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America unhinged: it has become a danger to the world and itself

MORE THAN 15 MONTHS AGO, I explained how “America, itself, has verified that it is no longer a normal country” (see this link). Since I wrote that article, America’s grave political deformity has been stunningly ratified. NORMAL VS ABNORMAL Some Americans relish the idea of the US not being normal because they view it as…

April 3, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

Hong Kong News Opinion

US is sanctioning the Hong Kong people who stood up against violence

How do you react when brave investigators successfully arrest arsonists and bombmakers? Most people would be happy. If you're the US government, you punish Hong Kong police chiefs. If you're a western journalist, you look the other way. Grenville Cross reports. “GREAT POWER INVOLVES great responsibility,” said the former US president Franklin D Roosevelt.…

April 3, 20250Comments ByGrenville Cross

Culture Hong Kong News

China museum craze has bosses queuing for their own shows!

WHEN YINA SONG, the international boss of Chinese tech powerhouse Silkroad Visual Technology, decided to visit one of her firm’s immersive museum exhibits in mainland China, she was in for a shock. “I called the museum to say I wanted to come, the museum director told me I would have to join the two-month…

March 31, 20250Comments ByJames Ockenden

Culture Hong Kong News

Kai Tak sports park opens with art week workshops and bazaar

March is an exciting time as the city celebrates the grand opening of Kai Tak Sports Park, Hong Kong’s vibrant hub for sports and culture, and kick off the very first Kai Tak Art Week, presented by HSBC! Happening from 21 to 27 March 2025, Kai Tak Art Week features a diverse line-up of…

March 20, 20250Comments ByFriday Writers

Hong Kong News Opinion

Rule of law in Hong Kong faces existential threats from the west

Once again, Hong Kong scored higher on the global legal index than many western countries. But our legal sector is under international attack, warned Grenville Cross, in this extract from this 14 March 2025 speech he gave to undergraduate lawyers at Chinese University of Hong Kong. OUR CITY FACES existential threats to its rule of…

March 19, 20250Comments ByGrenville Cross

Features Hong Kong News

Caring neighbors add holiday magic to a program that feeds the needy

A penniless man asked a small restaurateur if there were leftovers he could have. Yes, the owner said. Word spread about this generous act, and the needy began lining up for free meals. Then the local Rotary Club saw what was happening, and stepped in to make a spontaneous act of generosity into a model…

March 18, 20250Comments ByGillian Kew

China news

Despite unsettled global economy, China sets 5% target

CHINESE PREMIER LI QIANG delivered a dramatic vision of the future, with China moving steadily into whole new worlds of bio-manufacturing, quantum technology, embodied AI, 6G communications and other future industries. But he also admitted that the present period was genuinely challenging for the whole world, with China no exception. Still, the Chinese leader was…

March 13, 20250Comments ByFriday Writers

Hong Kong News Opinion

How Hong Kong’s solicitor group steered their ship through stormy waters

The actions of certain lawyers were a key reason why the months-long 2019 violent insurgency in Hong Kong hit the community so hard. But while a worrying number of barristers became hyper-politicized, the city's body of solicitors worked hard to keep the boat steady. Their professionalism deserves to be recognized, says Grenville Cross. …

March 13, 20250Comments ByGrenville Cross

News

Chinese Canadians to form national organization to oppose rising McCarthyism

McCarthyism is back. The term refers to the US 1950s extreme demonization of a community accompanied by witchhunts against individuals. The "red scare" process has been widely revived today in several western communities, but victims in Canada are fighting back. Aidan Jonah reports. CHINESE CANADIANS HAVE BEEN put through the ringer by Canada’s government and…

March 11, 20250Comments ByAidan Jonah

Culture News Opinion

Dealing with conflict in Asian boardrooms and bedrooms: Allison Heiliczer

SOME PEOPLE READ an article that changes how they boil an egg or make a salad. Allison Heiliczer read an article that changed the direction of her life. She was a 16-year-old New Yorker who had just moved to California, when she picked up a magazine and started reading a profile of a Japanese-American family…

March 10, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

America unhinged: it has become a danger to the world and itself

US is sanctioning the Hong Kong people who stood up against violence

China museum craze has bosses queuing for their own shows!

Kai Tak sports park opens with art week workshops and bazaar

Rule of law in Hong Kong faces existential threats from the west

Caring neighbors add holiday magic to a program that feeds the needy

Despite unsettled global economy, China sets 5% target

How Hong Kong’s solicitor group steered their ship through stormy waters

Chinese Canadians to form national organization to oppose rising McCarthyism

Dealing with conflict in Asian boardrooms and bedrooms: Allison Heiliczer

Hong Kong quietly becomes major tennis hub for the world

3-parent baby case led to one of the oddest reviews in HK legal history

This child has three parents: so who is his mother?