9 Best Articles in 2022
South China Morning Post
Hong Kong protests: Visual stories shedding light on events gripping the city
South China Morning Post
1 min read · · The Hong Kong protests have roiled the city since June. Explore the history behind what happened this collection of timelines, graphics and visual stories · Shared by 65, including Boris Périsset
Twitter
Information operations directed at Hong Kong
Twitter
2 min read · · We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong, specifically the protest movement and their calls for political change. · Shared by 74, including hardmaru, Thomas Power, Azeem Azhar, Thomas Wong, Trey Tweets Into the Void, @luca@vis.social, luis antónio santos, Nilan 🇱🇰 නිලාන්, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Renee DiResta, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Mark Kaigwa, mrbrown
prestigeonline.com
Farming the City: Urban Agriculture in Hong Kong
prestigeonline.com
5 min read · · Prestige stops by the Farm Club by Agrician to find out more about the urban agriculture movement in Hong Kong. · Shared by 62
idlewords.com
A Walk In Hong Kong (Idle Words)
idlewords.com
~16 min read · · 08.16.2019 A Walk In Hong Kong My mom fainted the first time she set foot in an American supermarket. It was 1981 and we were freshly arrived in America, and some combination of the culture shock and… · Shared by 62, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Howard Getson, Vikram Dutt, Ethan Marcotte, Kiki, Devon ☀️ in Austin soon!
Bloomberg
The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code
Bloomberg
20+ min read · · Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time. · Shared by 260, including Alex Barrera, Carl Morris, Bernhard Huessy, Oliver Reichenstein, Ward Plunet, Thomas Power, Nils Hitze, Simon Carless, @AlgoCompSynth@synth.buzz by znmeb, Rober González, Niklaus Gerber, Polina M. Pompliano, mdy, Shervinator 🚀 ∞ 🚄, Howard Getson, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, timoreilly, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Ben Collins, Jeff Heuer
mp.weixin.qq.com
Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests Lead to Bullying at the University of Hong Kong
mp.weixin.qq.com
Summary · · Foreign media have reported widely on Hong Kong’s anti-extradition protests. Chinese media had censored the topic in the early days of the protests, but as the conflict escalated, the government allowed China’s media to report on the violence, chaos and radical protestors. In this article, students from mainland China who attend the University of Hong Kong, explain the tensions on campus among people with opposing views on the protests. Protest sympathizers, he claims, silence, bully and pressure students and faculty members who voice a pro-China stance. It’s a less publicized aspect of the movement. Meanwhile, it’s unsurprising that China’s censorship let this article pass. · Shared by 5, including getAbstract
VANITY FAIR
If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says
VANITY FAIR
3 min read · · There’s compelling evidence that Japan, Hong Kong, and other East Asian locales are doing it right and we should really, truly mask up—fast. · Shared by 237, including Christopher Mims 🤌, Tiffany Shlain, David Wallace-Wells, Keith Rabois, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Steven Sinofsky, Bob Sutton, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Douglas Karr, Marshall Shepherd, Mike Rundle, Joshua Benton, Mathew Ingram, John Maeda, Ser Jeff Garzik, Frank Gruber, Dion Almaer, Tom Raftery (Mastodon: @tomraftery@mas.to), William Gibson, Carla Gentry
threadreaderapp.com
Thread by @laurelchor: I’ve landed in Hong Kong after flying from Paris CDG, via London Heathrow. I…
threadreaderapp.com
5 min read · · Thread by @laurelchor: I’ve landed in Hong Kong after flying from Paris CDG, via London Heathrow. I now have to wait ~8 hours before I get my9 test results and thus have ample time to tweet about my… · Shared by 3, including Chris Messina
The New York Times
The Battle for Hong Kong Is Being Fought in Sydney and Vancouver
The New York Times
4 min read · · How Beijing is weaponizing social media in its fight to crush the Hong Kong protests. · Shared by 16, including Liv 😷
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prestigeonline.com
Farming the City: Urban Agriculture in Hong Kong
prestigeonline.com
5 min read · · Prestige stops by the Farm Club by Agrician to find out more about the urban agriculture movement in Hong Kong. · Shared by 62
kenyonreview.org
Departures
kenyonreview.org
~20 min read · · It is Sunday in Hong Kong. On the margins of hard pavement or grass, along passageways and bridges that lead out to the docks, beneath the awnings of office buildings that at other times in the week… · Shared by 77, including teresa bücker
BBC News (World)
Covid: Hong Kong to lure tourists with free air tickets
BBC News (World)
3 min read · · UK-based Virgin Atlantic said on Wednesday it will stop its Heathrow-Hong Kong services after 30 years. · Shared by 18
CNN
Hong Kong offers 500,000 free air tickets to tempt tourists back
CNN
2 min read · · Hong Kong attracted around 56 million visitors a year before the pandemic, and now the popular destination is taking significant steps to win tourists back after over two years of some of the world's… · Shared by 12, including Howard Getson
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The New York Times
Why Coronavirus Cases Have Spiked in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan
The New York Times
3 min read · · Once heralded for keeping their case counts low, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan have recently seen a surge in numbers, largely fueled by infections coming from elsewhere. · Shared by 51, including Ramon Tremosa 🎗🌹, Thomas Power, Balaji, Gerry Gaffney, Jess 🇺🇦, Eric Topol, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, George J Huba PhD, albert, Mathieu von Rohr, Amesh Adalja, Carl Zimmer
The Guardian
Chris Patten: ‘We have a populist government that is
The Guardian
~11 min read · · The Tory grandee, publishing his diaries of his time as governor of Hong Kong, on the ‘greedy’ west giving China an easy ride – and his party’s ‘long nervous breakdown’ · Shared by 120, including A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR
Design You Trust
Hong Kong In The 1950s Captured By A Teenager
Design You Trust
1 min read · · These stunning photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s are captured beautifully by a teenager. Ho Fan who arrived from Shanghai in 1949. The streets, filled with vendors, coolies and rickshaw drivers, fascinated Ho. Taking pictures in a studio was the norm then, but the Ho was more interested in r · Shared by 14, including Paulo Gaspar, Björn Koblow
Reuters
Hong Kong protests
Reuters
· Crowd size is a contentious issue in Hong Kong. Here is a look at the difficulties, and why police and organiser estimates are so divergent. · Shared by 14, including Aleksandra Wisniewska
guardian.co.uk
Vertical horizons: Hong Kong's skyscrapers
guardian.co.uk
4 min read · · French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze photographs the high rise buildings of Hong Kong · Shared by 57
The Guardian
Episode 1: Hong Kong's accidental pop star
The Guardian
· How an English musician became an overnight pop star in Hong Kong – only to discover he was the face of a huge new protest movement against China · Shared by 35, including Neil Hart 💙
CNN
Hong Kong appeared to have the coronavirus under control, then it let its guard down
CNN
4 min read · · As the sudden surge in cases in Hong Kong shows, quarantines and social distancing must continue well beyond the initial wave of cases, if another round of infections is to be avoided. · Shared by 33, including Jesse Baer (mostly on mastodon now), Undark Magazine, AGI.Eth | AIKing.Eth | 👑.sgb, Gregory Zuckerman, Joanna J Bryson, Gary Marcus, Bill George
The Atlantic
Photos: Preserving Hong Kong, in Miniature
The Atlantic
4 min read · · Model makers Tony Lai and Maggie Chan have been working to preserve the Hong Kong of their childhood in miniature form · Shared by 28, including Esther Schindler
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
University of Hong Kong orders removal of Tiananmen Massacre statue after 24 years, artist ‘shocked’
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
4 min read · · The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has requested the now-disbanded organiser of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil to remove the Pillar of Shame, an artwork which pays tribute to victims of Beijing’s… · Shared by 24, including Mathew Ingram, Robin Kwong
