Lam’s vow of connecting youth now a sad joke
By Chris Yeung — Let’s be honest. Forget about her vows of doing so, Hong Kong people did not take seriously the pledge by Chief…
2020 a year of loss
By Chris Yeung — This time last year, Hong Kong people said goodbye to 2019 with a heavy heart and mixed feelings. After months of…
A tale of two ‘brothers’ in one country
By Chris Yeung — In a show of humility and a sense of pragmatism, former Macau chief executive Edmund Ho had likened the former Portuguese-rule…
The naked truth of Carrie Lam’s leadership
By Chris Yeung — Against the background of the opposition force being crushed, an seemingly intensified publicity campaign against Chief Executive Carrie Lam for her…
A bad week for democrats, more to come
By Chris Yeung — To say the past week is a bad week for Hong Kong’s democratic movement and its future is an understatement. It…
Carrie Lam’s restart an end for Hong Kong
By Chris Yeung — Imbued with Beijing-refilled confidence, Chief Executive Carrie Lam has vowed to relaunch Hong Kong following months of socio-political turmoil, in which…
Ta Kung Pao dragged in war over judicial independence
By Chris Yeung — A looming battle over judicial independence in Hong Kong saw an interesting side-battle on Monday as the Bar Association demanded the…
HK Alliance for democratic China faces a ban
By Chris Yeung — The time may have come. Founded in the heyday of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement, the fate of a Hong Kong…
Beijing celebrates Biden win with democrats purge
By Chris Yeung — Speculation that Joe Biden, who looks certain to succeed Donald Trump as the next US President, may play softer towards China…
Arrests of democrats may spur street politics
By Chris Yeung — Flash-back to pre-1997 Hong Kong, pessimists had warned of mass arrests of pro-democracy leaders such as Martin Lee Chu-ming and late…