First the cyber-attack on the e-voting platform for the 622 referendum, then the Apple Daily website. Hong Kongers were asking, “is Facebook next?” I can pinpoint exactly when it happened because I was in the middle of a Facebook conversation when the error message popped up. Then my telephone rang and the person I’d been chatting with asked, “Is Facebook down?”. A quick check on […]
Reclaiming Hong Kong’s June 4th
The commemoration of June 4th once united Hong Kong people, now it divides. Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising when the number of people who identify as “Chinese” falls to new lows On June 4th this year, tens of thousands of candles lit up Hong Kong’s Victoria Park to remember the fallen of June 4th 1989, just as they have done every year since China’s government […]