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Here’s what needs to be done to boost Hong Kong’s nightlife

While Hong Kong looks great at night, some of the rigid regulations need to be loosened, says Henry Ho WITH VICTORIA HARBOUR’S dazzling night time scenes and skyline, glittering neon signs and spectacular tourist attractions, Hong Kong, described as “the Pearl of the Orient”, is nothing short of an urban spectacle. It is excellent news…

ByHenry Ho1 day ago0Comments

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Life on a geopolitical fault line

Hong Kong can do nothing right, it seems. But it’s not the community’s fault: it lives on a fault line, trying to balance between two much larger, more powerful entities. Richard Cullen recalls a different occasion when two big powers, the US and the UK, had a difference of opinion. Often, much smaller communities end…

ByRichard CullenAugust 31, 20230Comments

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Hong Kong’s fugitives and Canberra’s remarkable response

The Hong Kong authorities recently issued arrest warrants for eight individuals living offshore who are alleged to have breached the National Security Law. Canberra has swiftly jumped to express concern for the two fugitives who live in Australia. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that this rash response reflects, in part, a felt-need in…

ByRichard CullenJuly 18, 20230Comments

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Harvard China academic takes on the Economist

The Economist magazine recently pushed dramatic statistical claims about the USA’s apparently world-beating economic growth. These figures raised the eyebrows of a prominent Harvard professor who responded that the numbers worked just fine - but only if China was omitted! The publication responded to his impudence by going on an energetic attack with a cover…

ByRichard CullenJune 7, 20230Comments

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I’m sorry, but the toxic G-7 ‘rich club’ is past its sell-by date

YET ANOTHER G-7 meeting has passed with yet another embarrassing show of insecurity by a group that is well past its sell-by date. The G-7 is such an anachronism, a relic of the past clinging on to a crumbling façade of make-believe power in a rapidly changing world. The images and the narrative all speak…

ByChandran NairMay 25, 20230Comments

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Strong performance in the past, good prospects ahead

TIME HAS REALLY FLOWN over the past five years. That’s what one feels when considering the Standing Committee’s work report for the 13th National People’s Congress. So much has been achieved at a good pace. Laws have been formulated, revised and explained, decisions have been made on legal and related matters, and resolutions have been…

ByHerman HuMarch 21, 20230Comments

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Banning our trade offices will harm Hong Kong people

Hong Kong's film makers and fashion designers would be hit if US politicians succeed in banning the city's trade representative offices, which actively promote their works. This is the latest in a long list of strategies that harm Hong Kong people but are dressed up as "saving" us. In reality Hong Kong and the United…

ByAndrew LamMarch 16, 20230Comments

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Sports sector can be China’s next growth point

Despite huge challenges, China’s economy is healthy, performance indicators show. Now we can look to the sports sector as an exciting new area for growth, says NPC Deputy Herman Hu Shao-ming, reporting from Beijing’s “Two sessions” meeting. CHINA ENCOUNTERED SEVERE CHALLENGES at both domestic and international levels in 2022. And that makes the remarkable economic…

ByHerman HuMarch 9, 20230Comments

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China-bashing is off the charts, becoming mass hysteria

The campaign to demonize China has become extreme, even hysterical Yet the international media seems united in the presenting a false narrative The position that it is okay to stop a developing nation's rise is clearly unethical The world must tone down the Western media to let other voices be heard A KEY…

ByChandran NairFebruary 22, 20230Comments

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What Hong Kong’s visit to the Arab nations really means

Cheeky Hong Kong keeps its U.S. dollar peg while quietly making yuan deals with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with implications for the future of both currencies. The growing teamwork between China and the middle eastern nations will have profound effects, causing a shift in global power, says Sanjeev Aaron Williams. AND HONG KONG FIGHTS…

BySanjeev Aaron WilliamsFebruary 16, 20230Comments

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Here’s what needs to be done to boost Hong Kong’s nightlife

Life on a geopolitical fault line

Hong Kong’s fugitives and Canberra’s remarkable response

Harvard China academic takes on the Economist

I’m sorry, but the toxic G-7 ‘rich club’ is past its sell-by date

Strong performance in the past, good prospects ahead

Banning our trade offices will harm Hong Kong people

Sports sector can be China’s next growth point

China-bashing is off the charts, becoming mass hysteria

What Hong Kong’s visit to the Arab nations really means

Here’s what needs to be done to boost Hong Kong’s nightlife

New study shows what really happened in Hong Kong in 2019

Hong Kong and Shenzhen North are learning from each other