Election Committee and the ‘besieged fortress’ mentality
The fact that only 1,200 people in a city of seven million are eligible to vote in the chief executive election speaks volumes about the injustice and inequality in our election system. The Election...
View ArticleJin Yong: A pioneer in the study of the Cultural Revolution
This year is the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution and the mainstream print media in Hong Kong such as the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Apple Daily and Ming Pao Daily have all...
View ArticleMore on Louis Cha’s fearless criticism of Cultural Revolution
Young people in Hong Kong today can hardly associate themselves with the Cultural Revolution that took place 50 years ago, but our city has remained the international hub for the study of that...
View ArticleWhy Carrie Lam avoids public consultation
Under the one-party dictatorship in the mainland, high ranking officials rarely consult the common people before making any decision, because they believe they, as the ruling class, are almighty and...
View ArticleWho were the other key players in the Cultural Revolution?
Mainland officialdom has issued orders to ban all forms of public discussion and commemorative activities concerning the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution. Meanwhile, both the...
View ArticleThe re-enlightenment movement of Chinese Pinyin founding father
Zhou Youguang (周有光), the renowned Chinese linguistics professor, died on January 14 in Beijing at the age of 111. In obituaries published by some relatively liberal mainland media outlets such as...
View ArticleThe People’s Commune: Modern-day slave camp
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s monumental “southern tour” from Jan. 18 to Feb. 21, 1992. Official mouthpieces and the academic sector in the mainland would probably commemorate...
View ArticleWhy China’s bid to improve agriculture is a losing battle
Recently, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council jointly issued the so-called “Document No.1”. (Editor’s note: “Document No.1” refers to the first major policy...
View ArticleWhen it comes to CE elections, Beijing never misses
With the small-circle election for chief executive just a month away, some pro-democracy members of the Election Committee have vowed to make the election as competitive as possible by nominating two...
View ArticleWhy China lags far behind Hong Kong in economic freedom
Hong Kong has kept its status as “the freest economy in the world” for the 23rd consecutive year in the annual ranking by the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation, while Taiwan is ranked No. 11...
View ArticleAnti-Lotte protests in China: Red Guards’ toxic legacy lives on
On Tuesday, the first unit of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missiles arrived in South Korea, and was deployed to the eastern province of North Gyeongsang. It is expected to become...
View ArticleHu Yaobang: A great leader Chinese people will always miss
Li Zhao (李昭), wife of the late Communist Party leader Hu Yaobang (胡耀邦), died recently in Beijing at the age of 96. While the party held an official memorial service for her at the Babaoshan...
View ArticleCE election just a formality in the eyes of Beijing
As expected, former chief secretary Carrie Lam swept to victory in the chief executive election on Sunday by gaining 777 votes, accounting for 67 percent of the total number of votes, whereas her major...
View ArticleHow Carrie Lam can clear the hurdles to effective governance
On April 11, Premier Li Keqiang issued State Council Order 678 in Beijing, officially appointing Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor the fifth chief executive of Hong Kong. At the appointment ceremony, Li told...
View ArticlePress freedom in Hong Kong is hanging by a thread
According to the 2017 World Press Freedom Index published recently by Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), or Reporters Without Borders, Hong Kong is down four places to 73rd among 180 countries and...
View ArticleOne Belt, One Road summit: Same event, different portrayals
The two-day One Belt, One Road summit, one of the most eagerly anticipated international events in China this year, ended on May 15. Party mouthpieces referred to the meeting as a high-level...
View ArticleChinese student praise of fresh air in US sparks uproar at home
Yang Shuping, a young woman from Kunming in Yunnan province who has been studying at the University of Maryland in the US in the past four years, recently delivered a speech at its graduation ceremony....
View ArticleThe 1957 Anti-Rightist Movement: A warning from history
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the notorious Anti-Rightist Movement in China. It is estimated that during the movement, at least 550,000 civilians were labelled “rightist...
View ArticleChina was hell on earth during the Anti-Rightist Movement
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Anti-Rightist Movement. As expected, all official mouthpieces and state-run media in the mainland are strictly forbidden to touch on the...
View ArticleWhy 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...
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