Critical commentary and analysis on Hong Kong, China and Taiwan affairs from HKFP’s community of columnists and expert voices.
Universal Children’s Day: Post-Covid, Hong Kong must ensure children’s rights, let them be heard, and tackle self-harm
“Under the current sensitive political atmosphere, conditions of these children are even more difficult to comprehend… Children’s voices are not easy to be heard – though their problems have increased,” writes Billy Wong of the Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights.
Despite diversity pledges, even the moderates have been shut out of Hong Kong’s revamped District Council poll
“Transparency is important for building trust and legitimacy and is the bedrock of accountable government. Surely the authorities owe the people of Hong Kong more information about how they selected candidates for our District Council elections,” writes John Burns.
Misguided opinions are a mainstay of student politics, but in Hong Kong they are also a matter of the law
“Competing with all that good news about Hong Kong we have the discovery that ill-considered student oratory is now a serious criminal offence,” writes Tim Hamlett.
Hong Kong’s Policy Address: Exorbitant and introspective, it ignores the city’s fiscal reality and global perspective
“The Policy Address neglects the international perspective that is crucial to Hong Kong’s competitiveness and uniqueness under the One Country, Two Systems framework,“ writes Adrian Ho.