So the one eyed Chinese girl has become something of a cultural icon.

@GlassDog That Tank Man reference reminds me of something funny I saw recently. You ever seen those posts showing the same photograph taken by multiple different phone cameras to show which is better?

@BlueMetalChick Just bought a new camera and it feels like I've looked at thousands of those, yeah.

@GlassDog I saw one showing the Tank Man picture in several different light exposures and such, labeled as iPhone and Samsung and so on, and the last one was labeled Huawei and shows the picture but with the entire tank column and the man edited out 😂 It was particularly funny to me because I even own a Huawei.

@BlueMetalChick Haha! I've seen the same thing because Leica claimed their camera took the shot, but really it was a Nikon. The Huawei thing is hilarious, though. I've got loads of Huawei kit too. The main reason there's so much controversy is that competitors are realising their stuff is actually really good, and a threat.

@GlassDog That is EXACTLY what I've been saying. Like I get it, China is shady and so there's reasons to be suspicious of their practices but Huawei products are dope and present a pretty big threat to the likes of Western electronics companies. Same with Xiamoi and ZTE.

@BlueMetalChick It's amazing how many recognise propaganda in other countries but fail to see how we have it too. I know Xiaomi do high-end stuff but their low-end stuff here is perfectly good and better than stuff twice the price. Loads of products here made by ZTE but people would never know it because it's relabelled with more fashionable brands. Won't be long before ZTE sells directly into the market rather than giving up a share of profits to others.

I don't know why people are so threatened by the capitalism they themselves support.

@GlassDog You can thank JerryRigEverything for bringing a lot of attention to the unsung heroes of smaller brands like Xiaomi and OnePlus. He's a real one.

@GlassDog There is actually reason for us Hongkongers to not have a central organisation for this protest. I can't speak for everyone but most of us had realized that was a mistake to have a centre in the Umbrella Revolution in 2014. Not saying the centre was bad, but its existence made the government easier to arrest, stigmatize and create scandal about the movement.

@Madelenie Completely agree. From the Hongkongers that I know, this does sound like a "lessons learned" thing from what happened in the Umbrella Revolution, and an updating of tactics. It does sound like a good idea and one liable to make the protests more successful, but at the possible cost of making it more difficult to deescalate or manoeuvre.

Hong Kong was British for the first part of my life and it's impossible not to care what happens.

@GlassDog Thank you for concerning the matter, it means a lot especially when there are some people don't really find it important as Hong Kong is just a small city to them.

@Madelenie Maybe I'm biased because of British-Hong Kong relations in the past (which I know weren't always positive) but I hope I'd feel the same about anyone in this situation. It's being very widely reported here. We care.