Critical commentary and analysis on Hong Kong, China and Taiwan affairs from HKFP’s community of columnists and expert voices.
Hong Kong’s Cathay flight attendant scandal: Can we all grow up?
“After all adopting a servile attitude to complete strangers is an effort. One does it as part of the job but a certain subconscious resentment inevitably builds up,” writes Tim Hamlett. “Griping about the customers is inevitable and probably universal.”
District Council overhaul: Hong Kong never had democracy, but that is no reason to deny it
“Election winners do not rush to change the election system. Losers are quite another matter, losers who have lost really badly are even more desperate for change,” writes Stephen Vines.
District Council overhaul: Remembering the failures of Hong Kong’s democratic experiments
“The plan to reform the district councils is not a democratic regression. The British administration never intended Hong Kong to be democratic and there was no agreement between China and Britain on the city’s democratic development,” writes lawmaker Regina Ip.
Why offering more medical support could help stop Hong Kong’s birth rate from falling further
“Vitally, for a city as patriarchal as Hong Kong, it is important to understand that infertility is not solely a women’s issue and to work to end the stigmas attached to the issue regardless of gender,” writes Francesca Chiu.