Aug 1, 2017 | Letters from Hong Kong
A favorite question during the July 1, 2017 holiday celebrations here last month was whether people were optimistic or pessimistic about Hong Kong’s future. It was also a favorite question 20 years ago, ahead of Hong Kong’s July 1, 1997 return to Chinese rule. If...
Jul 20, 2017 | Letters from Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s oath-taking saga has been on-going since October 12, 2016. As a result of what happened that day, six-newly elected Legislative Councilors have been disqualified and expelled from the council. At least two others are seriously at risk. Seven others...
Jul 3, 2017 | Letters from Hong Kong
Like beauty in the eye of the beholder, judging the pros and cons of Hong Kong’s fate during the past 20 years since British colonial rule ended depends on prior expectations and present perspectives. If the perspective is official, whether Chinese, British, or...
Jun 19, 2017 | Letters from Hong Kong
(Originally published by the Japan Policy Research Institute as JPRI Occasional Paper No. 54, June 2017: http://jpri.org/publications/occasionalpapers/op54.html ) In early May this year, Zhang Dejiang spent three days visiting the former...
Jun 8, 2017 | Letters from Hong Kong
Posted: June 8, 2017 Observers and onlookers keep asking if Hong Kong’s democracy movement is now in a state of terminal decline. They wonder how anything so diverse and fragmented can withstand the official barrage being laid down by the central and...
May 18, 2017 | Letters from Hong Kong
Posted: May 18, 2017 The political spotlight fell briefly this month on two cities half a world apart, to reflect contrasting images of Beijing’s Hong Kong dilemma. Washington D.C. and the former Portuguese colony of Macau make for unlikely partners in...
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