Stumbled on this: The murder of the socialite Abby Choi is something straight out of a Chinese drama. She once married into an average-income family. When she divorced her husband, she continued to support his family but when she decided to withdraw her support, her ex-family reacted rather violently. I believe that rituals like these is a way for an entire community to grieve and move on from a traumatic event.
Hongkonger Gericht verbietet Protesthymne der Demokratiebewegung
Das Lied "Glory to Hong Kong" wurde während der Massenproteste 2019 zur Hymne der Demokratiebewegung. Die Regierung der Sonderverwaltungszone setzte jetzt vor Gericht ein Verbot des Protestsongs durch.
#hongkong has a well-oiled machinery when it comes to weather events.
HK Observatory issues weather warnings: Amber rain, red rain, black rain, monsoon, typhoon T1, T3, T8, T10
Schools, employers, government and private services have well-documented standards for when they'll be open, be closed, offer limited service etc, depending on weather signal and timing.
The city thankfully made a decision relatively early on, before adding millions of people, to invest in separate systems for rain drainage and waste sewage. The drainage has margins for even the most extreme weather events.
@clacke Not a huge one, but it is one. In its insane search for maximum efficiency, capitalism loses the ability to handle events that stray away from the average. It’s the greedy version of “It’s going to be fine”
@hypolite I think it may be that red rain is treated as a corner case and not worth modeling for.
Amber rain happens pretty frequently, everything stays open, people are out and about. Black rains or typhoons don't happen every month, but when they do, most things close, and the rain is heavy enough that whatever you do, streets will be flooded. You're out at your own risk.
Red rain is that in-between state that happens once or twice a year, most things stay open, schools stay open if they already opened, but they close if it happens before the schoolday starts.
#HongKong students to choose how much of Chinese history exam to take
“Under shift taking effect next year, students will be given choice of writing one paper instead of current two when taking Chinese history exam for university entrance exams.” #histodons#china