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@takingthepith

Hong Kong. Camping in the hills because the Murray Barracks were full

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Why does China keep disappearing female reporters? Image

just been reminded that *still* no one knows where reporter Minnie Chan is.

She vanished in China — in 2023.

11.03.2026 21:33 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Can we bring back ocean liners yet?

11.03.2026 13:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That's it? Two cups?

11.03.2026 08:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
HK01 photos, a grenade and the location which the grenade was found

HK01 photos, a grenade and the location which the grenade was found

A grenade was discovered at Victoria Height, 43A Stubbs Road, Happy Valley, which forced the evacuation of nearby ESF Bradbury School

11.03.2026 08:13 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Derucci seen in Vancouver airport

Derucci seen in Vancouver airport

OUR KING IN VANCOUVER!

11.03.2026 07:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Just imagine how great Egypt or Rome could have been if they had 996 technology

10.03.2026 21:38 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

"why don't the other Warring States just band together to defeat their common enemy?" vs "why doesn't Qin, the largest of the Warring States, simply eat the others?"

09.03.2026 21:04 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

马尔福到了
Malfoy has arrived
Maerfu dao le
Ma is horse because year of the horse
Er can mean "like this"
Fu is prosperity
Dao le is "arrived"

Malfoy has arrived = prosperity comes like a horse

09.03.2026 22:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
马尔福到了
Malfoy has arrived
Maerfu dao le
Ma is horse because year of the horse 
Er can mean "like this"
Fu is prosperity
Dao le is "arrived"

Malfoy has arrived = prosperity comes like a horse

马尔福到了 Malfoy has arrived Maerfu dao le Ma is horse because year of the horse Er can mean "like this" Fu is prosperity Dao le is "arrived" Malfoy has arrived = prosperity comes like a horse

Oh fuck off

09.03.2026 10:21 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Scots is "breeks" and in English "breeches"!

08.03.2026 22:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Verdict: not heresy

08.03.2026 12:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Is that the one by ... Lai Chi Kok road, I think? Between Prince Edward and SSP?

07.03.2026 11:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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There's a pet supermarket in HK where you can adopt cats and dogs. Also they eat better than I do

07.03.2026 11:33 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Scout Association of Hong Kong will have a national security parade in Victoria Park on 11 and 12 April, with a small army of AI-generated pipers. Don't forget your sporran, like the guy on the right ...

06.03.2026 23:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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How Communism Won China | China Books Review The CCP presents its victory in 1949 as historical inevitability, hard-won after years of struggle. A new book suggests it had more to do with the Soviets, luck and brutal tactics — but overlooks some...

My piece for the China Books Review on how communism won - a long essay on Frank Dikotter’s new book, ‘Red Dawn over China’.

chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/05/h...

05.03.2026 13:33 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of Chinese text, with "St Penis" appearing in the Latin alphabet

Screenshot of Chinese text, with "St Penis" appearing in the Latin alphabet

Today in Very Serious Research™️

Ever wonder how Paris' reputation as 'city of love' came about?

You'll have to thank 1920s Chinese travel writers for successfully rebranding the Seine St Denis as 'Saint Penis,' it seems...

05.03.2026 10:37 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

I bought the ebook and was immediately hooked. Strong characters and excellent prose.

05.03.2026 11:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The voice in my head when I read your written work is quite different from reality 😅

04.03.2026 07:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Urged readers to look through the full judgement embedded and downloadable in the piece...

04.03.2026 04:19 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Now I understand the hatred of heretics towards the Corpse-Emperor

03.03.2026 07:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Well at least they're direct?

01.03.2026 03:05 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It’s worth noting that China’s interest in Taiwan predates and is unrelated to TSMC, and arguably it would be make more sense to invade after chip making has gotten more geographically diverse and less high-stakes because they’ll encounter less international pushback that way

01.03.2026 00:29 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Britain prepares for war

28.02.2026 13:07 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Buy BOMBS, it's going UP UP UP!

28.02.2026 08:46 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

To clarify here - the man was not sentenced *for* translating the Basic Law, it’s just that he translated it when it came out. It says a lot that someone who believed the mini constitution may hold 30 years ago would be going ‘liberate HK’ now

28.02.2026 06:31 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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anti-submarine pork rice

28.02.2026 05:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Starting to think a lot of these bespoke "flavours" are based on a dare.

27.02.2026 11:41 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Space race is good

28.02.2026 00:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like I won't have to share the streets with many Chinese tourists during my next visit!

Also that cartoon is metal.

27.02.2026 23:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The music immediately started in my head

27.02.2026 09:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0