Taiwan's first woman president Tsai Ing-wen, will finish her term this week with one more distinction...

That Tsai will be the first president of Taiwan's democratic era to retire with a net positive job approval rating, according to multiple pollsters, (MyFormosa, MNews, ACEL)

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英國倫敦警察廳公布將起訴三名男子，指他們涉嫌協助香港情報機關和犯有外國干涉，違反當地國家安全法。其中一名被告Matthew Trickett在法庭關門前一刻，步出法院立刻掩面狂奔。該名37歲英國男子的LinkedIn資料顯示，他於2007年至2013年間在海軍陸戰隊服役。➡️ bit.ly/3UD4bmN

We talked to former Hong Kong legislator Nathan Law 羅冠聰. From the first time he attended the June 4th candlelight vigil to becoming an activist. He explains why he believes that the Hong Kong diaspora community has the responsibility to learn about the movements in 1989 & 2019

This is a very welcome development. Good to see our National Security and Investment Law being enforced. Everyone in the UK should be free and safe from Beijing

Three men charged with assisting Hong Kong's intelligence service and foreign interference news.sky.com/story/three-me…

Chinese woman jailed for reporting on Covid in Wuhan to be freed after four years theguardian.com/world/article/…

1/31: TikTok CEO tells Congress that Chinese gov doesn’t influence its operations

4/24: US passes TikTok divestment law over concerns of Chinese gov influence

Today: TikTok says in lawsuit that it can’t comply because Chinese gov “would not permit” it to
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Cybersecurity expert Anthony Lai said that if a platform were to comply with the ban, they would have to make sure the song cannot have a Hong Kong IP address or Hong Kong users cannot access the song.

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#BREAKING : Hong Kong's appeal court has granted the government's request to ban 'Glory to Hong Kong', an anthem popularised during the city's massive democracy protests in 2019.

The ban is the first of its kind since Hong Kong was handed over to China in 1997. More to follow🧵

NEW: TikTok sources say ByteDance executives manage key departments made up of thousands of U.S.-based TikTok employees — including the influential monetization team of 3,000+ staff.

Exclusive details here from Caiwei Chen Viola Zhou restofworld.org/2024/tiktok-ch… Rest of World

As I've said time and time again: the ambition of Xi is to topple the rule-based order and destablise democracies. It's safer to maintain his dictatorship -- the no.1 goal of the CCP.

China hacked Ministry of Defence, Sky News learns news.sky.com/story/china-ha…

Eager to get back to Stanford CDDRL Hoover Institution to support calls #freeJimmyLai , repeal #HongKong #NSL , protect #humanrights .

Hong Kong After the National Security Law | Hoover Institution hoover.org/events/hong-ko…

#HongKong now places 135 out of 180 countries and territories as RSF cites 'unprecedented' setbacks.
Its press freedom ranking rose five places from last year’s 140.

Hong Kong was ranked 18th place in 2002.

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I live by Columbia. Tonight I went for a walk & saw 10+ blocks rapidly barricaded, dozens of police vehicles flying by, large groups of NYPD in riot gear gathering.
I study protest in E Europe. What I saw tonight was some of the most wildly disproportionate policing I've seen
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Zoom in and look at how much of Damascus's Qaboun district was bulldozed and blown up with explosives by the regime.

This entire community was wiped out for their protests against Assad.

Left: May 2011.... Right: December 2022

NOW: Columbia University faculty link arms and form a wall in front of the entrance to the ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ as hundreds of students encircle the both lawns

Students remaining in the encampment were told they could face disciplinary action after 2PM

China is already waging a cold war on the US, says former top Trump China aide Matt Pottinger—and the US should try to win it. Our conversation from today's GPS:

Thank you to all UK-Hong Kong Symposium for supporting the call to #FreeJimmyLai .

Today Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC (@caoilfhionnanna) spoke on the need to do more for political prisoners in #HongKong . She highlighted shocking details from #JimmyLai ’s trial.

Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer

We will not tolerate the attempts by foreign dictators to silence us or intimidate anyone in the United Kingdom.

Thank you to Nathan Law 羅冠聰 for joining us in Trinity College Dublin earlier this month for a wonderful address, interview and Q&A session!

It was an honour to award him our Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Public Discourse for his landmark activism in Hong Kong and internationally