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Eliot Chen
@eliotcxchen
ex-reporter @thewirechina. Signal: eliotchen.20
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    Eliot Chen
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    Mar 1
    NEW: You may remember that on the same day last year Pres. Trump announced H200s could be sold to China, the DOJ announced it had broken up a chip smuggling ring. I dug into the court docs that detail how the U.S. smugglers did it, and have identified the🇨🇳buyer:
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    Eliot Chen
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Thread: Translated final messages of the 47 charged democracy supporters, in their own words.
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    Eliot Chen
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    Jul 21, 2024
    🧵For the last year, @PekingMike @NorthropKatrina and I have investigated a secret about Jack Ma’s business empire: For years, Xiao Jianhua, jailed financier to China’s political elite, found early, lucrative windows to invest $1B+ in Ma’s companies, from Alibaba to Ant. 1/8
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    The Wire China
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    Jul 21, 2024
    Confidential documents show that Xiao Jianhua, a corrupt investor tied to China’s political elite, backed the country’s most successful and revered entrepreneur. Michael Forsythe, Katrina Northrop and Eliot Chen report. buff.ly/3zTY6vx
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    Eliot Chen
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    Jun 18, 2023
    I profiled BYD, whose stratospheric rise to become the world's largest EV maker almost beggars belief. No silver bullet transformed BYD into what it's become; rather, it achieved excellence in several areas all at once — and its competition isn't ready.
    BYD's Big Moment - The Wire China
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    Eliot Chen
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    Aug 28, 2022
    Five months ago, my colleague was in a supermarket in Virginia when she came across a surprising discovery: a bag of dates labelled: "Bingtuan". My investigation into how Xinjiang's sanctioned paramilitary group is openly selling its goods in the USA:
    Date Deception - The Wire China
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    Eliot Chen
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    Apr 4, 2022
    July 22 2019, the day after thugs attacked civilians on a subway train. 24000 calls and the police did nothing. Carrie Lam turns her back and walks away. To her left, John Lee, Hong Kong's next CE. I will never forget watching this press conference live.
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    Eliot Chen
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    Feb 4, 2021
    Wow... Here's the new teaching video issued to Hong Kong primary schools, where children from age six (6) will be required to memorize and name the offenses under the national security law and its state enforcement bodies.
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    Eliot Chen
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @eliotcxchen
    "Today, to be guilty of our common ideals, I am deeply honored. I have received your well-wishes, and I wish everyone fulfillment each day. No matter the situation, fill everyone around you with love and with hope."
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    Red 🇭🇰🏳️‍🌈
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    Feb 28, 2021
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    Eddie Chu Hoi-dick, 朱凱廸, 43 Former LegCo member (sorry for misspelling this about 10 times) for New Territories East. Prominent environmental activist, founder of the Land Justice League.
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    Eliot Chen
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    Jan 21, 2022
    !!! Social sciences with quantitative methods are now a STEM OPT-eligible field of study! Making U.S. graduates eligible for an extra two years of employment post-graduation: wsj.com/articles/biden…
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    Eliot Chen
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @eliotcxchen
    "To have a clear conscience, is not to be agreeable, but to be good; to prevent misdeeds from happening." facebook.com/standnewshk/po…
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    Red 🇭🇰🏳️‍🌈
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @HK_rtang
    Henry Wong Pak-yu, 王百羽, 39 District Counsellor for the Tin Leng (Yuen Long) district.
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    Eliot Chen
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @eliotcxchen
    "Go peacefully, and be upright - sometimes it's hard to do both, and we can only work hard to practice the latter, and wish for peace in our hearts. History will stand on the side of justice, so sit straight, drink water, and dawn will eventually come."
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    Red 🇭🇰🏳️‍🌈
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @HK_rtang
    Jeremy Tam Man-ho, 譚文豪, 45 Civic Party member, former LegCo member for the Kowloon East district, former pilot.
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    Eliot Chen
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @eliotcxchen
    "Many people probably didn't start thinking about exile until after @nathanlawkc. But for me, I knew by 7/1/19 that the cost of exile was more unbearable for me than anything else." (cont.)
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    Red 🇭🇰🏳️‍🌈
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @HK_rtang
    Gwyneth Ho Kwai-lam, 何桂藍, 30 Former Stand News reporter, known as "立場姐姐", prominent for her work in 7/21. Intended to run in 2020 LegCo for New Territories East.
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    Eliot Chen
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    Feb 28, 2021
    Replying to @eliotcxchen
    "If tomorrow I am no longer able to resist the oppression of totalitarianism, I will practice well, and hope to be a person who can find peace in my heart one day. But I'm crying, because I still have so much," (cont.)
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    Red 🇭🇰🏳️‍🌈
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    Feb 28, 2021
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    Prince Wong Ji-yuet, 黃子悅, 23 Former Scholarism member, prominent in 2014. Intended to run during the 2020 LegCo for New Territories West.
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    Eliot Chen
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    Feb 28, 2021
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    "Do not feel demoralized, this road is our own. It is for Hong Kong people to choose together, it is the one we must walk together. History has no turn back points, only predecessors."
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    Red 🇭🇰🏳️‍🌈
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    Feb 28, 2021
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    Lester Shum Ngo-fai, 岑敖暉, 27 District Counsellor for the Hoi Bun (Tsuen Wan) district. Disqualified from LegCo in 2020 July. Was a prominent organiser in both 2014 and 2019.