So, there will not be a Legco election in September, nor indeed for another year and even then the government has ensured that it won’t be anything resembling a free and fair election. The unprecedented ejection of 12 candidates, with more to come, indicates what elections of the future will look like. For all their […]
Author Archives: Stephen Vines
Stephen Vines is a Hong Kong-based journalist, writer and broadcaster and runs companies in the food sector. He was the founding editor of 'Eastern Express' and founding publisher of 'Spike'. In London he was an editor at The Observer and in Asia has worked for international publications including, the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, BBC, Asia Times and The Independent. Vines is the author of several books, including: Hong Kong: China’s New Colony, The Years of Living Dangerously - Asia from Crisis to the New Millennium and Market Panic and most recently, Food Gurus. He hosts a weekly television current affairs programme: The Pulse.
