Dec 2, 2019 | Letters from Hong Kong
Note: This article posted at Hong Kong Free Press, Nov. 30 * The way lies open before him if only Chinese leader Xi Jinping can bring himself to take it. The way leads to a solution for Hong Kong’s current political crisis that took a violent turn this year on...
Nov 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Note: This post was originally prepared for Nov. 21, 2019 posting. Due to CUHK campus protest shutdown and link disruption, not possible to post then at this site. See WordPress for the original Nov. 21 posting, and HKFP repost, Nov. 23.* Keep calm and...
Oct 30, 2019 | Letters from Hong Kong, Uncategorized
Protesters and pro-democracy partisans have made an important breakthrough … although no one is conceding defeat, the victors are not celebrating, and the costs have yet to come due. No one is celebrating or conceding because the victory is so small that it has...
Oct 18, 2019 | Letters from Hong Kong
Hong Kong has had two major protest election cycles and pro-democracy partisans did better than expected in both. The first was in 2003-04, the second in 2015-16. A third will begin next month, and everyone is either hoping, or bracing, for a similar result. ...
Sep 25, 2019 | Letters from Hong Kong
Despite some initial sabre-rattling after Hong Kong’s current upsurge of anger turned violent on July First, Chinese military assets will evidently not be moving into town any time soon. Local law enforcement has risen to the challenge and learned how to crack heads,...
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