CC the CCP

Hong Kong’s perceived autonomy took another hit last week, when the Apple Daily published a leaked memo saying that as of June 1, all papers submitted by the Executive Council and the Policy Committee must undergo a screening process to assess what the mainland might think. The memo caused a storm on social media networks, which got us wondering: what else will we all be CC’ing the mainland on, after June 1?

• Aunt who doesn’t really understand the internet. “FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: FWD: BEWARE PERVERTS IN MONG KOK CHANGING ROOMS.”
   
• HK Observatory. Long series of emails: “No rain.” “Still no rain.” “Still no rain.” “It’s raining.” “It’s raining quite hard now.” “OK TYPHOON GUYS TYPHOON.”
   
• Stephen M. Young, US Consul General in Hong Kong. Brief summary of what happened in last week’s “Game of Thrones.”
   
• Pro-China hipsters. Roundup of potentially seditious Instagram food shots.
   
• Donald Tsang. Bitchy note to Anson about how CY’s rearranged all his furniture.
   
• CY Leung. Weekly bulletin: everything is totally fine here. We are all fine, how are you?
   
• Government banquet planning drudge. Number of extra bottles of wine ordered by Lau Wong-fat at last state poon choi dinner.
   
• “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung. Theory that the fire in his office was lit by pro-Beijing lawmakers to force him to end the filibuster and by the way, he definitely, absolutely, was not smoking in there.
   
• Falun Gong. Complaints about those nasty Hong Kong Youth Care Association banners.
   
• Hong Kong Youth Care Association. Complaints about those nasty Falun Gong banners.
   
• ICAC boss Timothy Tong. How many mooncakes he plans to order this year, and how many deluxe bird’s nest ones are going to Beijing.
   
• Groupon. Party-leader-only special deal on Jackie Chan-endorsed black hair dye.
   
• Tung Chee-hwa. Voiceless scream into the internet void that he is not forgotten by history.
   
• The Grim Reaper. Facebook invite to event: Your Death (one attending).
   
• Apple Daily staff. Passive-aggressive emails to HR about overdue expense claims; illegal detainment by shadowy government forces.
   
• HK Magazine staff. This column.