NEWS & VIEWS
No Hong Kong election? Then by-elections become a legal requirement
It seems that our colonial masters attach great importance to public opinion, even while they are avoiding giving the public what it clearly wants. The People’s running dogs, and the running dogs’ running dogs, are all being mobilised to assure us all that keeping the existing Legislative Council (LegCo) for an unconstitutional extra year is […]
China to decide fate of Hong Kong legislature after term expires
Chinese lawmakers met Saturday to decide on how to deal with the legislative vacuum left by postponing Hong Kong elections. The Legislative Council elections scheduled for September 6 have been postponed for a year due the coronavirus pandemic. The top decision-making body of China’s parliament convened a four-day session Saturday to discuss whether to extend the term of […]
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
Combating factionalism and annoying Beijing – Hong Kong’s Benny Tai has a plan for electoral success
Professor Benny Tai Yiu-ting is in the thick of it again. His latest project was a straw poll conducted over the July 11 weekend, and Beijing is furious. Other than that, the exercise was a great success. It attracted over 600,000 Hong Kongers who voluntarily came out to participate in what was essentially an informal […]
Hong Kong’s security law: Violence was just the excuse – the aim is to outlaw just about everything
Yet again, it has only taken a very short time for an official lie to be exposed. In this instance, it concerns the original justification for the imposition of the national security law (NSL) ,which was allegedly based on the need to stamp out violence and restore order to Hong Kong. Now it is clear […]
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