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The SCMP reports on the HK Tourism Bored Board’s new exciting promotional campaign. Because apparently we don’t have enough tourists yet… Hong Kong is seeking to promote itself as a city that visitors “feel” rather than merely see under a … Continue reading →

Police staked out a bathroom in order to catch an autistic 18/19-year-old for scrawling ‘seditious words’ on the wall. The guy worked part-time as a clerk for the Vanuatu consulate… Magistrate Victor So handed down judgement on Wednesday morning at … Continue reading →

From China Unofficial Archives, an introduction to the Hong Kong Research Database at Taiwan’s Academia Sinica – with an emphasis on their collection of T-shirts… The words on the T-shirt, “Hello, Please Step Down,” seem quite mild. But in fact, … Continue reading →

Of all the national security threats Hong Kong has faced in recent years – teenagers, housewives, booksellers, etc – this one must be the most pitiful… A Hong Kong court has sentenced a man with an intellectual disability to two … Continue reading →

Detained-bookseller artwork here. I visited Hunter Bookstore over the weekend. Quite crowded, with a slight ‘closing down sale” vibe – though the store is issuing customer-loyalty cards as if it expects to be around for the long term.  As well … Continue reading →

For fans of irony: according to reports, one of the books that allegedly endanger national security is Let Only Red Flowers Bloom by Emily Feng. (English edition published by hotbed of subversion Penguin.) From the Wall Street Journal… Hong Kong … Continue reading →

Bookstores Have a Nice Stay and Greenfield are raided by NatSec police… In a statement published on Wednesday night, the government said the five people were suspected of “doing with a seditious intention an act or acts that had a … Continue reading →

At what point do the authorities decide Hong Kong has sufficient NatSec legislation? It seems there isn’t one… The vice president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies said on Tuesday that Hong Kong should keep improving … Continue reading →

Global Times on a recent academic gathering at which ‘experts’ said that China has sovereignty over the Batanes Islands – Philippine territory south of Taiwan. A Taipei Times op-ed anticipates that Beijing might start to claim the islands… The symposium … Continue reading →

What would the UK’s Count Binface do if he were in Hong Kong? OK, he would possibly be in prison for subverting state power, inciting hatred of the government, or colluding with foreign powers (he’s from another planet, after all). … Continue reading →