Forum attendees hope Hong Kong back to peace, stability with bigger role in B&R development

Attendees at the fourth Belt and Road Summit that ended here Thursday have expressed their hope that Hong Kong returns to peace and stability and plays an even more significant role in the development of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Themed "Hong Kong IN: Creating and Realising Opportunities," the event was extended to two full days this year, and around 5,000 government officials, entrepreneurs and professionals from 69 countries and regions assembled here to explore and discuss collaboration opportunities under the initiative.

(Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/13/c_138387719.htm) 

HK residents gather on Mid-Autumn Festival to show love for China

Hong Kong residents gather at Olympian City to sing the national anthem and other songs to show their love for their country and Hong Kong on Sept 13, 2019. 

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HK riots exacerbate life of drifters

It's a city full of vitality and opportunities where people have high hopes of living a successful life. And throughout the years they have been studying and working here. It could be said that the global financial hub and Fragrant Harbor lived up to their expectations before the months-long unrests sowed the seeds of distress among them.

They are known as Hong Kong drifters, referring to people mostly hailing from the Chinese mainland who came to the city hoping to change their life for the better. They are less talked about compared with their counterparts in Beijing.  Beijing drifters means non-locals who strive to seek a living in the capital city. But opting to become a Hong Kong drifter is, in most cases, about a more difficult mission to be fulfilled, factoring in the costly life and prevalent use of Cantonese.

(Source: http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1164376.shtml) 

Anti-China Twitter posts show automated behavior, study says

Twitter announced last month it has suspended nearly 1,000 user accounts, claiming they belonged to a "state-backed information operation" to spread disinformation about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.

Based on the findings of a research paper from Oxford University, however, this allegation is looking a little weak.

The research paper, "Chinese computational propaganda: automation, algorithms and the manipulation of information about Chinese politics on Twitter and Weibo", revealed that, contrary to Twitter's claim, most of anti-China tweets on Twitter are released by automated or bot accounts.

(Source: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201909/12/WS5d79f1c1a310cf3e3556b41f.html)