Media outlets across east Asia were reporting that Cheung, who had just finished her A-levels, had been declared a threat to national security by officials in Hong Kong. There was an offer of HK$1m (£94,000) to anyone who could assist in her arrest or capture.
Friends said: ‘Sorry, you are a criminal in Hong Kong now so we can’t be associated with you.’ Even friends in Leeds stopped seeing me
Holy shit, she was just a kid speaking out about her experiences! I hope she can stay safe in the UK and live a normal life. Poor gal.
Xi’s police aren’t going into Brixton.
In 2022, a pro-democracy protester demonstrating on the pavement was dragged into China’s consulate in Manchester before being beaten up in a “barbaric” attack.
Did you not read the article? It’s already happened at least once. Even if this attack wasn’t from Chinese officials, pro-democracy protesters still face danger and harassment.
Her family, says Cheung, “knew I was someone who doesn’t know how to shut up. They didn’t want either of us to end up in prison for speaking our mind, because my mum said, ‘You are kind of nobody. No one would know that you’re in prison.’”
Good on the family for leaving the country.
It’s crazy how, here in Brazil, we kind of have to chose now if we stay besides USA or China… We hate what Trump is doing to us, but at the same time, our partners in BRICS are not a bed of roses either… It seems the bipolarization of the world is coming to its max now, again, after cold war…
our partners in BRICS
There are no BRICS partners. The union literally does nothing but yap contrarian lmao
You’re maybe right… I’d love to see an alternative currency for international trade though. We’re done with US Dollars.
Why? What would you gain with a dollar competitor? I mena no one’s stopping you using other currencies right now unless your an oligarch in a gas station country.
Well, US companies have the monopoly on credit cards. US imposes SWIFT all around he world. If I buy something on amazon, or alibaba, it will be converted to USD and then to my currency. All commodities, on what my country depends, are rated in USD, even if few sell it to China or Europe… And all of this for what? What is the actual value US is putting into all of this? Its only getting a share on something it has nothing to do. And it just gives US fu**ed up governors the chance to impose sanctions to whoever they want in order to interfere with foreign affairs.
Thats simply not true. I say that as European living in Asia - none of my euros are converted to dollars, ever.
So, Magnitsky law, and SWIFT blockades are for nothing? Just because it’s not explicit on the website, it doesn’t mean it’s not doing it behind the scenes. That’s how economy works… If I buy something from China, my money goes there by SWIFT transactions, which is controlled by US.
Lmao what does that even have to do with BRICS. You’re lost somewhere bro
From an American: sorry.
I know it doesn’t mean much, but there’s a significant fraction of Americans who hate what Trump is doing to y’all, including some of my family. Tons of people here hate Trump, and I mean hate his guts, even former Republicans.
I don’t know China as well, but it seems like there’s a lot more political unity there.
…But also, let our dumpster fire be a lesson, I guess. It can happen to you. Ban our stuff, please, especially Big Tech.
Um literalmente apoiou a ditadura e está fazendo a mesma coisa de novo, e você tá preocupado com o que talvez supostamente, segundo os estados unidos, a China pode fazer?
Me diga se vc gostaria de viver hoje na China, Rússia, Índia… Talvez no Irã? Ditaduras declaradas, a tempos! Eu concordou que o BR não pode se vender aos EUA (de novo) mas a alternativa também não é lá muito promissora…
Did it make a difference when China built that big container port in Peru and started connecting it with railways to the Atlantic coast?
Not yet… At least here se don’t see any movement or change yet…
how does one check if there is a Chinese bounty on themselves?
asking because I was contacted by Chinese nationals that worked in the consulate in Texas hours after publicly expressing China can go fuck itself on Reddit. weeks later that same place was on the news for burning thousands of documents in their parking lot and everyone inside fleeing back to China now listed as spies.
also when I say contacted, I mean they emailed me and sent messages on LinkedIn. my Reddit account was never linked to my personal identity.
edit: oh yeah, China can still go fuck itself.
how does one check if there is a Chinese bounty on themselves?
Maybe ask @ Lemmy/ China instance? Make sure you get the correct one.
Wait how did they still get your email and LinkedIn?
gonna guess they have a profile on everyone on Reddit.
I mean, it’s no secret that Reddit has deep ties to Chinese financing.
Free Hong Kong SAR, Manchuria, Tibet, and West Taiwan. One day, the PRC will implode and the White Sun will be raised over Peking.
I read “woke up with a Chinese beautiful head” and I was like omg can we all do this, is this tips
