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Thread on accessible works to read/listen to if seeking to put the historic turning point in Hong Kong into perspective; aimed at those who a) have limited bandwidth to focus on Hong Kong & b) haven't been focusing on it (warning some self-promotion along w/shout outs to others)
Thread on Hong Kong readings/listenings: to start w/excellent moving commentaries have just been published by @wilfredchan https://www.thenation.com/article/world/hong-kong-china-national-security-law/ @hkbeech (w/reporting by @yuenok ) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/world/asia/hong-kong-china.html & the duo of @limlouisa & @IlariaMariaSala https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/22/china-foisting-anti-sedition-law-hong-kong-freedoms
Thread on Hong Kong readings/listenings: my Vigil (races from the Opium War to 1997, then more detailed, goes up to 10/1/2019); very short; audio book version is shorter than the the latest film by Scorsese (or even Tarantino) https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/vigil/
HKG thread cont/If listening appeals more than reading, @throughlineNPR has a 44 min. episode feautring historian Steve Tsang & political scientist @victoriatinbor1 https://www.npr.org/2019/10/16/770699746/a-borrowed-time (listening to it plus Vigil takes about as long I think as watching "The Irishman" would)
An accessibly written book that focuses tightly on 2019 (and take the action up through Nov) is @antd (if still into listening a @NewBooksNetwork podcast w/him here https://newbooksnetwork.com/antony-dapiran-city-on-fire-the-fight-for-hong-kong-scribe-2020/ ), & a forthcoming book edited by @holmeschan_ is special https://www.aftershock.hk/
There are multiple books on the Umbrella Movement; this collection of essays published late last year is excellent (note: more academic in tone than other works mentioned) https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501740923/take-back-our-future/ & this collection (free to download and varied is good too) https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/between-politics-and-finance-hong-kongs-infinity-war-26174
Back to listening, the podcasts @SinicaPodcast & @littleredpods have both done multiple good episodes on Hong Kong/texts: @chinaheritage has an ongoing "Best China" series of translations http://chinaheritage.net/the-best-china/ & @ChinaFile has run many good pieces https://www.chinafile.com/keyword/hong-kong
Though I've left out some journalists I'd add (including all contributors to the @holmeschan_ volume not listed already), this screenshot from VIGIL points to good people to follow on twitter & read stories by; + @TheAtlantic & @thenation have run many good pieces since 6/2019
& something to watch, recorded before Fri. to today news of a) CCP ramming through Article 23 anti-sedition measures, b) reigniting of protest & c) new rounds of tear gas etc ( @sewellchan @yuenok & my event for @lawacthevents cosponsored by @asiasocietyLA)
See also @MekongReview homepage https://mekongreview.com/ , which now has short pieces up by Benedict Rogers, by @KongTsungGan & by me (mine is a short excerpt from Vigil proposing some comparative frames/imperfect analogies that seemed useful to me in 2019 and still do now)
In addition, the work by the Lausan Collection @lausanhk https://lausan.hk/ is important; the twitter feeds of @hongkongpen @fcchk are valuable re events; & important work has being done by filmmakers to document the crisis, see for a sense of this https://iffr.com/en/2020/films/if-we-burn
And here, going back a bit, are two surveys of five books to read on Hong Kong, one by @suelinwong in the @FT last September https://www.ft.com/content/e4a7fe1e-d572-11e9-8367-807ebd53ab77 & by @jasonyng (who co-wrote Unfree Speech with @joshuawongcf ) via @five_books (interview by @alecash ) https://fivebooks.com/best-books/hong-kong-jason-ng/
