Journalist based in Barcelona, tweeting on Spain and Europe. Previously Netherlands, Italy, Sudan, Portugal, Belgium, Hong Kong. Writer of expat guidebooks.
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Blake Evans-Pritchard retweeted
When u arrive at a hotel in Shanghai these days ur given a document with every high and medium risk area in China on it. You are told to check the list and confirm with signature that you have not been to one of these places recently
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I just want to check something...do we all understand the scale of the climate crisis? Only it is unbelievable absent from our Politics right now and that is usually because polls say it is of little concern to voters? Which is worrying.
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Rewilding isn’t just about beauty it’s linked to our very survival as a species… and certainly a healthy one. Please sign and help us pass the land to Nature.. she made us she can save us. 👇🏻
With one week to go, @RewildingB are close to the target of 50,000 signatures on their petition for wilder national parks. If you want nature in Britain to flourish, please help them get there:
act.rewildingbritain.org.uk/…
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Here's an interview I did today with Tom Grundy of Hong Kong Free Press HKFP about my case, the Hong Kong political and legal situation, my time in prison, and my coming plans.
HKFP_Live Interview: US lawyer Samuel Bickett, imprisoned then deported from Hong Kong teapaw.org/i/broadcasts/1YpKkZnpj…
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“Carrie Lam embraces this very valueless mindset, which is actually a colonial legacy.”
To mark one year since the beginning of Hong Kong's protest, a look at the stubborn "closed-minded" "very mainland-Chinese bureaucrat" who started it all: theatlantic.com/internationa…
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Fitness First has closed all branches in Hong Kong permanently due to gym closures.
thestandard.com.hk/breaking-…
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Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong had their worst day since the global financial crisis. Concerns over Beijing’s close relationship with Russia and renewed regulatory risks sparked panic selling. 2/5
bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @JeannyYu @CharlotteYTYang
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And in other news you did it… Coca Cola suspending trade in Russia. Now that’s what I call #peoplepower
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This is not a rant/complaint, just trying to inform others in HK. Fined HK$5,000 for briefly removing my mask after wearing it the whole time during a ~9.5km run. It’s hot today. Was struggling to breathe. Regular exercise is crucial for diabetics like me. ‘No exceptions.’
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Powerful new Zelenskyy, addresses shelling of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Says in Ukrainian: Russians knew exactly what they were shelling. Says “This night could have been the end of Europe.” Switches to Russian: "Russian people. I want to address you. How is this possible? 1/8
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Bank lines around the block and even more cleared shelves in Hong Kong today as the government continues its awful messaging around a possible lockdown.
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Dear rest of the world, no doubt you think your government has some crazy COVID-19 policies. Sorry, you have no idea of what crazy is. Love, Hong Kong
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Lots of folks in Hong Kong who were very chill about other peoples kids getting their heads kicked in by the police are now decidedly unchill about their own kids having their schooling disrupted again. People really thought a wholesale re-engineering wouldn't touch them. Cute.
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I’ve worked in healthcare in HK for a decade. Our public hospitals are always stressed. We buckle every time there’s a flu surge.
Now, with a disease that is more transmissible/severe than flu, AND requires exposed staff to quarantine, HK’s hospitals are sandcastles in a tsunami
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Scooplet by @lauramatt and @blakerig: Vanguard has signed the Global FX Code after a three-year holdout fx-markets.com/regulation/77…
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City Trail appeared on @rthkradio3 today, with @ViolettaPolese discussing travel guides in the age of Covid-19 - and what we have in store next for our guidebooks. Hint: it will be to do with kids. Check out the podcast here: rthk.hk/radio/radio3/program… (need to scroll down a bit)
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Tomorrow is the final day of #AsiaRisk25 week! The broadcast will cover risk management and lessons learnt from the current crisis. Register for free and watch the previous webinars on-demand here: webinars.on24.com/InfoproDig…
ALT Asia Risk 25 | Day Five: Risk Management
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If only someone could have seen this coming. Oh, wait... risk.net/risk-management/753…
JPMorgan says staff and customers may have broken law on Covid loans on.ft.com/3k3GCQh