Media outlets across east Asia were reporting that Cheung, who had just finished her A-levels, had been declared a threat to national security by officials in Hong Kong. There was an offer of HK$1m (£94,000) to anyone who could assist in her arrest or capture.

Friends said: ‘Sorry, you are a criminal in Hong Kong now so we can’t be associated with you.’ Even friends in Leeds stopped seeing me

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    It’s crazy how, here in Brazil, we kind of have to chose now if we stay besides USA or China… We hate what Trump is doing to us, but at the same time, our partners in BRICS are not a bed of roses either… It seems the bipolarization of the world is coming to its max now, again, after cold war…

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      From an American: sorry.

      I know it doesn’t mean much, but there’s a significant fraction of Americans who hate what Trump is doing to y’all, including some of my family. Tons of people here hate Trump.

      I don’t know China as well, but it seems like there’s a lot more political unity there.

      …But also, let our dumpster fire be a lesson, I guess. It can happen to you. Ban our stuff, please.

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      Um literalmente apoiou a ditadura e está fazendo a mesma coisa de novo, e você tá preocupado com o que talvez supostamente, segundo os estados unidos, a China pode fazer?

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        Me diga se vc gostaria de viver hoje na China, Rússia, Índia… Talvez no Irã? Ditaduras declaradas, a tempos! Eu concordou que o BR não pode se vender aos EUA (de novo) mas a alternativa também não é lá muito promissora…

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      Did it make a difference when China built that big container port in Peru and started connecting it with railways to the Atlantic coast?

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        19 hours ago

        Not many of us want to piss off either psycho gov’t, NGL. Don’t throw out shitty platitudes like that unless you’re commiserating.

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      our partners in BRICS

      There are no BRICS partners. The union literally does nothing but yap contrarian lmao

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        You’re maybe right… I’d love to see an alternative currency for international trade though. We’re done with US Dollars.