2016/07/28 |
China Encourages Local Internet Enterprises to Expand into HK and Macau
China flexes its muscles over online media while urging Chinese Internet companies to expand into Hong Kong and Macau.
2016/07/28 |
Gender Equality Pays in Hong Kong
Given the numbers showing its correlation to economic growth, educating girls in secondary schools – and reaching full attainment – should definitely be a priority for the government.
2016/07/27 |
Taiwan, Hong Kong Artists Forced to Sign ‘No Separatism’ Form: Reports
While there has not been any confirmation of a new rule, several artists have heard rumors that they will have to sign the document to perform in China.
2016/07/25 |
Hong Kong's Loyalty Oath: Gambling Again on Ambiguity
As if they hadn’t created enough trouble for themselves in Hong Kong, Beijing leaders seem to be banking again on the dubious benefits of ambiguity.
2016/07/20 |
One Girl's Story: Coming Out in Hong Kong Still Painful
From attempted suicide to acceptance: One girl’s coming out in Hong Kong reveals the many challenges the LGBT community there continues to face.
2016/07/15 |
Hong Kong’s Pro-Independence Politicians Mull 'One China' Pledge
Pro-independence activists planning to stand in the upcoming elections are mulling a controversial new requirement for candidates to sign a declaration that Hong Kong is part of China. Some pro-democracy legislators say they will not sign.
2016/07/12 |
Beijing Pushes Back: A Referendum on 8.31?
The electoral reform project in Hong Kong will be revived...with the same Beijing-mandated framework, the same arguments, and the same official players. Only the action plan will be different.
2016/06/28 |
Hong Kong Proposes Ban on Ivory Trade by 2021
A new bad in Hong Kong on the ivory trade could be implemented within five years, but many are asking why that could not come sooner.
2016/06/28 |
Hong Kong’s High Stakes Election: New Candidates, Old Temptations
Facing a well-organized pro-Beijing adversary who never runs for any reason other than to win, Hong Kong’s new political candidates look set to make the same mistakes as their predecessors from the pro-democracy movement.
2016/06/27 |
Beijing to Discuss Cross-Border Arrests with Hong Kong
Beijing agrees to talks after Hong Kong complained about booksellers' abductions.
2016/06/23 |
Hong Kong No Longer a Safe Place to Criticize China
'No One is Safe.' Does the Causeway Bay booksellers saga spell the end for China’s ‘one-country two-systems’ and pose a serious threat for foreigners in Hong Kong?
2016/06/23 |
Timing of ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung’s Arrest Raises Questions
‘Even the blind can see what’s going on.’
2016/06/21 |
Like It or Not, the KMT Is No Monolith
For all its faults, today’s KMT cannot be accused of being a ‘stooge’ of Beijing, as an opinion maker in Hong Kong argued recently.
2016/06/21 |
Hong Kong-Based Legal Organization Challenges S China Sea Arbitration
The hitherto unknown Asia Pacific Institute of International Law is headed by a seasoned Hong Kong barrister with interesting ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
2016/06/20 |
New Ideas, New Names, Old Temptations in Hong Kong
Winning seats on the Legislative Council in September seems less important than articulating the new post-Occupy political ideas, deciding what names to call them, and defining the political demands that should follow.
2016/06/17 |
Protesters Take to the Streets After Bookseller Breaks Silence on Abduction by China
Political activists in Hong Kong have taken to the streets after a bookseller broke the silence on his time spent in captivity in China.