Putting politics above rule of law worrying
By Chris Yeung – Chilly wind is blowing across the judicial and legal landscape in Hong Kong at a time when the political temperature is…
Tsang strikes balance in Budget, Mong Kok unrest
By Chris Yeung – How to find a balance in the Hong Kong society in times of growing conflicts and hostilities in the political and…
Patten calls for watch on China, Hong Kong freedoms
By Chris Yeung – In markedly harsher words indicative of the growing frets in Western countries about Hong Kong, last governor Chris Patten has fired…
The politics of language policy
By Jasper Tsang Yok-sing – The language policy of any society cannot be separated from politics. The case in Hong Kong is no exception. Any…
Xiao Gang made scapegoat of China stock market chaos
By Chan King-cheung – It’s official. The leadership of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the mainland’s top securities watchdog, has changed. Mainland media announced on…
Rationality versus emotion in Feb 28 poll
By Chris Yeung – Pan-democratic voters in New Territories East face a choice between rationality and emotion in Sunday’s Legislative Council by-election triggered by the…
Mong Kok inquiry can be battle ground for reason, ideas, solutions
By Kenneth Leung – Hundreds of people including reporters, innocent passers-by, citizens and policemen were hurt the violent disturbance in Mong Kok on the first…
The inconvenient truth of ‘Mongkok riot’
By Chris Yeung – It has come as no surprise that the Hong Kong government has flatly and swiftly rejected calls for an independent inquiry…
Simplified Chinese learning sparks complex row
By Chris Yeung – At a time when strain and suspicions have prevailed in mainland-Hong Kong relations, it is not surprising that the Education Bureau’s…
Where Hong Kong goes after Mongkok ‘riot’
By Chan King-cheung – Hong Kong saw two large-scale riots since 1949. First it was the “Double Tenth Riot” erupted on October 10, 1956. It…