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Shanghai Disneyland Closes Indefinitely To Halt Spread Of Virus That Has Killed 26 And Sickened 881
Shanghai Disneyland will close its gates in an effort to stop the spread of a new SARS-like virus that has killed 26 people and sickened at least 881, primarily in China. It’s not known when the theme park may reopen.
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Disney Picked A Hell Of A Time To Announce Its Latest Attempt To Make Star Wars Big In China
Right now, amid a storm of protest movements in Hong Kong calling to liberate the area from its status as a special administrative region of China, scrutiny of Western companies seen as implicitly supporting the actions of the Chinese government is higher than ever. So, of course, the House of Mouse picked right now to…
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Apple Sells Out Pro-Democracy Protesters In Hong Kong To Appease Chinese Government
Apple removed a smartphone app used by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong Thursday in the tech giant’s latest capitulation to China’s authoritarian government. The app, HKmap.live, allowed users to see Hong Kong police movements via crowdsourced information as cops in the region continue to brutalise the local population. Apple had previously banned the app, but…
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Top Website For Organising Hong Kong Protests Hit With DDoS Attack
LIHKG, one of the most important websites used to organise pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, has been hit with a DDoS attack that temporarily took the forum offline this past weekend. And while no one knows for sure who’s behind the attack, we can take an educated guess. The Chinese government is very unhappy, to…