Jarrod Watt
@Jay_Watt
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Digital journo; podcast editor/producer; Oz news reporter RTHK3; journalism lecturer HKBU; ex SCMP, ABC, PBSFM, RRR: https://t.co/NR4Xty9nLa…
Hong Kong
Joined March 2010
Today we will get 50% EU steel tariffs, aimed at tackling cheap Chinese imports. Industry chief Stéphane Séjourné was forced to deny that the bloc is mimicking Trump in the EP yesterday evening https://t.co/g5Qmr8SsXp
france24.com
The EU doubled tariffs on foreign steel on Tuesday, hiking levels on imports to 50 percent. This comes as the bloc moves to rescue the European steel industry from decline.
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Hong Kong celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival with fire dragon dance ritual. Waving a fire dragon adorned with burning incense sticks, volunteers pump up the festival atmosphere in Hong Kong ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the city's Tai Hang neighbourhood. The ritual is said to
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It's Golden Week, so let's check out the 3 a.m. scene at the most affordable accommodation available for mainland tourists in Hong Kong: the 24-hour McDonald's. (Photos: HK01, also see ALT text for captions)
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Touch one, touch all @kajakallas: veteran journalist quotes sources, you attack him for the content he reports. This started back in July with a story about China not wanting Russia to lose in Ukraine. Why slander as a Chinese asset, minister Kallas? https://t.co/IZNEqmE8Kf
We stand with our colleague, the non apology and retraction of the claims at midday says it all.
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"In a strongly worded judgment the court found the broadcaster had “abjectly surrendered” to pro-Israel lobbyists and “let down the Australian public badly”. https://t.co/hyIhxcx3I3
theguardian.com
Dispute began when radio presenter’s on-air shifts were cut short in 2023
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We made fun of people in #HongKong who gaffer taped their windows for a #Typhoon . Allow me to a) publicly retract those jokes and b) quote the great Johnny Keynes in saying "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?"
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#HongKong based #journalist for @SCMPNews Minnie Chan is still missing. Her colleagues are still concerned for her whereabouts and care only for her welfare. We will never, ever stop hoping for her safe return to her family. Glad to see the EU raising her case publicly.
The EU's annual report on HK is out - glad to see them raise the case of my colleague Minnie Chan "In 2024, a reporter who specialised in Chinese defence policy & diplomacy at the South China Morning Post was still missing after covering Beijing Xiangshan Forum in October 2023"
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David Rowe invokes the relationship between political power and the barrel of a gun: this afternoon’s #cartoon
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Rule of law in #HongKong, 2025.
Breaking: at 30-Jun-2025 a record 4,184 #HK prisoners were unconvicted and presumed innocent. That's a record 42.2% of the prison population, excluding immigration detainees. https://t.co/Sb6SIyAw2Y
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Trying to figure out what's happening in #auspol - on the Gold Coast there's a forum where city mayors are being told watermelons are antisemitic symbols, meanwhile actual Nazis are being asked to give their opinions on TV after a weekend of Nazi-organised race hate rallies?
Sky News Australia gives neo-Nazi centre stage with uninterrupted press conference Amanda Meade https://t.co/bIq6ze7TAx
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It's coming up to 2 years since #HongKong-based #journalist Minnie Chan was last seen by her colleagues or her family. Last seen attending an event in Beijing. We will never give up hope for her safe return. #journalismisnotacrime
https://t.co/4dlsXC36tu
A reminder it's been 21 months since #HongKong based SCMP #journalist Minnie Chan was last seen attending an event in Beijing. Last story filed November 1, 2023. Still no contact. We will never stop hoping for her safe return to her family. Will someone follow up this story?
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Xi Jinping has unleashed China’s biggest purge of military leaders since Mao Zedong. It raises the question: Is this a sign of political strength, or of Xi's weakness? Read The Big Take: https://t.co/qrBoHVhtRU 📷️: Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images
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An important anniversary for #HongKong seafood security - many thanks to all who assisted
🎉 Happy 2nd birthday Hong Kong SUSHI* Report 🎉 ~~~ ALL satisfactory!! ~~~ Aug 22-25: 513 samples examined (of which 348 are aquatic products, seaweed, sea salt) Totals since Aug 24 2023: 160341 samples (105005 aquatic) * Scanning Unusual Sources for Harmful Irradiation
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2/2 So far there has been no official response to a request for the reason why the #HongKong visa renewal for Bloomberg journalist @RChoongWilkins has been rejected. You can look through her extensive story archive here: https://t.co/pVJbre9Hrx
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New #podcast from the Foreign Correspondents' Club of #HongKong is the statement released following the rejection of a visa renewal for Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins 1/2
open.spotify.com
The Correspondent · Episode
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#Trump the mighty dealmaker - meekly agreeing with #Putin that "Russia would relinquish tiny pockets of occupied Ukraine and Kyiv would cede swathes of its eastern land which Moscow has been unable to capture".
reuters.com
It was unclear whether the proposals were an opening gambit or a final offer.
Here’s @Reuters intel on Putin’s demands on Ukraine. Freeze/extend current lines, concede Crimea, permit Russian language/church -
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Chinese women: highly educated, want careers, proper child care & men to do their share of child rearing #China: here's robots with "an artificial womb embedded in its abdomen, intended to carry a fetus through 10 months of gestation & deliver a baby" https://t.co/vUeKGYtMWG
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