Tough warning against soft resistance
By Chris Yeung — Set against the official talk of Hong Kong advancing “from stability to prosperity,” any warspeak of crackdown against “colour revolution” and…
By Chris Yeung — Set against the official talk of Hong Kong advancing “from stability to prosperity,” any warspeak of crackdown against “colour revolution” and…
By Chris Yeung — With no exception, every annual policy address delivered by Hong Kong’s Chief Executive on his/her plan for the city’s future was…
By Chris Yeung — Former Hong Kong financial services minister Fred Ma Si-hang is not known as a pessimist. That he had talked in length…
By Chris Yeung — At a time when the Hong Kong Government is launching a blitz of publicity to tell the world all is well…
By Chris Yeung — For the sixth time over the past two years, an attempt by the Democratic Party to hold a fundraising dinner has ended…
By Chris Yeung — July and August in Hong Kong have been dubbed as “silly season” by veteran political journalists for obvious reasons. With both…
By Chris Yeung — Expectations were poles apart in Hong Kong and Beijing over the formation of a Legislative Council after the 2021 election was…
By Chris Yeung — Three years after the Hong Kong national security law took effect, there have been no signs of an easing of…
By Chris Yeung — Former chief executive Leung Chun-ying said it. His successor Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-nor ditto. John Lee, their successor, also said it….
By Chris Yeung — To Nobel economics laureate Milton Friedman, Hong Kong was his favourite economy, or a kind of free-market utopia. The former British…