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…
Days of Civil Human Rights Front numbered
By Chris Yeung — Formed in the heyday of the 2003 July 1 march, the fate of the Civil Human Rights Front, an umbrella body…
A city of dreadful silence with opposition silenced
By Chris Yeung — Flashed back to the midnight of June 30, 1997, a group of democratic lawmakers stood at the balcony of the former…
Patriotism could make elections ugly
By Chris Yeung — Dubbed as an ultra-leftist, Shiu Sin-por, a close confidante of former chief executive Leung Chun-ying, is not known for liberal views…
‘Patriots’, not Hongkongers, to run Hong Kong
By Chris Yeung — With the pro-democracy camp already being torn into pieces, Beijing’s move to revamp the city’s election system to ensure “patriots ruling…
Che Kung’s prophecy falls on deaf ears
By Chris Yeung — Hong Kong people need no Che Kung, a legendary general in the Song Dynasty (960 – 1276) being worshipped as a…
It’s ‘Western’ ruling Hong Kong, stupid!
By Chris Yeung — It was presumably coined by China’s late patriarch Deng Xiaoping, also known as the nation’s chief architect of reform, in the…
CCP at their wits’ end in the face of British visa scheme
By Chris Yeung — Beijing added insult to injury when they announced the British National (Overseas) passport, or BNO, will no longer be recognised as…
If you cannot win an election, kill it
By Chris Yeung — Ex-chief executive Leung Chun-ying is known for his penchant for arguing. Cynics would say sophistry. But when he stirred up an…