Why can’t Beijing just go easy on Liu Xia?
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has passed away, but his spirit and legacy continue to live on not only among the Chinese people but in the international community as well. The Economist ran a...
View ArticleWhat was the real Karl Marx like?
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first volume of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital. While the academic circles in the mainland have remained rather indifferent to this special...
View ArticleDebunking a myth about Mandarin
The “big brother” portrayed by famous British author George Orwell in his classic novel 1984 is constantly spying on his people and trying to indoctrinate them with absurd misconceptions, or the...
View ArticleContributing factors behind Liu Xia’s release
After eight years under house arrest, Liu Xia, the widow of the late Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, was finally released by the Chinese government on medical parole and allowed to go to Germany...
View ArticleHow social conscience prompted a China scholar to speak out
As China witnesses a massive return to the ultra-leftist track under President Xi Jinping, the moral courage as well as the social conscience of mainland intellectuals and academics are being severely...
View ArticleWhy China will never be in the top league in WEF rankings
The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently published the 2018 edition of the Global Competitiveness Report, in which some 140 economies around the globe are ranked based on their economic and scientific...
View ArticleJournalists serve as last line of defense of ‘two systems’
Thanks to the professionalism and untiring efforts of our local news media workers, people across Hong Kong and overseas were able to witness in real-time the “white terror” in Yuen Long on July 21....
View ArticlePeople want govt answer for a lot more than the five demands
As Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yue-ngor works aggressively to build her dialogue platform, public calls for the government to respond positively to their five demands are also mounting. Apart from...
View ArticleWhy high-schoolers are joining the pro-democracy protests
Today quite a lot of secondary school students in Hong Kong display a strong capacity for critical and independent thinking. And the reason why they are getting so deeply involved in the ongoing social...
View ArticlePolice excesses must be curbed to mend fences in society
As the Hong Kong protest movement stretches into the fourth month, the conduct of the police has become a major talking point and a fuel for growing anger among the demonstrators. The reason is simple:...
View ArticleWhy many people have lost their trust in the police
Ever since the outbreak of the anti-extradition bill movement in June, the authorities, vested with enormous powers under the law, have an overwhelming advantage over citizens taking part in the...
View ArticlePolice should make first move to mend fences with public
Once seen as Asia’s finest, the Hong Kong police force has seen its public image and credibility plummet to rock bottom amid months of anti-government protests. There are complicated and inter-related...
View ArticleShowing respect for civil society is 1st step to reconciliation
Compared to the Occupy movement five years ago, Hong Kong’s civil society has been getting more deeply involved in the ongoing anti-government protest movement. In recent days, many white-collar office...
View ArticleThe values we hold dear manifested in DC election results
The liberal and democratic political faction swept to a landslide victory in the District Council elections on Sunday, thereby reshaping the landscape of the district councils in the city. Over the...
View ArticleHow Maoming, HK deal with protests differently
Like Hong Kong, the city of Maoming in Guangdong province has been gripped by anti-government protests recently. However, while the protests in our city rage on, the unrest in Maoming has been quickly...
View ArticleGovt must respect human dignity and mend fences
According to an opinion poll conducted in late November by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the credibility of the SAR government is...
View ArticleHow Carrie Lam secures her legitimacy to rule
On Monday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor went to Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to report on the current situation in Hong Kong and the SAR...
View ArticleFive steps needed to stop the spread of Wuhan coronavirus in HK
Amid the growing panic in Hong Kong over the deadly Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, our government has remained sluggish and indecisive in responding to the imminent health crisis. In particular, the SAR...
View ArticleWhy Dr Li Wenliang’s death struck a chord with Chinese people
The death of Dr. Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist with the Wuhan Central Hospital who was among the very first to warn of the Wuhan novel coronavirus outbreak, remains a hot topic in China. I believe...
View ArticleHK govt fails its citizens amid the coronavirus crisis
On Feb. 9, Bloomberg ran article titled “Hong Kong is Showing Symptoms of a Failed State” in its opinion section, in which the author, Clara Ferreira Marques, referred to Hong Kong as a “fragile...
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