NEWS & VIEWS
How Hong Kong’s national security law and common law system collided head-on
Enforcing Hong Kong’s new national security law may not be so easy after all. On the face of it, political life here has been turned upside down in just six months. The new law was promulgated by the central government in Beijing on June 30 last year. But trying to enlist Hong Kong’s existing common […]
US-born lawyer John Clancey keeps faith after Hong Kong security law arrest
By Su Xinqi A lawyer who has lived and practised in Hong Kong for decades, John Clancey has seen the inside of a few police stations — but he never imagined he would be the one in a cell. Clancey, a 79-year-old US citizen and former priest, was the first foreign national detained under a […]
COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS
The Alternative Citizens’ Deliberative Platform – a new way forward for Hong Kong’s opposition
By District Councillor Timothy Lee In July, a high voter turnout in the democratic primary for legislative elections surprised everyone. There seemed to be hopes of reform from within the system, but all such hope ended when the Legislative Council election was postponed for at least a year and China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee […]
His master’s voice: How the Hong Kong gov’t learned to talk like Beijing
By Simon Henderson Reading a statement by any Hong Kong government official these days, one could easily be mistaken for believing that the words come straight from Beijing. The language has become increasingly combative, dismissive and characteristic of wolf warrior diplomacy. Despite the self-proclaimed tag of “Asia’s World City”, part of Brand Hong Kong, external […]
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