Critical commentary and analysis on Hong Kong, China and Taiwan affairs from HKFP’s community of columnists and expert voices.
Beijing’s ruling on foreign lawyers: A blow to Hong Kong’s legal system
“When changing fundamental laws for reasons of expediency becomes the norm, an astonishingly damaging blow is delivered to the legal system,” writes Steve Vines.
Politics vs. science: Why Hong Kong has to tell good stories of Covid
“From prioritising travel with China, to caring for the feelings of the mainland, the city’s public health policy seems to have always been guided by nothing but China,” writes Leo Wong.
The elephants lurking in Hong Kong’s proposed HK$580 billion Lantau artificial islands project
“Just as the Kau Yi Chau project is slated to house its first residents, rather than having a housing shortage, Hong Kong is more likely to be experiencing a housing glut, much like Japan is presently suffering,” writes Paul Stapleton.
Hong Kong’s proposed crowdfunding regulation: a hammer designed to crush an already flat nut
“The whole plan looks suspiciously like an attempt to shut the stable door on a horse which bolted in 2019,” writes Tim Hamlett.
Judge’s ruling calls into question Hong Kong’s ban on most public protests on Covid grounds
“The right to protest is a fundamental right which is necessary for self-correcting political systems ….Our leaders need to value protest and learn from it, not just try to shut it down,” writes John Burns.
New rules for Hong Kong teachers – but don’t encourage the students to think for themselves
“Many of the guidelines are open to no criticism except that everyone knows about them already …. Unfortunately in other parts there is a distinct whiff of a political purge in the offing,” writes Tim Hamlett.
Saving time and neglecting justice in a Hong Kong court
The legal system “seems to place a much higher value on its own time than on that of other people – as those unfortunate defendants in their third year of pre-trial custody have found,” writes Tim Hamlett.
China’s ‘blank placard’ Covid protests: What Hong Kong officials could learn from their Beijing counterparts
“At least with respect to Covid, the Chinese people’s desire to be free seems to have been accepted as valid by the central government,” writes Paul G. Harris.
World won’t look kindly on Hong Kong’s new demonstration of rule of law
“You have to wonder if senior officials have developed a suspicion that judges are getting a little resistant to the justice department’s ‘leave no stone unthrown’ approach to people the government disapproves of, and need a reminder that their decisions are not final,” writes Tim Hamlett.
Curiouser and curiouser: Hong Kong’s public discourse has a flavour of Alice in Wonderland these days
Debates on freedom of speech and the anthem controversy – apparently sparked by a simple error – have becoming increasingly surreal, writes Tim Hamlett.
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