RT @ArtistSalon
Excerpt:
"One big driver is the [ccp] leadership’s need to control the narrative about China. They do not want to lose the narrative. They have learned from many events in the past, like the Arab Spring, how important it is for a one party state to maintain control of narrative." https://twitter.com/SariArhoHavren/status/1654808661229817857

Probably one of the most level-headed tweets regarding this particular moment of the proceedings.
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RT @TheBachChoir
Did #ZadokThePriest at the #Coronation sound familiar? That might be because it's also the inspiration for the #uefachampionsleague soundtrack. But who is Zadok? Listen to our podcast with guest @thehuwedwards from @BBCNews to find out! Listen here - https://shows.acast.com/change-your-tune/episodes/6452de939dcdc10011…
https://twitter.com/TheBachChoir/status/1654819774671511555

RT @JChengWSJ
The wife of an outspoken Chinese bookseller returned to the couple’s home in Florida this week, more than eight months after Shanghai authorities blocked her from leaving China, her husband said in a message posted online.
@jamestareddy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wife-of-a-chinese-bookseller-is-allowed-to-leave-china-d50c2bc6

RT @b3108
@tripperhead I feel #anthemgate is heading on this trajectory… https://twitter.com/shepmates/status/1653566668889792513

{#HK #ANTHEMGATE} 6-May-2023 (daytime): HK’s SF&OC accuses HK IHA of quoting certain parts of the alleged transcript between the two “out of context”, while reportedly not denying certain other parts…
https://www.sportsroad.hk/archives/413071

(I’m not wasting my time dissecting each accusation)

RT @CollinSLKoh
“Born to Fly” is “Top Gun” with added nationalist grievance and no sex. If it is a hit in China’s cinemas, it should alarm the world like a beaten drum. https://www.economist.com/china/2023/05/04/chinas-new-top-gun-normalises-war-with-america

Women’s podium at today’s #Stairmaster Lantau now filled, with Zein Williams winning in 3:47:27, ahead of Kimmy Leung (4:14:19) and Alina Ilyn Vaso (4:16:37).

David Longo wins the (May) 2023 #Stairmaster Lantau men’s race in 3:16:54, ahead of CHENG Ka Sing (3:30:48) and Alexandre Reinert (3:32:07).

Women’s podium to come. Note that Eszter Csillag dropped out at the half-way mark.

#hk #trailrunning

Jeff Campbell wins today’s 🇵🇭 Sierre Madre Trail 75k men’s race. Too exhausted from the heat to talk. #asiatrailmaster
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RT @AsiaTrailMaster
ATM Live - Sierra Madre Trail 75 (PHI) https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yoKMZjZLXjGQ
https://twitter.com/AsiaTrailMaster/status/1654697677299535873

That said, today is also #立夏 (the start of summer) on the Chinese solar calendar: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lixia

3/3

{#HK #ANTHEMGATE}
ICYMI (since 18-Apr-2023):

4-May-2023: HK Ice Hockey Association says “we did nothing wrong” https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1654116493712588801?s=46&t=kWSZ8ky7YGaWCiNRpHFRKQ

5-May-2023: HK’s olympic authority SF&OC says “Oh yes you did” https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1654400578032898049?s=46&t=kWSZ8ky7YGaWCiNRpHFRKQ

6-May-2023: HK IHA fights back
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RT @tripperhead
#Anthemgate Awakens!

Hong Kong …
https://twitter.com/tripperhead/status/1654116493712588801

Conditions today for the #Stairmaster are quite “oppressive” ahead of a cold front sweeping through with storms tomorrow. (It isn’t normally held in May, but the covid reopenings late last year created an immediate avalanche of races to be held for various reasons.)

📷HKO

Overall standings at the half-way turn-back point of today’s #Stairmaster Lantau, run over Lantau Trails 2 & 3.

(No Jeff Campbell this time, who is running the #asiatrailmaster Sierra Madre race in the Philippines at the same time.)

📊https://www.webscorer.com/results?raceid=313761

#hk #trailrunning

Echoes of current-day GovHK, it seems
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RT @JChengWSJ
.@LiYuan6: "Despite China’s rise as an economic power, it has a drastically inadequate social safety net, and the government is eager to block any discussion of the conditions poor people face."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/business/china-censorship-poverty.html?smid=tw-share
https://twitter.com/JChengWSJ/status/1654312709561757697

#MACAU’s weather bureau #SMG has suspended automatic warning/signal notifications via WeChat due to a change in the latter’s policy. Its other ways of dissemination via mobile (apart from website & press releases) — Telegram (TC only) & mobile app (TC, EN, PT) — will continue.

RT @JChengWSJ
.@nate_taplin: Singapore is having a moment as Hong Kong struggles with politics and mixed signals on China's openness. To keep the march it has stolen, Singapore will need to tame its housing market—and demonstrate that it truly is neutral territory.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/singapores-moment-is-here-will-it-last-eaf788d7

RT @who
@DrTedros "What this news means is that it is time for countries to transition from emergency mode to managing #COVID19 alongside other infectious diseases"-@DrTedros https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1654477742904074242?s=20

RT @who
@DrTedros "The worst thing any country could do now is to use this news as a reason to let down its guard, to dismantle the systems it has built, or to send the message to its people that #COVID19 is nothing to worry about"-@DrTedros

RT @who
@DrTedros "This virus is here to stay. It is still killing, and it is still changing. The risk remains of new variants emerging that cause new surges in cases and deaths"-@DrTedros #COVID19

RT @who
@DrTedros "It is therefore with great hope that I declare #COVID19 over as a global health emergency.

However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat.

Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about"-@DrTedros