Re:I don’t need The Onion, I have China Daily
by FabHK on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:45PM
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It might well be that 30 people or so support the amendments, but what China Daily forgot to report is that more than a million people marched to protest against them.
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Re:I don’t need The Onion, I have China Daily
by fieryscribe on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:46PM
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2 million, according to some estimates. From the images, it definitely looked more than the 1m that were out in the streets last week.
Yes, maybe a quarter of the population. It's insane, and inspiring, the strength of the opposition.
BTW, for better coverage of HK news I recommend the HK Free Press:
Re:I don’t need The Onion, I have China Daily
by fieryscribe on Monday June 17, 2019 @12:53PM
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Tom Grundy, the creator of HKFP, has an agenda (as do most news outlets).
I balance HKFP with RTHK and Apple Daily (easier if you can read Cantonese). I don't trust blantantly pro-China outlets, like Sina.
For readers of English, there's not that much left: SCMP (bought by Alibaba recently), and the free (ad-financed) The Standard.
Can you elaborate on Grundy's agenda? Anything beyond pro-democracy, civil liberties, etc.?
Re:I don’t need The Onion, I have China Daily
by fieryscribe on Monday June 17, 2019 @02:57PM
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Definitely anti-establishment. I'm not saying I agree or disagree, but it's good to balance that out with multiple perspectives.
SCMP used to be my paper of choice growing up, but it has started to become more pro-establishment of late.