mthoopsfan
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My HK friends invited me to the 7's in late March.
mthoopsfan said:My HK friends invited me to the 7's in late March.
mthoopsfan said:My HK friends invited me to the 7's in late March.
argh! said:before a rugby match between hong kong and a south korean team, in south korea, the hong kong 2019 protest song was played instead of the chinese anthem. the koreans apologized, played the ccp anthem at the end of the match, and explained in detail how it happened by accident. of course, the ccp is having a fit about it, and want to continue to blather on, despite the apology, etc... they are also calling for a police investigation and want to charge whoever made the mistake with 'sedition', even though that person is a korean citizen and just made a mistake, that was built on somebody else's mistake. here's an article from the south china morning post: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3199497/hong-kong-demands-full-investigation-after-2019-protest-song-played-korean-rugby-tournament-instead?module=more_top_stories_int&pgtype=homepage
in other news, a rich chinese couple berated an old man and made him get on his knees and apologize to their car, because some leaves he was sweeping up touched the car. charming people, the new rich of china: https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3199553/kneel-or-well-beat-you-death-elderly-cleaner-china-forced-down-knees-apologise-accidentally-sweeping?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage
argh! said:mthoopsfan said:My HK friends invited me to the 7's in late March.
just an fyi, in hong kong the ccp is now arresting and jailing non-chinese (or hk) individuals for anti-ccp posts made from outside china, claiming they are threatening their 'national security'. here is a story about a portuguese citizen who returned to hk to take care of his ill mother, and was arrested for posts that seem to have been made from the uk, where he is affiliated with the royal music schoo in londonl: https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/03/portuguese-man-charged-under-hong-kong-sedition-law-over-online-posts-denied-bail/
mthoopsfan said:argh! said:just an fyi, in hong kong the ccp is now arresting and jailing non-chinese (or hk) individuals for anti-ccp posts made from outside china, claiming they are threatening their 'national security'. here is a story about a portuguese citizen who returned to hk to take care of his ill mother, and was arrested for posts that seem to have been made from the uk, where he is affiliated with the royal music schoo in londonl: https://hongkongfp.com/2022/11/03/portuguese-man-charged-under-hong-kong-sedition-law-over-online-posts-denied-bail/
I had been warned about this years ago, before I visited China. I've noticed that my HK friends don't reply to anything in my emails that ask how HK is, or "is HK lost". They've just ignored that. I probably won't be able to go to the HK 7's, if I wanted to, because I am now associated with you on egriz.
argh! said:ok, i'll keep going. china keeps reporting zero deaths, but that is so absurd, even the people laugh at it. and with the lunar new year around the corner, it is going to get ugly. very ugly. this article from the south china morning post details the mass of humanity that is about to get on crowded trains and buses, and bring covid out of the big cities, which actually have semi-passable health care. once it hits all the 'small' below 5 million people cities, it is bound to be ugly. here's the article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3204489/covid-china-cities-offer-bleak-estimates-daily-infections?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage
mthoopsfan said:argh! said:ok, i'll keep going. china keeps reporting zero deaths, but that is so absurd, even the people laugh at it. and with the lunar new year around the corner, it is going to get ugly. very ugly. this article from the south china morning post details the mass of humanity that is about to get on crowded trains and buses, and bring covid out of the big cities, which actually have semi-passable health care. once it hits all the 'small' below 5 million people cities, it is bound to be ugly. here's the article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3204489/covid-china-cities-offer-bleak-estimates-daily-infections?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage
Little immunity and not enough vaccines especially with elderly. Going to be a horrible mess. Hospitals and ERs already full. Time to invade Taiwan.
mthoopsfan said:Many healthcare workers are working with covid.
"Questions also abound about the number of Covid-related deaths China is reporting because officials only count those who die from respiratory failure directly linked to a Covid infection. Officially, seven people have died from the virus since pandemic rules were relaxed on Dec. 7, a number that belies mounting anecdotal evidence from across the country — from the crush of hearses outside a crematory in Beijing to the overflow of yellow body bags at some funeral homes.