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How Hong Kong turned to Twitter and Facebook during the pandemic

Inside China

CHAPTER

The Greatest Facebook Thread in Hong Kong Pandemic History

Comedian Jamie Gung started Hong Kong's first full-time comedy club in 2007. He is also responsible for what has become known as one of the greatest Facebook threads in Hong Kong's pandemic history. In 2020, he posted a message to the Hong Kong quarantine support group saying his 84-year-old mom was returning home from New York City alone and needed help getting there. The post received 600 plus messages, comments, mostly positive. It was like a Korean drama and humanity still exists because a lot of people were just helping my mom.

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