The party is over for HK political parties
By Chris Yeung — The Civic Party, Hong Kong’s second largest pro-democracy party, voted to dissolve on May 26, ending its 17-year-long dream of becoming…
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The trouble mainland-Hong Kong waters
By Chris Yeung — About a decade ago, the then chief executive Leung Chun-ying had coined the term nei jiao (內交), which literally means “internal…
A new cold spell hits Hong Kong
By Chris Yeung — Flashed back to July 1, 2020 when the Hong Kong national security law took effect, cartoonist Zunzi, veteran columnist Tim Hamlett…
A 1982 decolonisation plot crushed, finally
By Chris Yeung — History is full of irony. The story of the setting up of district boards as one of the first major steps…
Good news, bad news of HK media
By Chris Yeung — Hong Kong greeted the World Press Freedom Day on May 3 with a piece of good news – and a bad…
Xia sets agenda, give tasks in HK trip
By Chris Yeung — Even without a crystal ball, it is not difficult to foretell the governing agenda of the John Lee administration following the six-day-long…
No fun at water-splashing festival
By Chris Yeung– Even before the Government was scheduled to kick off a “Happy Hong Kong” campaign last week (now postponed due to Beijing official…
Voices of the new HK emigrants should be heard
By Keith Li, Harold Lee and Vanessa Yuen — The Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok airport saw usual scenes of tears and hugs with unusual…
Mass Covid testing U-turn a massive mess
By Chris Yeung — It was only just one month ago that a compulsory universal Covid-19 testing of all Hongkongers was no longer a question…
Fifth COVID wave another perfect storm
By Chris Yeung — Three weeks have elapsed since President Xi Jinping gave usual “important instructions” to Hong Kong and the relevant mainland authorities to…