Apr 1, 2020 | Letters from Hong Kong
(Note: This article was originally published by Hong Kong Free Press, on March 27, 2020, under the title “China’s Dream of Unifying with Taiwan is Fading Fast Amid the Coronavirus and Hong Kong Protests”) In Beijing, paramount leader Xi Jinping must be wondering...
Feb 24, 2020 | Letters from Hong Kong
(Note: This article was published by Hong Kong Free Press on Feb. 22, 2020, under the title “Off with their heads! Beijing names new men to run Hong Kong affairs, but will there be change?”) Supreme leader Xi Jinping is obviously not pleased with Hong Kong. So much so...
Feb 17, 2020 | Letters from Hong Kong
(Note: This article was published by Hong Kong Free Press, Feb. 14, 2020, under the title “As Beijing’s intrusions increase, can Hong Kong democrats remain unified for the 2020 elections?”) Hong Kong’s 18 community-level District Councils are largely...
Jan 20, 2020 | Letters from Hong Kong
(Originally posted by Hong Kong Free Press, Jan. 20, 2020, as: “Beijing’s New Man in Hong Kong: Luo Huining Stumps the Pundits) Hong Kong’s best-known China watchers and commentators are in unanimous disagreement. The subject is Beijing’s sudden appointment of a...
Dec 30, 2019 | Letters from Hong Kong
(An earlier version of this article appeared in Hong Kong Free Press, Dec. 29, 2019 under the title, “Hong Kong’s Election Catch 22”) For anyone still wondering why Hong Kongers are angry enough to do what they have done during the past six months, two more...
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...
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