//Blinken’s predecessor as secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, formally designated as “genocide” Beijing’s treatment of more than 1 million Uighurs in concentration camps. Pompeo thereby made national policy of a judgment that candidate Biden voiced in August 2020, and that Blinken affirmed during his confirmation hearing.//

Comment by a colleague: A laudatory piece by the conservative George Will on Biden's position on China thus far. Many in Hong Kong made a big deal of Pompeo's pronouncement of China's treatment of Uighurs as "genocide" in January, but Will reminds us it was Biden who first made that pronouncement as candidate in August, and it is Blinken, the current Sec of State, who now implements that position.

Finally, a systematic, as well as systemic, standing up to the bully of East Asia! The previous admin lobbed scattershot incendiaries but otherwise legitimated the bullying with cowering silence.

“Their hamachi niçoise is to standard salade niçoise as Emirates First Class is to Ryanair.” Read more of David Greenberg’s musings in his full review of BELON now!

抽水抽著火水，順便極速威出國際嘅樣版！

有班黃口黃面嘅人，見人地外國行為藝術家貼隻蕉响牆度拍賣價值十二萬美金，然後懶滑稽咁將個催淚彈貼响牆度出個Tweet，叫人”say NO to violence”。

唔洗廿四小時，英國《The Telegraph》（親保守黨右翼大報呀，唔係小報當花生）就幫佢地衝出國際，形容係”clumsy attempt to co-opt the art world’s most famous banana to make light of their frequent use of tear gas on pro-democracy protesters...”（好柒咁企圖將全世界最貴嘅香蕉藝術，攞黎同對付示威者嘅催淚彈掛鉤），報導話個tweet本身等如當人儍嘅（tone-deaf message）。

記者仲話比讀者知，呢六個月黎呢班黃口黃面射咗16000粒，順便提醒有好多現場片段影住無目的理由咁向記者同市民掉㗎（lobbed teargas at journalists and members of the public for no apparent reason）。隨便射記者頭同埋响天橋瞄住射，然後坐貨van校腳呢啲咁高質嘅行為緊係唔少得。

P.S. 國家咁強大，响「牆內」圍爐取暖（或者收紅包）咪好囉，何必要用英文要洋人認同呢？

BTW，原版隻蕉比人食咗條蕉錢都唔無㗎！正所謂「假一赔十」，係咪應該OT人工都唔要，然後吞咗粒催淚彈？

#要抄抄全套

報導原文：
 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/12/13/hong-kong-police-slip-tweet-linking-tear-gas-use-banana-artwork/

Unlike my other condensed videos...I picked top 10 plays in one game to show that how exciting AI was in just a regular NBA Season Game.....enjoy!


Allen Iverson was just as dangerous a
passer as he was a scorer.

Iverson scored 24 points and handed out a season-high 12 assists
as the Philadelphia 76ers overcame a shaky second quarter for a
108-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls, who lost their ninth
straight road game.

A three-time scoring champion, the offensively aggressive
Iverson has been more of a complete player this season. He has
improved his defense and playmaking and is averaging 9.4 assists
in his last seven games, collecting a dozen twice in that span.

"I just think he is playing basketball and it's really neat to
see," Sixers coach Larry Brown said. "When your guards are
unselfish ... it makes everyone else better. It makes guys want
to run on the break and set good screens. It's a good feeling in
that respect."

"I've heard coach say that before and that's a great feeling,"
Iverson said. "When he says that I'm playing my best
basketball, he's seeing me play, and he is seeing it year after
year. Obviously, I'm getting better because I have the utmost
respect for him as a person and as a coach. It makes me want to
get better and work harder. I just want to keep it that way."

In the fourth quarter, Iverson had consecutive sensational
passes, leading to baskets that gave Philadelphia an 89-76 lead
with 6:47 remaining.

He answered a 3-pointer by Donyell Marshall with a jumper to
keep the lead at 94-86 with 3:19 left. After Jalen Rose hit a
3-pointer to make it a five-point game, Iverson found a cutting
Eric Snow for a layup - his only basket of the game - and a foul
with 2:36 to go.

Snow's free throw capped the three-point play, and Kenny Thomas
threw in a hook after a steal by Iverson to seal it at 99-89
with 2:15 left.

Keith Van Horn scored 20 points and Thomas added 16 and 14
rebounds for the 76ers, who shot 54 percent (38-of-70) from the
field and improved to 20-5 since the All-Star break as they
opened a four-game homestand.

"We really focused on moving the ball around and finding the
open guy," Van Horn said. "I think we did a much better job of
just distributing the ball. That in turn helped our transition
defense and it didn't allow them to get easy baskets on the
break."

Philadelphia (45-29) moved within one-half game of New Jersey
for the Atlantic Division lead and two games of Detroit for the
best record in the Eastern Conference.

Rookie Jay Williams had 23 points and eight assists for the
Bulls, who fell to a league-worst 3-36 on the road.

"If anything, it's going to make us really sit down and look
into ourselves this summer and try to get better so we can try
to become a better team," Williams said.

"We have to find a way to get one of the next two on the road so
we can go into next season knowing that we can win on the
road," Bulls forward Donyell Marshall said. "Right now we don't
have the confidence we need to get."

The Sixers played without center Derrick Coleman (thigh bruise),
while the Bulls were without forward Tyson Chandler (throat
infection).

The Sixers missed eight straight shots at the end of the second
quarter and committed four turnovers early in the third period,
putting themselves in a 59-51 hole. But they turned things
around with a trapping defense energized by Snow and reserves
Brian Skinner and Greg Buckner.

"That lineup with Buckner, Kenny and Brian, that really got us
going," Brown said. "It got us the energy. Buck does that. I
haven't played him enough. He's given us a lot of energy."

While Philadelphia was holding Chicago to one basket in eight
minutes, Snow had six free throws and set up Skinner and Buckner
for easy hoops. Iverson's free throws capped the 19-3 surge
and gave the Sixers a 70-62 lead with 3:23 to go.

Van Horn's 3-pointer opened the final period and gave
Philadelphia an 81-68 lead. A jumper by Williams cut the
deficit to 85-76, but Iverson lobbed one to Van Horn for an
alley-oop dunk, then hooked a pass to McKie for a layup.

"I think he's growing up as a player," Brown said. "He's seeing
things in games, he knows how to deal with double-teams, and I
think he recognizes when you're the best player, the ball always
has a tendency to come back to you.

"Even if it's late in the clock, it's going to find its way back
into his hands. You can't have a fear of giving the ball up
early."

Iverson made 8-of-14 shots and 8-of-12 free throws, adding three
steals.

"I'm not changing anything," Iverson said. "I'm just playing
basketball and trying to take whatever the defense gives me.
When my guys are open and they have good looks, I'm just trying
to get them the ball. I'm just trying to play the right way."

Shaq attacked, Kobe bounced back and the Los Angeles Lakers got on track.

The Lakers responded like defending champions and evened the NBA Finals at one game each with a 98-89 victory over the feisty Philadelphia 76ers.

Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant both had huge games for the Lakers, who were stunned in overtime in Game One but found a way to slow down Allen Iverson. They held the league Most Valuable Player to 23 points, 10 off his playoff average and less than half of his 48-point explosion in the opener.

O'Neal flirted with the first quadruple-double in Finals history with 28 points, 20 rebounds, nine assists and a record-tying eight blocked shots. Working against Defensive Player of the Year Dikembe Mutombo, he was a one-man wrecking crew in the last five minutes of the third quarter, when the Lakers grabbed control.

"Coach wanted to me to protect the basket more," said O'Neal, who tied a record shared by Bill Walton, Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing. "We felt they were getting too many easy shots the first half. So I just tried to step up my defense in the second half."

"I thought Shaq was the dramatically better defensive player in this game," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said.

After a poor performance in Game One, Bryant reminded everyone that he is a superstar, too. He scored 31 points and was extremely aggressive on the offensive end, giving Philadelphia's defense fits.

"I was so upset after Game One," Bryant said. "I didn't want to come out and try to do too much to start the game and take us out of the rhythm of our offense."

"Kobe obviously got a little more room today," Jackson said. "He got some rhythm in his shot and he played a much better game."

Derek Fisher, who was shut out in the opener, also bounced back nicely with 14 points, including a clutch 3-pointer down the stretch. The shot turned back a last-gasp rally by the 76ers, who threw another scare into the heavily favored Lakers.

Even with Iverson frustrated, Philadelphia cut a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter to 89-86 with more than two minutes to go. But the 76ers stalled themselves by making a Shaq-like 6-of-16 free throws in the final period, including four misses each by Iverson and rookie Raja Bell.

In the waning seconds, Iverson and Bryant got into a heated shouting match and had to be separated by teammates and referees.

"In the heat of the battle, nothing's friendly," Bryant said.

"Ask him," Iverson said. "That's just basketball, man."

Bryant, Fisher and Tyronn Lue combined to do a credible job on Iverson, who made just 10-of-29 shots. He was hit in the face three times in the first half but did not go to the line until the fourth quarter. During the season, Iverson averaged 10 free throws per game.

"As much punishment as I take out there, things that I go through out there, I just can't remember the last time I only went to the free throw line (four times)," Iverson said.

"I would hope he'll get a little more respect," Sixers coach Larry Brown said.

Game Three is Sunday in Philadelphia, where the series shifts for the next three games. The Sixers are trying to win their first title since 1983.

O'Neal's overpowering third quarter gave the Lakers a 77-67 lead going into the final period. Iverson got a technical foul for arguing a non-call after shooting an airball on a 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Iverson's first free throws came at the 10:31 mark and he missed both. Bryant had a 3-pointer, lobbed to O'Neal for a dunk and made a pair at the line to give LA its largest lead at 86-73 with 7:10 left.

But O'Neal took a seat with his fifth foul 32 seconds later and the Sixers began their customary comeback. They pressured the ball, forced bad shots and attacked the basket, creeping within 89-86 with 2:24 to play.

"We ended up taking a game that was relatively benign and making it pretty exciting in the end," Jackson said. "We did it through no good clock management or ball management."

"They keep on coming. They play hard," Bryant said. "You have to respect that."

Los Angeles committed six fouls and five turnovers as Philadelphia fought back without a single point from Iverson, who missed two more from the line during the rally. Bell missed three early in the surge.

"The way we kept fighting back and coming back, I think we spent a lot of energy," Brown said. "Maybe that affected us a little when we went to the free-throw line late."

The Lakers dumped it in to O'Neal, who was double-teamed before finding Fisher, whose 3-pointer from the top opened a 92-86 lead with 2:08 to go.

"He's not only a great scorer on the post, he's a tremendous passer," said Brown, whose squad used more double-teams than in Game One. "That's what you get. You've got to take some poison."

"The reason why I kicked the ball out a lot (was) because they doubled," O'Neal said. "When teams double us, I look to get my other guys involved."

Eric Snow, who earlier took a charge from the 330-pound O'Neal, missed a jumper and Bryant zipped a pass to Ron Harper for a layup with 1:19 left. Iverson made a 3-pointer 16 seconds later but Philadelphia did not score again.

The Lakers shot 47 percent (38-of-81) from the field despite missing their first nine 3-pointers. O'Neal helped them to a 52-42 edge on the glass and got Bryant out in the open court for some easy baskets. Los Angeles had 13 blocks, a Finals record.

"That started our transition," Bryant said. "By him getting blocks, that enabled us guards to get out and run the floor and get easy opportunities."

Mutombo had 16 points and 13 boards for the Sixers, who shot just 39 percent (34-of-87). Aaron McKie scored 14 points, Todd MacCulloch had a playoff career-high 13 and Snow added 12.

In the last five minutes of the third quarter, O'Neal flashed all of the skills that make him the game's best player. He fed Robert Horry and Bryant for dunks around a pair of blocks, giving the Lakers the lead for good at 65-61.

After missing 5-of-6 from the line in the first half, O'Neal made 3-of-4. He added a dunk and smothered MacCulloch, leading to a runner by Bryant for a 72-65 lead. Fisher closed the quarter with a steal, dunk and 3-pointer off a pass from O'Neal.

"Shaq made some very nice passes off the post," Jackson said.

Bryant made 11-of-23 shots. As expected, he came out firing and scored 12 points in the first quarter. Iverson missed his first four shots and Philadelphia looked like it was in trouble as Mutombo and forward Tyrone Hill went to bench with their second fouls 19 seconds apart.

But MacCulloch and Matt Geiger came on and played solid, combining for 11 points over the next nine minutes. A layup by MacCulloch gave the Sixers a 40-33 lead with 6:36 left in the second quarter and Mutombo and Hill returned.

Mutombo backed off O'Neal, allowing him to take over down low. He scored 10 points over the next four minutes to give LA a 45-43 lead with 1:46 remaining.

In the first half, Iverson did not attempt a free throw and the Lakers did not make a 3-pointer, missing seven. Bryant scored 16 points, one more than his total for Game One.

Kyle Korver stunned almost everyone with perhaps the most thrilling 3-pointer of his career.

Korver was mobbed by his wildly celebrating teammates. Boston players sat dazed on the bench. A third overtime was on deck.

Allen Iverson simply pumped his fist, his face expressionless as if he expected it.

"Kyle hit that big shot and I was thinking, 'If he hit that shot, we've got to win it," he said.

After Korver sent the game into a third overtime, Chris Webber delivered a clutch steal and secured the Philadelphia 76ers' 125-124 victory over the Celtics on Friday night.

"It was an amazing game," Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said.

Was it ever.

Webber had 31 points and 13 rebounds, Iverson scored 33 points with 10 assists, and Samuel Dalembert had 20 points and 11 rebounds in the Sixers' longest game since a triple OT victory over Miami on Nov. 20, 1992.

Korver added 12 points -- including his biggest 3-pointer of the season -- as the Sixers avoided dropping two games under .500 for the first time since Dec. 9.

With the Sixers ahead 125-124 and only seconds left in the third overtime, Mark Blount grabbed a defensive rebound and looked down the court for an open man, only to have Webber reach around and strip the ball.

"I was very cognizant of the fact, don't touch him," Webber said. "I saw him hold it out there. He was looking at the ref. A lot of times they'll hold the ball close to their chest and he didn't do that today."

Iverson missed two free throws -- the second intentionally -- with 2 seconds left. Delonte West's heave was off the mark, ending the drama in the 395th game between the longtime, fierce rivals.

"That was a game-saving steal," Cheeks said.

Ricky Davis scored 33 points, Blount had 27 and Paul Pierce 18 for the Celtics.

"It's tough, but it's fun," Pierce said. "It's draining, but I'm glad I had a chance to be a part of it."

Korver prolonged the drama when he buried a game-tying 3-pointer over a flailing West to end the second overtime tied at 121-all.

"I pulled up, and gave about all I had," Korver said. "It was on line, luckily."

While Iverson calmly pumped his fist, Brian Scalabrine mouthed "What are you going to do?" as the rest of the Celtics headed for the bench stunned.

Boston scored the first three points of the third overtime on a free throw and then a basket from Blount.

Over? No way.

Andre Iguodala added a driving layup and Webber gave the Sixers a 125-124 lead on two free throws. Each team only made one basket in the third overtime, fatigue perhaps finally playing a factor.

"You had guys that were exhausted out there," Cheeks said.

Davis played 57 minutes and Pierce 51 for Boston. Iverson checked in at 54 minutes, Andre Iguodala at 52 and Webber 50. The Celtics went 44-for-100 from the floor; the 76ers 41-for-99.

Each team had a chance to put away the game in the earlier overtimes.

Webber powered his way down the baseline for a layup and a 118-117 lead with 21 seconds left in the second overtime. Pierce lobbed a pass from the top of the 3-point arc to a streaking, wide-open Blount for an uncontested dunk that gave Boston a 119-118 lead with 17 seconds left in the second OT.

The Celtics appeared to have this game won until Korver did what he does best -- hit a clutch 3-pointer.

"I'd like to see the tape on that," West said. "I thought I was there. I forced him to take a tough one. That's what good shooters do."

Webber scored the first four points of the first overtime, and Davis scored six to finish the quarter tied at 109.

Oddly, the Sixers chose to play a clip from "Cheers," Boston's favorite bar, to get what was left of the sold-out crowd pumped for the second overtime.

Both Davis and Webber picked up offensively where they left off in the first OT, with Davis' three-point play matched by Webber's 3-pointer from the top of the arc.

Pierce lobbed a pass from the top of the 3-point arc to a streaking, wide-open Blount for an uncontested dunk that gave Boston a 119-118 lead with 17 seconds left in the second OT.

West -- the former Saint Joseph's star who received a warm ovation during pregame introductions -- heard nothing but boos when his 14-footer over Iverson from the right side tied the score 101-all with 51 seconds left.

Iverson missed the final shot of regulation as time expired.