with that if China's.

Happening now: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts.

Chinese law professor and VP of the Chinese Association for Hong Kong & Macao Studies Wang Zhenmin says HK's narional security laws are "world's mildest", that it respects the rule of law and human rights the most compared to other similar laws around the world.