Web Summit Cancels Next Year's Rise, One of Asia's Largest Tech Conferences, Over Tension in Hong Kong

The ongoing tension in Hong Kong between the government and pro-democracy protesters continues to spill into the tech domain. From a report: Rise, which is among the largest tech conferences in Asia, will not run next year as planned due to "the ongoing situation in Hong Kong," according to Web Summit, the Ireland-based company that organizes the show. The organizer said it is postponing the sixth edition of its annual conference, which is held in Hong Kong, to March 2021 from March 2020. Web Summit, which hosts similar large-scale conferences in other parts of the world, made the announcement today in an email to previous attendees. A spokesperson confirmed the veracity of the email to TechCrunch. "Over recent months, we have been monitoring the ongoing situation in Hong Kong. Our number one concern is the wellbeing, safety, and security of attendees at our events," it said in a statement. "Given the uncertainty of the situation by early 2020 and after consulting with experts and advisories, we have decided to postpone RISE until 2021."

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[0xdeaddead]

Like him, or have TDS, he's the only politician that stood up to the dragon.

Postpone a year?

[Empiric]

I doubt the 70'th year of Chinese Communist Party oppression will change its nature for the 71'st.

Seems an alternate solution is proposed. [hongkongfp.com]

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[Empiric]

I checked with Hong Kong.

Heaven can go ahead and slay them too.

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[mSparks43]

The only difference between corruption in the East and corruption in the west.
Is in the east they catch and imprison them.
But in the west they are so well practised in it now they are the best in the world at covering their tracks.

This is where the impression the east is "more corrupt" comes from.

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[account_deleted]

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Something I've been saying a lot online lately

[Plugh]

Every chance I get, actually. Because f--k the surveillance state, big brother, china, the nsa, and every other grubbing wanna-be that thinks I can't manage my own information input online. Unfortunately, Slashdot, bless its heart, in almost 2020 still the cannot print Chinese characters properly, apparently. So, you get a pic link [imgur.com] instead

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[tlhIngan]

Unfortunately, Slashdot, bless its heart, in almost 2020 still the cannot print Chinese characters properly, apparently

Slash is 100% unicode compatible (it was done so to support Slashdot Japan).

The problem is the trolls decided that Unicode was a great way to screw up the site formatting and produce really tall comments by applying every single character decoration trillions of times so you eneded up with a page of black because those decorations never increased the character height, and thus basically co

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[Plugh]

Thank you for that. Troll shittery is a technical reason I can absolutely understand and sympathize with.

Sounds like another useless event anyways

[0xdeaddead]

Nothing of value was lost.

We don't need more virute signaling valley people in Hong Kong, thanks, kindly fuck off, we're full.

Puntastic

[ValiantAnonymous]

So, Rise was cancelled over ris(e)(ing) tensions?

Cancelled a trip there myself

[SuperKendall]

I had planning to go to Hong Kong next April, but ended up cancelling it - more out of solidarity with protestors than because of the protests. But I'm still sad to do so, as I've been to Hong Kong before and really loved the city...

If only China could have left Hong Kong along, they really had a golden goose there.