Autonomy given away as Govt cuts ties with PTU
By Chris Yeung — In a shameless act of self-neutering, the Hong Kong Government announced yesterday (July 31) they will cut ties with the Professional…
A sad story of the vanishing June 4 candlelights in Hong Kong
By Chris Yeung — Co-leading a campaign to relaunch Hong Kong in the wake of the 2019 political turmoil, former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has…
With democrats out, CY Leung now Lam’s opposition
By Chris Yeung — With the democrats, labelled as the opposition, crushed, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is facing a more formidable opponent in…
Unions next in line of political purge
By Chris Yeung — Dr Law Chi-kwong, formerly a Democrat, an academic and now labour and welfare minister, seems to be one of the least…
An election overkill kills democrats’ desire for seats
By Chris Yeung — Days before China’s top legislature, or National People’s Congress, was scheduled to rubber-stamp a set of amendments to Hong Kong’s electoral…
Calls for a free, independent media fallen on deaf ears
By Chris Yeung — “If the media are silenced and journalists are muzzled, a key pillar of a functioning democracy is crushed. It means that…
Beijing intensifies attack on Paul Harris – and the Bar
By Chris Yeung — Stopped short of calling on the Bar Association to axe its chairman, China’s top office in Hong Kong has warned the…
A national security storm in two pictures
By Chris Yeung — Every picture tells a story. The publication of two pictures makes a storm. The scathing attacks by Hong Kong’s police chief…
Rule by coercive power not Hong Kong way
By Chris Yeung — Last Sunday (April 11) morning, Hong Kong people woke up to be told by Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung that the…
Cultural Revolution-style attacks dim cultural hub vision
By Chris Yeung — First it was books written by pro-democracy activists including jailed young democrat Joshua Wong collected at public libraries. Then came pre-colonial…