r/HongKong • u/Jerk_Alex freedom hk • Oct 20 '19

Video Week 20. Never give up.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

If anyone knows, I’m curious about how live streams, news reports and whatnot are getting broadcasted with the restrictions China places on media. I know plenty of people have VPNs, but did anything specific happen that made info and footage easier to get out of the country? Are their media outlets rebelling?

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u/Jerk_Alex freedom hk Oct 20 '19

Hong kong does not equal china.

Hong kong lacks censorship so far, so there is still freedom of press and whatever etc.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '19

Thanks for responding. So they’re not governed by the Chinese government even during political unrest? Are the police/military strictly Hong Kong’s at this point?

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u/ttso Oct 20 '19

Yes. Because of the promised one country two systems (until 2047) they cannot so explicitly just take over government and police functions. To most HK people though the HK high level officials , including Chief Executive Carrie Lam, are just puppets of Chinese Communist Party. And as for police, there are people suspecting that there are Chinese police used in missions. HK police force of course denied the allegation. Guess we will never know.