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…
The intriguing rivalry between Carrie Lam and CY Leung
By Chris Yeung — It sounds unbelievable, verging on absurd. But the likelihood of a former chief executive, Leung Chun-ying of course, taking on the…
Carrie Lam pulls a shameless ‘October surprise’
By Chris Yeung — Billed as the most important political event of the year in Hong Kong, Chief Executive’s annual Policy Address has almost become…
Teacher struck off as Leung files judicial review
By Chris Yeung — On the face of it, the judicial review lodged by a fund set up by former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to…
RTHK, HKU in common destiny of decline
By Chris Yeung — What do University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) have in common? Both are among the institutions…
A US$6.2 mln confidence-building project that goes nowhere
By Chris Yeung — The Government handed a sum of US$6.2 million (HK$48 million) to an international public relations firm Consulum in July to formulate…
Capture of 12 detainees a worst-case scenario of security law
By Chris Yeung — Just two and a half months after the national security law for Hong Kong was implemented, the worst-case scenario of the…
One national security weapon is too many
By Chris Yeung — In an intriguing frank admission, a senior official at the Hong Kong Police’s national security team said they had considered using…