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2. Four years ago, I went to Bangkok for speaking events at Chulalongkorn University and Thammasat University. But the Thai government blacklisted me at Beijing& #39;s request and detained me from Suvarnabhumi Airport for over 12 hours. https://hongkongfp.com/2016/10/06/joshua-wong-thanks-thai-democracy-activists-for-support-after-bangkok-airport-detainment/">https://hongkongfp.com/2016/10/0...
3. I had no access to my phone or a lawyer. Communication was difficult, and the authorities kept replying "no" to my questions. I distinctly remember one of them telling me: "You should know this is Thailand, just like China, not the same as Hong Kong."
4. It was one of my scariest experiences ever: foreign country, foreign language. I also thought of the infamous cross-border abduction of Gui Minhai — one of the five missing Causeway Bay booksellers — from Thailand to China in 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/08/gui-minhai-the-strange-disappearance-of-a-publisher-who-riled-chinas-elite">https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
5. Someone else in the cell could use his phone, and alerted my friends by msging @demosisto& #39;s FB page. For a while I thought I might be imprisoned for years. Thankfully I was sent home. I& #39;ll never forget the activists who waited for me at the terminal, raising their umbrellas.
6. Over the past few days, Vachirawit Chiva-aree (Bright)& #39;s girlfriend has been accused for advocating Taiwanese independence. Thai netizens came to their defense and also showed an overwhelming support for Hong Kong. I& #39;ve been so moved.
7. Angry Chinese nationalists think they can attack the Thai people by attacking the Thai regime. But the King of Thailand is especially unpopular: Rather than combating the Wuhan virus, he has been hiding in a German hotel with 20 women! https://nypost.com/2020/03/30/king-of-thailand-isolates-from-coronavirus-with-20-women/">https://nypost.com/2020/03/3...
8. Bright& #39;s fans adore him for his popular romantic TV drama, 2gether: The Series, about the story of a gay couple. They& #39;re young and progressive, obviously not blindly pro-government (unlike their counterparts in China). The exchange shows what Chinese nationalists can& #39;t grasp.
9. Of course the Thai youth supports Taiwan, the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage, just as progressives around the world should, my friend @jeffreychngo has argued. This is most important at a time when it faces exclusion by the WHO. https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/island-left-neglected-taiwan-dppp-tsai">https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/i...
10. The Vietnamese people — having endured decades of racism, imperialism and geopolitical oppression from China — have likewise long been standing up for Hong Kong, even as the Vietnamese government is reluctant to say anything pro-democracy.
11. This incident is giving me a lot of hope in youth activism and transnational social engagement. Perhaps we can build a new kind of pan-Asian solidarity that opposes all forms of authoritarianism. ขอบคุณ!!! 
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