Author Archives: John Burns

John Burns is an honorary professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Hong Kong. He was dean of HKU's Faculty of Social Sciences from 2011 to 2017, and is the author of titles such as Government Capacity and the Hong Kong Civil Service. He teaches courses and does research on comparative politics and public administration, specialising in China and Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s honours system needs reform – too often the gov’t gives awards to itself

by John Burns21:00, 16 November 201923:40, 31 March 2020

The Party’s plan for Hong Kong: more control, less observance of Basic Law

by John Burns10:30, 10 November 201923:41, 31 March 2020

Hong Kong government efforts to ‘peel the onion’ end in tears

by John Burns18:00, 11 October 201923:39, 31 March 2020

A failure of intelligence: Why Beijing is liable to repeat its mistakes in Hong Kong

by John Burns23:15, 6 September 201900:45, 24 May 2020

Parallel universes: As Hong Kong totters, its government is doing a good job of… inspecting seafood

by John Burns13:25, 10 August 201923:21, 31 March 2020

Hong Kong police breed mistrust and uncertainty with selective law enforcement

by John Burns08:45, 26 July 201923:17, 31 March 2020

Carrie Lam, throw away the old playbook if you want to rebuild trust in the Hong Kong gov’t

by John Burns23:58, 14 July 201923:09, 31 March 2020

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