Critical commentary and analysis on Hong Kong, China and Taiwan affairs from HKFP’s community of columnists and expert voices.
Straight talk: Why Chuang Shuk-kwan’s performances at Hong Kong’s Covid-19 press conferences were worthy of praise
“For many of us Chuang is an authentic Hong Kong heroine. She is a shining exception to a generally unloved leadership… The government could do a lot worse than make her an official role model for press handlers,” writes Tim Hamlett.
Why it is time to dispel rape myths and racism from criminal trials in Hong Kong
“Outdated notions of the nature of sexual assault and deep-rooted prejudices against migrant domestic workers have no place in a court of justice.” writes Cherry Ng. But a recent high-profile rape case showed “our systems barely did anything to disprove them.”
Note from a dying planet: Don’t just do something, panic!
“It seems we are approaching, with no signs of serious braking, several points at which current climate problems – floods, fires, droughts – will be joined by much more serious manifestations of planetary indisposition,” writes Tim Hamlett.
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 policy relies on fictitious figures
“My point is not that the official figure is too low. My point is that it is worthless,” writes Tim Hamlett. “Covid has ceased to be a disease which is routinely reported, so we have no reliable way of knowing how prevalent it now is.”
Why lengthy delays don’t encourage trust in Hong Kong’s legal system
“Even when the defendant flings himself unresisting into the gaping maw of the legal system it still can’t manage a decently swift process,” writes Tim Hamlett.
A brief history of trial by jury: ‘The lamp that shows freedom lives’
“The ability of a jury to return a not guilty verdict against all the legal odds makes the institution unique and highly valued,” writes Philip Dykes.
‘Mooncake raid’ reveals much about Hong Kong’s rule of law
“Is it any wonder that low-level functionaries visiting vaguely democratic premises think their job is to find something the Director of Public Prosecutions can work with,” writes Tim Hamlett
National insecurity: China endangers the world when the climate crisis falls hostage to a manufactured one
Officials in Beijing and Hong Kong “have lost sight of the greatest threat to China and its citizens: the climate crisis,” writes Paul G. Harris.
You want ‘good’ Hong Kong stories? Do something about the bad ones
The refusal to use juries in national security cases “is the sort of story which ‘the world’ tends to take rather badly,” writes Tim Hamlett.
Chow Hang-tung’s landmark legal victory will let the press do its job properly
Reporting on upcoming committal proceedings in the case of activist Chow Hang-tung “may include the reasons why the prosecution brought the national security law charges and what witnesses and what evidence will be deployed to support them,” writes Philip Dykes.
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