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No withdrawal, no victory: Why Hongkongers have not yet won the war against the extradition bill
Questionable apologies, nauseating condescension: Hong Kong has a crisis of leadership
Hong Kong protesters have won, and Lam is finished… but Beijing may not take defeat lying down
Hong Kong is still a colony: Why embattled leader Carrie Lam will not be allowed to resign
Open letter to a tearful Hong Kong leader: China needs you, Carrie Lam – enjoy your retirement
Can you get a fair trial in China? The extradition row reaches a supreme court in Europe
How protest turnout figures are manipulated on both sides of Hong Kong’s political divide
Carrie Lam – you’re finished: Hong Kong’s extradition protests mark the end of the city’s latest puppet leader
After the Hong Kong extradition bill row, will a national security law be next on the cards?
Why the extradition law will pass, despite the largest protest in Hong Kong history
‘Never bet against the people of Hong Kong’: Why I won’t abandon this city, even as its politics deteriorate
As Taiwan stands up to big brother China, it deserves the world’s support
Hong Kong’s first political refugees: this is how others see us
June 4, 1989 in Hong Kong: How the Tiananmen Massacre shattered the reality of a 9-year-old boy
Hong Kong on the day of the Tiananmen Massacre: Rumours, unlikely protests and a brutal reckoning
The Tiananmen massacre 30 years on: Why modern China remains Orwellian
The unmentionable tank in the room: how China’s students remember the Tiananmen Massacre today
Tiananmen, 30 years on: how a brutal massacre became a ‘crackdown’, then an ‘incident’
Given China’s politicised, draconian justice system, will Hong Kong lawmakers pass the extradition bill?
Hong Kong’s extradition bill and the rule of law – more complicated than you think
As China’s Communist Party destroys Hong Kong, New York is set to benefit
Gradually robbed of power and meaning, it’s back to the colonial days for Hong Kong’s legislature
Hong Kong police arrest Tony Chung for allegedly vandalising a flag pole. Why the dawn swoop?
‘Defeat the evil law’: How an unlikely coalition could spell trouble Hong Kong’s extradition law plan
The contradiction in Hong Kong’s current approach to climate change: fly before you fry
Comparing Hong Kong’s extradition bill with other international, law-abiding agreements is misleading
Hong Kong, Asia’s World City, should be a global leader in tackling climate change
Hong Kong’s missed opportunity: As yet more music venues close, pipelines for new talent are sealed
Political civility is an early casualty in Hong Kong’s extradition law row
Are things getting personal between US Pres. Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping?
Beijing’s servants in Hong Kong: is collaborators too strong a word?
Hong Kong’s social ‘safety net’? Perverse, half-baked schemes to help people who already have money
The best human rights books, January to April 2019
Never mind the Chief Executive poll, Hong Kong can still have a democratically elected legislature
A 13-member ‘manel’ in 2019? Democracy without feminism is not democracy
How China’s overseas Confucius Institutes pose a powerful threat to academic freedom
Techies caught up in US-China trade war: in a messy divorce it’s the kids who suffer
The Umbrella Movement trial: Jailed for not apologising? Isn’t that a bit political?
Hong Kong’s extradition law proposal: unsettling at best and downright frightening at worst
100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement: How China buried ‘Mr Democracy’
On World Press Freedom Day, China must account for disappeared photojournalist Lu Guang
How the ‘Committee of 100’ is doing Beijing’s bidding in the US
Is China dispensing with ‘hurt feelings’?
Mammoth bills and false economy: It’s time to reconsider Hong Kong home ownership
How low have we sunk? Tiananmen Massacre museum rent-a-mob ‘protesters’ are not really concerned about fire safety
The Umbrella Movement jailings: How opportunistic, made-to-measure charges got the job done
Optimism and pessimism in a time of climate calamity: Why we need a new operating system
Hong Kong knows that any extradition deal with China is going to be a one-way street
The Occupy 9 trial shows Hong Kong’s judicial standards are out of line with the rest of the world’s
Normalising communist aesthetic: Cantonese opera-singing Trump in Hong Kong not so funny after all
Taiwan LSE row: Censoring the ‘World Upside Down’ would be no way to treat a work of art
Why the breakthrough image of a black hole is both mind-boggling and humbling
Hong Kong has a sexism problem – and the latest Foreign Correspondents’ Club furore is proof
We live in a connected world – so it’s time to drop the racist chopsticks jokes
Why swap freedom for the One Country, Two Systems myth? The world must support brave Taiwan
Morale is low among democrats after the Umbrella Movement convictions, but the spirit of liberty survives
Thoughts on a hot issue: Students were right to protest Hong Kong gov’t inaction over climate change
Hong Kong’s post-Occupy struggle: Why I wrote ‘As long As There is Resistance, There Is Hope’
Why Hong Kong’s young people are dropping out of the great debate on the city’s future
The Rugby Sevens: A unique expression of Hong Kong’s soft power, and cross-cultural charisma
The trust deficit: Why Hongkongers simply don’t believe gov’t reassurances over its China extradition law
Politicking, polls, and Taiwan’s presidential primary: Can Tsai Ing-wen survive in 2020?
The eternal city welcomes the eternal Red Emperor: Italy’s embrace of Beijing is a headache for its partners
Small-circle appointees are wrecking Hong Kong’s public services; put the adults back in charge, please
What will be left of Hong Kong’s autonomy in 2047?
Banks who fell for IPO fictions get record fines, but punishment offers little deterrent
After the MTR test-run crash, how can we trust computers to keep us safe on trains?
Cultural icons with dirty secrets: how should we treat artists with major personal flaws?
Lantau Tomorrow Vision: From a placid patch of sea to a housing megapolis in 7 years? What a joke
As Hong Kong’s public healthcare goes to pot, is it surprising that hospital doctors are doing the same?
The tragic death of a teacher shows the toxic result of Hong Kong’s school management ‘reforms’
Obituary: The Li Xueqin I knew – a leading Chinese archaeologist who trod carefully around political pitfalls
Spare a thought for these desperate Hong Kong lawmakers – they got what they wished for
Climate Strike Hong Kong: Gov’t reaction to class boycott is ironic, short-sighted and dangerous
The detained Canadians: Brace yourselves, China’s ‘disappearances’ are coming to the west
Volkswagen in China: will the Germans again claim they ‘didn’t know’ about the concentration camps?
Pledging allegiance: How Beijing purged an entire generation of political talent from the legislature
Climate strike: Hong Kong’s students are right, and – sorry ESF schools – personal cutlery is not an adequate answer
