Feb 27, 2014 | Letters from Hong Kong
Posted: Feb. 27, 2014 Yesterday afternoon’s post was too accurate for humor. Unfortunately the lead paragraph does signify, for better and for worse, the environment settling over Hong Kong’s media. Mainland-style physical assaults against journalists here...
Feb 26, 2014 | Letters from Hong Kong
Posted: Feb. 26, 2014 “Not dead yet,” was the punch line for a recent Apple Daily cartoon. It only meant to satirize the South China Morning Post, usually prefixed these days with the word “red” to signify concerns about the mainland-oriented slant of its...
Feb 14, 2014 | Letters from Hong Kong
Posted: Feb. 14, 2014 Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung has stated the government’s case on how candidates for the 2017 Chief Executive election should be selected. Only the existing Election Committee recast as a Nominating Committee will do, he...
Feb 6, 2014 | Letters from Hong Kong
Posted: Feb. 6, 2014 Unlike other protracted disputes in other places, Hong Kong’s long-running confrontation with Beijing over demands for “genuine” democratic elections has always been entirely peaceful. It’s also likely to remain so … scaremongering over...
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