Critical commentary and analysis on Hong Kong, China and Taiwan affairs from HKFP’s community of columnists and expert voices.
Why I lit a candle
“We might be foreigners, but we are not foreign to Hong Kong’s struggle,” writes Polish exchange student Filip Kamer, who was confronted by police on Sunday’s anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown.
Before books are deemed unlawful, lawyers should read them. I should know, I was once a censor in Hong Kong…
“Librarians should not be removing books from the shelves on the say-so of the chief executive,” Philip Dykes writes. “The only criterion for harvesting books for burning should be whether a book infringes a current law.”
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.”
Combatting ‘job-hopping’ isn’t the solution, solidarity with Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers is
“If migrant domestic workers – who were already vulnerable and were made even more so during the pandemic – find the strength for solidarity, how can we do less?” writes Lydia Catedral.