Hacker News with Generative AI: Hong Kong

Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, and meet the spider-men who climb it (scmp.com)
Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is still widely used for scaffolding in construction. It’s flexible, strong and cheaper than steel and aluminium — metal alternatives that are now more commonly used in mainland China and elsewhere in Asia.

Construction, Hong Kong, Culture, Sustainability

14 points by thunderbong 7 days ago | 2 comments

Kowloon Walled City: Heterotopia in a Space of Disappearance (2013) (mascontext.com)
The Kowloon Walled City is known by many as the informal settlement that once existed seemingly out of place within modern Hong Kong.

Architecture, Hong Kong, History, Urban Planning

238 points by hyperific 33 days ago | 100 comments

A cross-section illustration reveals the happenings of Kowloon Walled City (thisiscolossal.com)
At its height in the 1990s, Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong housed about 50,000 people.

Architecture, History, Hong Kong, Urban Planning

20 points by garycomtois 35 days ago | 5 comments

Silenced and erased, Hong Kong's decade of protest is now a defiant memory (bbc.com)
The memories began rushing back as Kenneth strolled through Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, once a focal point for the city’s resistance to China.

Hong Kong, Protests, China, Memory, History

7 points by peutetre 48 days ago | 2 comments

Hong Kong jails 45 pro-democracy campaigners for subversion (bbc.com)
A Hong Kong court has sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial.

Politics, Hong Kong, Human Rights, Law, China

7 points by ksec 60 days ago | 0 comments

Hong Kong Jails Benny Tai for 10 Years in Longest Security Law Sentence (bloomberg.com)
A Hong Kong court sentenced former democracy advocate Benny Tai to 10 years in prison, the longest sentence ever meted out using a China-imposed security law, in a move likely to further deter dissent in the finance hub and worsen ties with Western governments.

Hong Kong, Politics, Law, China, Democracy

68 points by JumpCrisscross 60 days ago | 9 comments

Deepfake lovers swindle victims out of $46M in Hong Kong AI scam (arstechnica.com)
On Monday, Hong Kong police announced the arrest of 27 people involved in a romance scam operation that used AI face-swapping techniques to defraud victims of $46 million through fake cryptocurrency investments, reports the South China Morning Post.

AI, Crime, Scams, Cryptocurrency, Hong Kong

3 points by pseudolus 94 days ago | 0 comments

Websites blocked in Hong Kong – when, how, and why the list is growing (hongkongfp.com)
A key feature of Hong Kong’s business environment that differentiates it from mainland China is its free and open internet. However, the city is not immune to internet controls, with a growing list of websites apparently blocked by telecoms firms and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), with some citing police demands.

Internet Censorship, Hong Kong, China, Internet Access

4 points by diggan 98 days ago | 0 comments

Hong Kong plans to install thousands of surveillance cameras (cnn.com)

Surveillance, Hong Kong, Technology, Privacy

9 points by peutetre 103 days ago | 0 comments

Hong Kong Man Faces Jail over 'Seditious' T-Shirt (barrons.com)
A 27-year-old man faces up to several years in jail for sedition, after pleading guilty Monday to wearing a protest T-shirt that prosecutors say flouts Hong Kong's new national security law.

Hong Kong, Law, Politics, Free Speech

3 points by ksec 124 days ago | 0 comments

A Hong Kong court convicts 2 journalists in a landmark sedition case (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court on Thursday convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia.

Journalism, Hong Kong, Law

10 points by hn_acker 130 days ago | 0 comments

Hong Kong's Arts Hub Turns to Selling Land to Stay Afloat (bloomberg.com)

Hong Kong, Arts, Real Estate, Finance

5 points by snidane 132 days ago | 0 comments

'Glory to Hong Kong' protest song may be pulled from online sites, producer says (scmp.com)

Hong Kong, Protests, Censorship, Music

3 points by perihelions 150 days ago | 0 comments

The Illicit Flow of Technology to Russia Goes ThroughThis Hong Kong Address (nytimes.com)

Russia, Technology, Hong Kong, International Relations, Geopolitics

6 points by mitchbob 176 days ago | 1 comments

I pushed for press freedom in Hong Kong. The Wall Street Journal fired me. (cjr.org)