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& #39;t been focusing on it (warning some self-promotion along w/shout outs to others)
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/ ">https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/vig...
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">https://www.npr.org/2019/10/1... (listening to it plus Vigil takes about as long I think as watching "The Irishman" would)
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/ ">https://chinaheritage.net/the-best-... & @ChinaFile has run many good pieces https://www.chinafile.com/keyword/hong-kong">https://www.chinafile.com/keyword/h...
Though I& #39;ve left out some journalists I& #39;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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAl7RygQmAM&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch... ( @sewellchan @yuenok & my event for @lawacthevents cosponsored by @asiasocietyLA) https://www.youtube.com/watch...
See also @MekongReview homepage https://mekongreview.com/ ">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/ ">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">https://iffr.com/en/2020/f...
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