Lam’s unity drive hits a snag over Occupy cases
By Chris Yeung – Less than one day after Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was elected as the next chief executive on Sunday, she walked the…
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Is Hong Kong spring still far behind?
Dear friends, – British Poet Percy Shelly wrote, “If winters comes, can spring be far behind?” This time in Hong Kong, spring has arrived. But…
Tsang’s popularity poses dilemma for loyalist electors
By Chris Yeung – Let’s face it. In an important aspect, Sunday night’s Chief Executive election debate is an non-event. The verdict of Hong Kong…
Fighters Tsang, Lam trade hits, the winner is…
By Chris Yeung – Perhaps inspired by the 21 straight wins of Hong Kong’s “magic kid” Rex Tso Sing-yu in the early hours of Sunday,…
Zhang stops short of naming next CE, does he?
By Chris Yeung – A top Chinese official has dropped more hints of Beijing’s preference for the next chief executive, but stopped short of naming…
Beijing faces dilemma over Leung’s CPPCC top post
By Chris Yeung – The ruling Chinese Communist Party is caught between a rock and a hard place in elevating the departing Chief Executive Leung…
Police’s vows to serve with pride turn sour
By Chris Yeung – Every time the Hong Kong Police holds a major press conference with something important to say, their spokespersons speak against a…
Time to heal, not inflict new wounds
By Chris Yeung – Given a chance, few people, if any, would have hoped to have Occupy Central happened. Flashed back to late September 2014,…
‘Long hair’ goes to mass for ‘small-circle’ race
By Chris Yeung – Though ridiculed as “small-circle election,” the chief executive elections in Hong Kong have never seen a dearth of surprises, ironies and…
Beijing visible hands spark calls for Article 22 law
By Chris Yeung – Is it because the idea came from Woo Kwok-hing, whose chance of becoming the chief executive is almost zero even if…