Today, we are told, elites in Western Europe are “waking up to the malevolent influence of the Chinese regime”. At the same time, the conspicuously adverse, contemporary influence of the US and Israel in Europe prompts more “hug-ins” with this terrifying tag-team rather than any awakening. What is going on? Richard Cullen investigates.
First: Europe…
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Hong Kong's judicial system has become so soft that an opinion expressed by a member of the public can grow into what seems to be an actual court hearing, when it is no such thing. Top legal specialist Henry Litton reviews a recent example.
THE RULE OF LAW in Hong Kong is a structured…
A HIGHLY BIASED HEADLINE on CNN’s website, published Oct 5, reads: "Hong Kong Plans to Install Thousands of Surveillance Cameras. Critics Say it’s More Proof the City is Moving Closer to China".
The article goes on to claim that the city’s Police Force has “set a target of installing 2,000 new surveillance cameras this…
MUCH OF THE WAN CHAI district of Hong Kong consists of small, packed streets and busy shops. But Lee Tung Avenue (利東街) is different. It is modern, gentrified area, with a wide pedestrian precinct, bordered by shops and cafes.
It was previously much like the other lanes in the area, and was known as…
Yes, the west IS addicted to war. We may think that all nations or regions have a similar propensity to conflict - think of China's "warring states" period. But when we consider history, we find that the global west actually has a significantly higher propensity to take up arms against whoever it wants to. Richard…
THE U.S. WEAPONIZED the concept of human rights to hurt China, using it for decades to harm attempts by Chinese organizations and individuals to create relationships with people outside its borders, a new study says.
It painted China as the motherlode of human rights violations, although this was not remotely true. Yet it was hard…
HONG KONG TV presenter Victoria Tang Pui Kai (鄧蓓佳) wanted to do something positive for her community—so she decided to write a book featuring the success stories of the city's colorful individuals. These are "heart-warming and inspiring stories," she said.
The collection, recently published, is called "I Love Hong Kong: Unlocking Infinite Possibilities with Our…
HONG KONG'S FOOD KING revealed that he started out working at McDonald’s, the US fast food giant.
Tommy Cheung, who represents the food industry at the Legislative Council, Hong Kong’s parliament, revealed that his first job was making burgers while studying in the United States. “I bought my first used car with my first paycheck…
MORE THAN 22 CENTURIES AGO, the Silk Road connected east and west in a global trade route that changed the world. Today, the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, is repeating that miracle on a much bigger scale.
The BRI is already the biggest infrastructure project in world history, and it is only 10 years…
CLIMATE ADVOCATE NATALIE CHUNG called for Hong Kong to prepare for more climate challenges and map out a resilient response.
Global warming is one of the most challenging issues that Hong Kong and the world are facing and it requires collective efforts by the government and various sectors to resolve it, she said.
Last year,…