Zhang stops short of naming next CE, does he?
By Chris Yeung – A top Chinese official has dropped more hints of Beijing’s preference for the next chief executive, but stopped short of naming…
2017 CE race
Beijing faces dilemma over Leung’s CPPCC top post
By Chris Yeung – The ruling Chinese Communist Party is caught between a rock and a hard place in elevating the departing Chief Executive Leung…
Why Liaison Office backs Lam?
By Ching Cheong – The Central Government’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong has left no stone unturned to boost the chance of Carrie Lam Cheng…
‘Long hair’ goes to mass for ‘small-circle’ race
By Chris Yeung – Though ridiculed as “small-circle election,” the chief executive elections in Hong Kong have never seen a dearth of surprises, ironies and…
Beijing visible hands spark calls for Article 22 law
By Chris Yeung – Is it because the idea came from Woo Kwok-hing, whose chance of becoming the chief executive is almost zero even if…
Keep Liaison Office at bay
By Kenneth Leung – When more than three hundred like-minded professionals met in September last year, we came up with a label of “300-plus” to…
Tsang in combat mode
By Chris Yeung – Chief executive hopeful John Tsang Chun-wah switched to combat mode yesterday. In a three-thronged offensive, he moved to silence critics against…
Tsang can fight, but calls for restraint
By Chris Yeung – Yesterday saw two political scenes that could not be more illuminating about Hong Kong politics. Scene one. Speaking against the backdrop…
Trust, unity, hope
By John Tsang Chun-wah – My dear friends, It was during a time of great uncertainty some thirty four years ago, when China and Britain…
Carrie Lam ‘beats’ John Tsang by 4-35
By Chris Yeung – Thanks to the opaqueness of Chinese politics, the deeds and words of Chinese leaders, the seating arrangements in their meetings with…