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Here’s how to understand Hong Kong’s Article 23

Sedition is a serious offence in countries around the world, and was made a crime in Hong Kong by the British. But when the city makes any move to codify this principle, it's painted as an shocking outrage with vague insinuations about authoritarianism. Grenville Cross looks at the actual facts of the matter. THE OFFENCE…

February 16, 20240Comments ByGrenville Cross

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Stop trying to make money, top investor tells Hong Kong business people

Legendary finance guru George Hara told told a somewhat stunned business community that if Hong Kong can rid itself of short-term thinking, it stands to become "a model city". James Ockenden was there. HONG KONG NEEDS to stop chasing short-term returns and shift to "public interest capitalism” to thrive as a tech centre, one of…

February 1, 20240Comments ByJames Ockenden

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Historic Edinburgh shows signs of too much capitalism

Hong Konger Richard Cullen re-visits Edinburgh and sees proof of a fact that is now well known: capitalism, for all its benefits, brings significant problems too. We can't yet know whether America's or China's systems will solve them. Meanwhile, historic Edinburgh today has joyful tourist parties at its heart but poverty around the edges. …

January 29, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Trove of Renaissance masterpieces go on show in Hong Kong Palace Museum

WORKS BY THE legendary artist known as Raphael (拉斐爾) are on show in Hong Kong. The Italian, whose real name was Raffaello Santi, is one of the most celebrated and prodigious Renaissance painters. Santi (1483-1520), left the world with a staggering number of masterpieces, particularly those artworks highlighting sacred images. Western painting exhibition in Hong…

January 24, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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‘2D sex isn’t 3D sex’ so doesn’t count as unfaithful

IT'S NOT CHEATING if you are using a screen, because "2D sex isn't 3D sex," a Hong Kong man told his partner. That's just one eyebrow-raising example of the new minefields of modern relationships. We'll get back to that guy. First, let's meet Spreadsheet Superwoman. A ruthless female Asian executive created a secret spreadsheet…

January 23, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Monet steals the show at extraordinary Hong Kong art exhibition

WANT TO LEARN the history of western art in a single afternoon? The Hong Kong Palace Museum is showcasing the UK National Gallery's prestigious painting collection - with 52 of the world’s finest masterpieces painted by fifty influential artists over a 400-year period. All the big names are there, including Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt,…

December 12, 20230Comments ByEmily Zhou

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Citizens Radio: a cautionary tale from the Magistrates Court

An ultra-simple magistracy-level case in which the facts were not in dispute was blown up into a years-long string of high level hearings by the improper injection of headline-friendly concepts from the west. Below, top legal commentator Henry Litton looks back at a notorious lawsuit which illustrates how Hong Kong's legal sector has been…

December 10, 20230Comments ByHenry Litton

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Groundbreaking animation tells tale of extraordinary Chinese poet

Chinese filmmakers have created a dramatic animated movie in the Disney-Pixar style, with 3D characters in thrilling adventures. Yet at the same, "30,000 Miles From Chang'an" is also very different. It celebrates Chinese history, telling the story of China's most famous poet, and it is unapologetically educational: it has 48 classic Chinese poems scattered throughout…

November 23, 20230Comments ByEmily Zhou

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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

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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