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Gaza: Another bonfire of enlightenment values

The genocidal response that Israel is unleashing in Gaza (following the brutal Hamas attack on October 7) is not the first bonfire of Enlightenment values that the world has seen. And it will not be the last. But it is certainly one of the most horrific. And it will be indelibly remembered, worldwide, as the…

November 9, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

News Videos

Our changing world: the positives

WHILE NEWS HEADLINES are filled with reports of war, let's not forget that the world has been developing positively in many ways, said Prof Herman Hu in a speech on November 2, 2023. We need to work together to transition to a positive future, he said in his welcome speech at Leading in a Time…

November 8, 20230Comments ByHerman Hu

Hong Kong News Opinion

Hong Kong’s new cultural district deserves our support

Believe it or not, this wide, green open waterfront space (pictured above) is in Hong Kong, a place more famous for developers frantically crowding buildings into every spare centimeter. This area should be celebrated, but the West Kowloon Cultural Center is being criticized for not being profitable. That argument is missing the point, says Brian…

October 31, 20230Comments ByBrian Renwick

Chinese history Culture

Will BRI change the world as much as the old Silk Road did?

THE ORIGINAL SILK ROAD quietly crept into existence over many years, but ended up transforming much of the world. China’s new Silk Road is already doing the same. A total of 151 countries were represented at the Belt and Road Initiative gathering last week—and 215 new BRI projects were announced for the coming months.…

October 30, 20230Comments ByJoshua Cheung

Culture

Treasures of China’s ‘lost civilisation’ on show in Hong Kong

THE UNEARTHING OF STRANGE and sometimes grotesque bronze artefacts at the Sanxingdui (三星堆) site in Sichuan has been regarded as one of the most astounding archaeological discoveries in China, shedding light on the mysterious ancient Shu civilization that flourished about several thousands of years ago. A golden mask unearthed in Sanxingdui is displayed in the…

October 27, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

News

Hong Kong students flying high in Greater Bay Area

Dancing twin sisters were celebrated this week in Hong Kong

October 19, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

Features News

How the Chinese diaspora paved the way for BRI

The biggest international trading venture in world history is 10 years old. But there's an extraordinary tale behind the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI. And that's the story of the exceptional Chinese Diaspora experience, which laid the foundations for the infrastructure project's success. This Chinese macro-migration endeavor, individual by individual, long…

October 18, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

News

US publishes truly wild conspiracy theory about China

A dark, shadowy organization has a TOTALITARIAN ploy to TAKE OVER THE WORLD, the US government warns. They’re FOREIGNERS doing it by telling positive stories about their community! Oh no! The US rightly dismisses conspiracy theories pushed by people like Alex Jones, yet has now published its own conspiracy theory - and it…

October 16, 20230Comments ByMichael Edesess

Chinese history

Soong Ching Ling: a survivor of momentous times

MADAM SOONG CHING LING, the wife of modern China’s founder Dr Sun Yat Sen, was a woman of charisma who served the underprivileged women and children of the country. Her life spanned many momentous events in modern China’s development. As the daughter of a missionary Charlie Soong, Madam Soong was in the first batch of…

October 11, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

News Opinion

How NOT to write about Hong Kong and mainland China

The western mainstream media's brutally negative narrative about Hong Kong has spontaneously caused the emergence of a range of voices energized to stand up and speak out for the community, says Richard Cullen. AFTER ENCOUNTERING a fresh set of unvaried, China-thumping articles in the New York Times, I sometimes wonder if others, like me, mentally…

October 5, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen