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[Oct 23: The 'Union Jack Way' Human Chain at British Consulate General Hong Kong]
"Right the Wrong, Stand With Hong Kong"
At 19:52, over 500 citizens hold hands to form a human chain from the British Consulate to the entrance of Hong Kong Park along Justice Drive. As more citizens join in, the chain has been extended to High Court at 20:12.
Almost all participants carry a Union Jack flag. Citizens chant "Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong", "Right the Wrong, Stand With Hong Kong" and "Five Demands Not One Less"
Source: Apple
#FreeHK #GlobalSupport #UK
"Right the Wrong, Stand With Hong Kong"
At 19:52, over 500 citizens hold hands to form a human chain from the British Consulate to the entrance of Hong Kong Park along Justice Drive. As more citizens join in, the chain has been extended to High Court at 20:12.
Almost all participants carry a Union Jack flag. Citizens chant "Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong", "Right the Wrong, Stand With Hong Kong" and "Five Demands Not One Less"
Source: Apple
#FreeHK #GlobalSupport #UK
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Protest against Carrie Lam Honorary Fellowship in Cambridge
( Editor’s Note: The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government Chief Wang Zhi-min lost his job and Junius Ho lost his honorary degree at Anglia Ruskin University because of the protests. When will Carrie Lam lose her fellowship in Cambridge? )
Carrie Lam has always been criticized since the anti-ELAB movement. Hongkongers numbering in the teens demonstrated outside of the University of Cambridge demanding the school withdraw Carrie Lam’s honorary fellowship.
The participants include university students, the Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation and District Council Elect Suzanne Wu Sui-shan and Ben Lam. Benedict Rogers, the founder of HK Watch also joined the rally in Cambridge to urge the University to revoke Carrie Lam’s honorary fellowship. They held the banner “No Honorary Fellowship to Carrie Lam” and marched from Great St Mary’s Church to Wolfson College.
They criticized Carrie Lam and the HKSAR government led by her has been suppressing the anti-ELAB movement and eroding the freedom in HK. They believe that these actions disqualify her as an honorary fellow of the University of Cambridge.
#GlobalSupport #UK #CarrieLam
Source: Stand News (15-Dec)
https://bit.ly/2tA5kCy
( Editor’s Note: The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government Chief Wang Zhi-min lost his job and Junius Ho lost his honorary degree at Anglia Ruskin University because of the protests. When will Carrie Lam lose her fellowship in Cambridge? )
Carrie Lam has always been criticized since the anti-ELAB movement. Hongkongers numbering in the teens demonstrated outside of the University of Cambridge demanding the school withdraw Carrie Lam’s honorary fellowship.
The participants include university students, the Hong Kong Higher Institutions International Affairs Delegation and District Council Elect Suzanne Wu Sui-shan and Ben Lam. Benedict Rogers, the founder of HK Watch also joined the rally in Cambridge to urge the University to revoke Carrie Lam’s honorary fellowship. They held the banner “No Honorary Fellowship to Carrie Lam” and marched from Great St Mary’s Church to Wolfson College.
They criticized Carrie Lam and the HKSAR government led by her has been suppressing the anti-ELAB movement and eroding the freedom in HK. They believe that these actions disqualify her as an honorary fellow of the University of Cambridge.
#GlobalSupport #UK #CarrieLam
Source: Stand News (15-Dec)
https://bit.ly/2tA5kCy
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Big Escape! 480 Tourists from Wuhan disappeared in UK; 65 missing in South Korea
As the Wuhan Coronavirus is spreading to every corner of the world, many countries are banning the entry of mainland Chinese tourists. In South Korea and UK, there have been reports of Wuhan tourists ‘missing’ soon after they entered the borders. In South Korea, 65 people from Wuhan were off the radar. While the UK government was looking for more than 480 ‘escaping’ foreign visitors who were from Wuhan.
According to the reports, the UK government has been tracking and tracing 1561 people departing from Wuhan, but 480 of them are missing. The second evacuation flight has landed in UK, Dominic Raab, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, said to the press that the quarantine measures will be similar to the first evaluation of 83 nationals, the 11 citizens on the flight, will be sent to Arrowe Park Hospital upon arrival and be under quarantine for 2 weeks. Currently, there are 2 confirmed cases in UK and both patients are from the same family.
South Korean Yonhap News Agnecy reported that 205 foreign tourists from Wuhan who entered Seoul from 13 Jan to 25 Jan, 65 are ‘missing’. The Seoul city government, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and the immigration department are working closely together to check if the 65 off-the-radar foreign visitors have departed Korea. The Police will also assist to trace and track them. Currently, there are 15 confirmed cases in South Korea.
Source: https://www.ettoday.net/news/20200203/1636870.htm
#UK #Korea #Escape #WuhanTourists
As the Wuhan Coronavirus is spreading to every corner of the world, many countries are banning the entry of mainland Chinese tourists. In South Korea and UK, there have been reports of Wuhan tourists ‘missing’ soon after they entered the borders. In South Korea, 65 people from Wuhan were off the radar. While the UK government was looking for more than 480 ‘escaping’ foreign visitors who were from Wuhan.
According to the reports, the UK government has been tracking and tracing 1561 people departing from Wuhan, but 480 of them are missing. The second evacuation flight has landed in UK, Dominic Raab, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, said to the press that the quarantine measures will be similar to the first evaluation of 83 nationals, the 11 citizens on the flight, will be sent to Arrowe Park Hospital upon arrival and be under quarantine for 2 weeks. Currently, there are 2 confirmed cases in UK and both patients are from the same family.
South Korean Yonhap News Agnecy reported that 205 foreign tourists from Wuhan who entered Seoul from 13 Jan to 25 Jan, 65 are ‘missing’. The Seoul city government, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice and the immigration department are working closely together to check if the 65 off-the-radar foreign visitors have departed Korea. The Police will also assist to trace and track them. Currently, there are 15 confirmed cases in South Korea.
Source: https://www.ettoday.net/news/20200203/1636870.htm
#UK #Korea #Escape #WuhanTourists
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全員逃走中！英國480名武漢入境旅客失蹤 南韓65人下落不明 | ETtoday國際新聞 | ETtoday新聞雲
武漢肺炎病毒蔓延全球，許多國家接連對來自中國的遊客實施入境管制，不過南韓和英國卻傳出，有來自武漢的遊客抵達該國後失蹤；南韓共有65名從武漢入境的外籍人士下落不明，英國則在尋找多達480名「全員逃走」的武漢入境人士。
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Brazilian Federal Government Unwilling to Buy Chinese Vaccines, Only Buying Products Developed by British Pharmaceutical Companies and Oxford University
In an interview with local Brazilian media on 14th October, Sao Paulo State Health Secretary Jean Gorinchteyn confirmed that the Brazilian federal government had not appropriated funds to purchase the Wuhan Virus vaccine (CoronaVac) from China. Clinical trials of CoronaVac are being conducted in Brazil and the Butantan Institute of Sao Paulo State is in collaboration with research and development.
Gorinchteyn had also stated that in an earlier Ministry of Health meeting, the Brazilian federal government had confirmed they would only purchase vaccines jointly developed by British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University and were not planning on purchasing CoronaVac. Besides the guaranteed purchase of 61 million doses of the Oxford vaccines that the Brazilian federal government had already committed to, authorities are unwilling to purchase additional vaccines, but did not explain the reason why funds were not appropriated to buy the Chinese vaccine.
#WuhanVirus #Brazil #vaccines #AstraZeneca #CoronaVac #Oxford #UK
Source: Stand News #Oct16
In an interview with local Brazilian media on 14th October, Sao Paulo State Health Secretary Jean Gorinchteyn confirmed that the Brazilian federal government had not appropriated funds to purchase the Wuhan Virus vaccine (CoronaVac) from China. Clinical trials of CoronaVac are being conducted in Brazil and the Butantan Institute of Sao Paulo State is in collaboration with research and development.
Gorinchteyn had also stated that in an earlier Ministry of Health meeting, the Brazilian federal government had confirmed they would only purchase vaccines jointly developed by British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University and were not planning on purchasing CoronaVac. Besides the guaranteed purchase of 61 million doses of the Oxford vaccines that the Brazilian federal government had already committed to, authorities are unwilling to purchase additional vaccines, but did not explain the reason why funds were not appropriated to buy the Chinese vaccine.
#WuhanVirus #Brazil #vaccines #AstraZeneca #CoronaVac #Oxford #UK
Source: Stand News #Oct16
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【武漢肺炎】巴西聯邦政府不願買中國疫苗 只會採購英藥廠與牛津研發產品 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞
周三 (14/10) ，巴西聖保羅州衞生部部長 Jean Gorinchteyn 接受當地傳媒訪問時確認，聯邦...
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#Save12HKYouths
Over 33 U.K. Lawmakers Write to Chinese Embassy, Demanding the Release of 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers Jailed by China
In a letter addressing the Chinese Ambassador in the U.K. Liu Xiao-ming, over 33 British lawmakers express their concern at China's treatment of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who were arrested by the Chinese authorities in August and since then detained in China.
The co-signed letter condemned the Chinese government for barring the detainees from family visits and meeting the lawyers appointed by their family. Among the 12, Andy Li is a BNO passport holder.
Source: Stand News #Nov1
Image: Nathan Law
#HongKong12 #UK
Over 33 U.K. Lawmakers Write to Chinese Embassy, Demanding the Release of 12 Pro-democracy Hongkongers Jailed by China
In a letter addressing the Chinese Ambassador in the U.K. Liu Xiao-ming, over 33 British lawmakers express their concern at China's treatment of the 12 pro-democracy Hongkongers who were arrested by the Chinese authorities in August and since then detained in China.
The co-signed letter condemned the Chinese government for barring the detainees from family visits and meeting the lawyers appointed by their family. Among the 12, Andy Li is a BNO passport holder.
Source: Stand News #Nov1
Image: Nathan Law
#HongKong12 #UK
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#Art #Exibition #Court
Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal Dissipating in the Water in #HongKongArtists' #Scupture
Situated in Bilchenton-on-Sea in North-eastern #Kent in England, a place not familiar to many Hong Kong people, an exhibition is taking place in a local museum from Monday, August 23, 2021, onwards.
Exhibits include art pieces from two Hong Kong artists. Among them are #LauYatWai's ceramic sculptures titled “Mute Tumult of Memories”. The scupture portrays the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong dissipating in the water.
Graduated from the School of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University (#HKBU) in 2011, Lau specializes in ceramics.
Lau and his teacher #YiLaiKeung worked in partnership with two #UK artists specialising in sound effect to create their joint artwork during a remote residency hosted by #TheCeramicHouse.
Their work will be shown in the "No Interdependent Origins" exhibition from August to October, 2021 in the Powell-Cotton Museum in the #UnitedKingdom.
Source: Stand News; #Aug19
https://bit.ly/3j8fvWy
#ProtestArt #Installation #UK #HongKongCourt #Scupture #NoInterdependentOrigins #PowellCottonMuseum
Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal Dissipating in the Water in #HongKongArtists' #Scupture
Situated in Bilchenton-on-Sea in North-eastern #Kent in England, a place not familiar to many Hong Kong people, an exhibition is taking place in a local museum from Monday, August 23, 2021, onwards.
Exhibits include art pieces from two Hong Kong artists. Among them are #LauYatWai's ceramic sculptures titled “Mute Tumult of Memories”. The scupture portrays the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong dissipating in the water.
Graduated from the School of Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University (#HKBU) in 2011, Lau specializes in ceramics.
Lau and his teacher #YiLaiKeung worked in partnership with two #UK artists specialising in sound effect to create their joint artwork during a remote residency hosted by #TheCeramicHouse.
Their work will be shown in the "No Interdependent Origins" exhibition from August to October, 2021 in the Powell-Cotton Museum in the #UnitedKingdom.
Source: Stand News; #Aug19
https://bit.ly/3j8fvWy
#ProtestArt #Installation #UK #HongKongCourt #Scupture #NoInterdependentOrigins #PowellCottonMuseum
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Former District Councillors Participated in Demonstration in the UK
Oct 1 is the China National Day. More than 100 HKers gathered for an assembly at Piccadilly Gardens in #Manchester, #UK. Event organisers included former Tuen Mun #DistrictCouncillor (DC) Chris Tsang Chun-Hing and Former Wan Chai DC Clara Cheung. They both mentioned that #HKers should promote our local culture in the UK.
The event lasted for half an hour and was hosted by Abingo, Social Media Page #ManchesteHongKong administrator. Aged 30, he arrived UK half a year ago with a BN(O) visa. He explained that the assembly's theme is "#WeUnion", as the speakers combined with #valiant and #PRN, hoping that HKers would not be easily separated.
Former DC: Build the culture and identity from daily to arts
Chris Tang, former Tuen Mun DC, was one of the organisers. He arrived UK a few months ago with BN(O). He used "#MIRROR", a Hong Kong Cantopop boy group, as an example that there were cheering events in London which stated that HKers could export the culture in daily life in the UK. He also hoped to become a bridge between people in the UK and HKers, building up linkage with them and letting people in the UK to understand the Hong Kong situation.
Clara Cheung, Former Wan Chai DC, was also one of the organisers. She was previously an art curator and she actively integrated art into community while at the position. She indicated that the Hong Kong cultural sector was discussing how to bring Hong Kong cultural art to the world. And that "HKers are now scattered across the world". As long as we proactively create artworks, it will build HKers identity. She also believed that HKers should communicate with other exile people who have similar ideas and share cultural assets such as Cantopop, Hong Kong food as well as stories. Throughout the interaction, HKers can build their own culture.
Editor note: In the #AntiELAB movement in 2019, Hong Kong protesters are classified into 2 groups - "the valiant" and "the PRN". "Valiant" refers to people in the frontline who clash directly with the police. "PRN" means "peaceful, rational, nonviolent" people who support peaceful rallies and marches.
#ChinaNationalDay #SelfIdentity #HKculture #BNO
Source: Stand News, HKU #Oct02
https://bit.ly/3H0uL1l https://www.interpreting.hku.hk/glossary/?p=71706
Oct 1 is the China National Day. More than 100 HKers gathered for an assembly at Piccadilly Gardens in #Manchester, #UK. Event organisers included former Tuen Mun #DistrictCouncillor (DC) Chris Tsang Chun-Hing and Former Wan Chai DC Clara Cheung. They both mentioned that #HKers should promote our local culture in the UK.
The event lasted for half an hour and was hosted by Abingo, Social Media Page #ManchesteHongKong administrator. Aged 30, he arrived UK half a year ago with a BN(O) visa. He explained that the assembly's theme is "#WeUnion", as the speakers combined with #valiant and #PRN, hoping that HKers would not be easily separated.
Former DC: Build the culture and identity from daily to arts
Chris Tang, former Tuen Mun DC, was one of the organisers. He arrived UK a few months ago with BN(O). He used "#MIRROR", a Hong Kong Cantopop boy group, as an example that there were cheering events in London which stated that HKers could export the culture in daily life in the UK. He also hoped to become a bridge between people in the UK and HKers, building up linkage with them and letting people in the UK to understand the Hong Kong situation.
Clara Cheung, Former Wan Chai DC, was also one of the organisers. She was previously an art curator and she actively integrated art into community while at the position. She indicated that the Hong Kong cultural sector was discussing how to bring Hong Kong cultural art to the world. And that "HKers are now scattered across the world". As long as we proactively create artworks, it will build HKers identity. She also believed that HKers should communicate with other exile people who have similar ideas and share cultural assets such as Cantopop, Hong Kong food as well as stories. Throughout the interaction, HKers can build their own culture.
Editor note: In the #AntiELAB movement in 2019, Hong Kong protesters are classified into 2 groups - "the valiant" and "the PRN". "Valiant" refers to people in the frontline who clash directly with the police. "PRN" means "peaceful, rational, nonviolent" people who support peaceful rallies and marches.
#ChinaNationalDay #SelfIdentity #HKculture #BNO
Source: Stand News, HKU #Oct02
https://bit.ly/3H0uL1l https://www.interpreting.hku.hk/glossary/?p=71706
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【10.1．英國】前區議員曾振興、張嘉莉等 曼徹斯特辦示威 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞
昨日是（1 日）中華人民共和國國慶，有居英港人在英國曼徹斯特皮卡迪利花園 (Piccadilly Garden...
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#UK #Migration #Hongkonger
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
//Between January and September last year [2021] 88,000 Hong Kongers applied to move to Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa route, which was created by the government in response to the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Many of them have been quick to stage in their adopted home the traditions of their old one.
The protest in Edinburgh was one of at least ten held across Britain in January alone. Some demonstrations in London have attracted almost 1,000 people. For a modest-sized group of new immigrants, the speed and scale with which the Hong Kongers have taken to the streets is striking.
Hong Kongers say that the main reason they keep protesting is because objectionable things keep happening. January’s protests have been focused on the issue of press freedom: in December and January two of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent news outlets closed after their offices were raided by police and journalists were arrested. Further protests will probably be held in February to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4th...
Hong Kongers who have fled the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the city were specifically driven to leave by sudden restrictions on their rights of free speech and free assembly. The point of moving was to regain those freedoms for themselves and their children. Although many Hong Kongers in Britain still fear the Communist Party, failing to protest in Britain would be cowardly, argues Ken: “If I am silent here I am just helping them.”//
Read the full article:
https://t.co/u1j42pubny
Source: Economist #Feb22
#BNO #Protest #AntiELAB
Hong Kong Immigrants in Britain are showing a flair for protest
//Between January and September last year [2021] 88,000 Hong Kongers applied to move to Britain under the British National (Overseas) visa route, which was created by the government in response to the crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong. Many of them have been quick to stage in their adopted home the traditions of their old one.
The protest in Edinburgh was one of at least ten held across Britain in January alone. Some demonstrations in London have attracted almost 1,000 people. For a modest-sized group of new immigrants, the speed and scale with which the Hong Kongers have taken to the streets is striking.
Hong Kongers say that the main reason they keep protesting is because objectionable things keep happening. January’s protests have been focused on the issue of press freedom: in December and January two of Hong Kong’s last remaining independent news outlets closed after their offices were raided by police and journalists were arrested. Further protests will probably be held in February to call for a boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which start on February 4th...
Hong Kongers who have fled the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on the city were specifically driven to leave by sudden restrictions on their rights of free speech and free assembly. The point of moving was to regain those freedoms for themselves and their children. Although many Hong Kongers in Britain still fear the Communist Party, failing to protest in Britain would be cowardly, argues Ken: “If I am silent here I am just helping them.”//
Read the full article:
https://t.co/u1j42pubny
Source: Economist #Feb22
#BNO #Protest #AntiELAB
The Economist
Britain’s newest immigrants are showing a flair for protest
Keeping up the old traditions
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#Whitewashing
New Hong Kong Textbooks Claims that Hong Kong has Never Been a Colony
#MingPao, a newspaper in Hong Kong, recently found four textbooks from three publishers that claim "Hong Kong is not a colony" in the module "Citizenship and Social Development".
One textbook even stated, "China has always had sovereignty over Hong Kong, while Britain only exercised colonial rule in Hong Kong."
Commons, a media outlet, confirmed the constitutional and historical status of Hong Kong as a former British colony, after researching historical documents and materials from the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and the United Nations.
The media outlet also interviewed Dr. Yeung Wing-yun, who was a former Manager of Assessment Development in the History Division of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) and had taught high school and universities in Hong Kong.
Source: Commons #Jun16
#HKEAA #Colony #UK #YeungWingYun #FactCheck
http://cmmns.co/vYKBV
New Hong Kong Textbooks Claims that Hong Kong has Never Been a Colony
#MingPao, a newspaper in Hong Kong, recently found four textbooks from three publishers that claim "Hong Kong is not a colony" in the module "Citizenship and Social Development".
One textbook even stated, "China has always had sovereignty over Hong Kong, while Britain only exercised colonial rule in Hong Kong."
Commons, a media outlet, confirmed the constitutional and historical status of Hong Kong as a former British colony, after researching historical documents and materials from the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and the United Nations.
The media outlet also interviewed Dr. Yeung Wing-yun, who was a former Manager of Assessment Development in the History Division of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) and had taught high school and universities in Hong Kong.
Source: Commons #Jun16
#HKEAA #Colony #UK #YeungWingYun #FactCheck
http://cmmns.co/vYKBV
同文 Commons
新版教科書稱「香港不是殖民地」 《同文》Fact Check 證殖民地歷史 | 新聞精選 | 同文 Commons
《明報》日前揭發，來自 3 間出版社、4 本經送審的公民與社會發展科課本，全部寫明「香港不是殖民地」，有課本更指中國一直擁有香港的主權，而英國「只是在香港實行殖民統治」。
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HKers were Attacked in Southampton after Attending 612 Assembly
There was an assembly at Southampton marking the 4th year of the #June12 incident on Sunday (11th) in Southampton, UK. Some participants were injured by some #LittlePink, shocking the overseas HongKongers' group.
Tom, one of 4 victims, expressed in an interview at #ChaserNews that he could not imagine being attacked after joining a rally with his friends in the UK, given that the UK is a country that values freedom of speech and assembly.
The British police indicated in a media inquiry that the case has been classified as a "hate crime".
Tom said that the police force is gradually taking statements from them.
#UoS #UniversityofSouthampton #UK #Southampton #Bargate #ChineseOverseasStudent
Source: The Chaser News #Jun12
https://thechasernews.co.uk/612%E5%9B%9B%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4%EF%BD%9C%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA%E4%BF%AE%E5%92%B8%E9%A0%93%E9%81%87%E8%A5%B2%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA/
There was an assembly at Southampton marking the 4th year of the #June12 incident on Sunday (11th) in Southampton, UK. Some participants were injured by some #LittlePink, shocking the overseas HongKongers' group.
Tom, one of 4 victims, expressed in an interview at #ChaserNews that he could not imagine being attacked after joining a rally with his friends in the UK, given that the UK is a country that values freedom of speech and assembly.
The British police indicated in a media inquiry that the case has been classified as a "hate crime".
Tom said that the police force is gradually taking statements from them.
#UoS #UniversityofSouthampton #UK #Southampton #Bargate #ChineseOverseasStudent
Source: The Chaser News #Jun12
https://thechasernews.co.uk/612%E5%9B%9B%E5%91%A8%E5%B9%B4%EF%BD%9C%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA%E4%BF%AE%E5%92%B8%E9%A0%93%E9%81%87%E8%A5%B2%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA/