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Nicola Smith
@niccijsmith
Canberra Bureau Chief @FinancialReview Previously in 🇰🇷, 🇹🇼, 🇮🇳 for Telegraph/Sunday Times. [email protected]
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    Nicola Smith
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    Aug 5, 2024
    They may be banned from using their flag or even their name at the Olympics but #TeamTaiwan can still experience the sheer joy of winning a 🥇
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    Joyu Wang
    @joyuwang
    Aug 4, 2024
    Replying to @joyuwang
    Taiwan’s first gold medal! Watch the crowd outside a Tainan mall go bunkers as the Taiwanese badminton pair takes down their Chinese opponents in the Olympic final.
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    Nicola Smith
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    Feb 26, 2022
    Felt a little emotional when the #Taipei skies darkened and the top of #Taipei101, #Taiwan’s tallest building lit up. The tower’s colours change every day. Tonight #Taiwan stands with #Ukraine
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Nov 12, 2019
    Cambridge University under pressure to revoke #HongKong chief Carrie Lam’s honorary fellowship' | via @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/1… Telegraph exclusive by @camillahmturner and @sophia_yan
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    Cambridge University under pressure to revoke Hong Kong chief Carrie Lam’s honorary fellowship
    From telegraph.co.uk
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Feb 29, 2020
    In case you thought the #HongKong protests had disappeared. They’ve not.
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    Rachel Blundy
    @rachelblundy
    Feb 29, 2020
    Tear gas in Hong Kong once again after several weeks of no major protests due to the novel coronavirus. This is in Prince Edward, on the sixth month anniversary of an incident which saw multiple protesters arrested inside the MTR station
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    Nicola Smith
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    Jan 1, 2020
    Hong Kong police have abruptly withdrawn permission for today’s rally and asked organisers, the CHRF, to dismiss demonstrators. Hard to see how this many people can easily or quickly disperse.
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Apr 12, 2020
    In this weekend’s social media drama, the girlfriend of a Thai actor was swarmed by angry Chinese Twitter users, which led to a #China vs #Thailand Twitter battle, with #Taiwan, #HongKong and the #Philippines piling in to support Team Thailand. All at #nnevvy 🍿
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Dec 8, 2019
    The so-called “silent majority” is pretty loud at the moment
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    Denise Ho
    @hoccgoomusic
    Dec 8, 2019
    Here’s your majority, Carrie Lam. #standwithhk #sixmonths
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    Nicola Smith
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    Jul 2, 2020
    After banning Chinese apps, India raises Hong Kong at UN
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    After banning Chinese apps, India raises Hong Kong at UN
    From flip.it
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Mar 29, 2020
    Hong Kongers have generously sent packages of masks and hand sanitizer, write @benedictrogers and @lukedepulford Everyone's in this together. Article in Chinese and English hk.appledaily.com/local/20200329… #HongKong
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Mar 21, 2020
    The #HongKongProtests There may be a global pandemic, but people in Hong Kong haven’t forgotten their struggle for freedom. We shouldn’t either
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    Ezra Cheung
    @ezracheungtoto
    Mar 21, 2020
    #LIVE: As the July 21 Yuen Long mob violence sees its anniversary today, hundreds have assembled again commemorating the incident for the 8th consecutive month. People claim that that day marked a collusion of Hong Kong police and local mobs. Many were injured that day. #antiELAB
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Jul 29, 2020
    Four #HongKong students arrested under the draconian new national security law for social media posts. Free speech is dead in Hong Kong.
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    Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
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    Jul 29, 2020
    Replying to @hkfp and @studentlocalism
    At an 11pm press briefing, Organised Crime and Triad Bureau Superintendent Steve Li said police had arrested three male students and one female student aged 16 to 21 on suspicion of inciting secession. hongkongfp.com/2020/07/29/bre… Photo: StandNews screenshot.
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Apr 15, 2020
    Thae Yong Ho becomes the first North Korean defector ever to win a seat in a South Korean election. Thae was deputy NK ambassador to the UK before he defected in 2016
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    NK NEWS
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    Apr 15, 2020
    Replying to @nknewsorg
    CONFIRMED: Thae Yong Ho won a seat at the opposition United Future Party (UFP) in the Gangnam-A district, becoming the first North Korean defector to win a parliamentary seat this way. Stay tuned for more coverage from @jeongminnkim @nknewsorg nknews.org/2020/04/south-…
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Apr 25, 2020
    The UN has demanded answers over the alleged police harassment, intimidation and the arrest of frontline medics during the #HongKong pro-democracy protests. Medical workers - the people we rely on to keep us alive in a crisis 1/
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    Hong Kong facing questions from UN over 'harassment' of medics during pro-democracy protests
    From telegraph.co.uk
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    Nicola Smith
    @niccijsmith
    Dec 22, 2019
    “I’m really offended, this is criminal misconduct. They changed my life and they’re treating this as public relations.” Injured Indonesian journalist Veby Indah speaks to @wanderingwalk3r about her fight for justice with the #HongKong police.
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    Hong Kong police sued by journalist who lost eye after being hit with a rubber bullet
    From telegraph.co.uk