The president’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty, writes Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs. It is an ominous document that will—if allowed to stand—come back to haunt the United States.
THE 2025 NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY (NSS) recently released by President Donald Trump presents itself as a blueprint…

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Foreign media looked the other way when Hong Kong made a series of impressive achievements in recent years - but snapped into attention when they realized a fire tragedy could be twisted to push the fake narrative of Beijing ruining Hong Kong. Grenville Cross reports.
CONCERTED EFFORTS WERE made to wreck Hong Kong's “one country,…
Journalist James Ockenden found forged fire safety certificates in the wake of the Hong Kong tower fire. Nobody shut him up - on the contrary, the authorities took great interest in his probes into building safety. The truth about Hong Kong's excellent response to a horrific tragedy gives the lie to the international media's heartless…
SHORTLY AFTER THE HORRIFIC seven-tower fire in Hong Kong, a person who gave herself the name “Hongkonger” appeared on social media showing incredible disrespect to the victims of the city’s recent tower block fire by printing photographs of burned corpses – while at the same time, she blamed the whole thing on the Chinese government…
Long-term Hong Kong resident Richard Cullen reflects on politics, friendships and the Tai Po fire.
I first arrived to live and work in Hong Kong over 30 years ago. More recently I began to reflect on the way expressing my own political views on Hong Kong and China has reshaped some long-standing friendships. The recent…
A boy in Hong Kong ended up with three parental figures. Top brains in the legal sector tried to unravel the legal issues this raised—but initial success was overturned by an unexpected judgment. This is the second section of a two-part report by top legal mind Henry Litton.
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Advances in medical capability meant that a boy in Hong Kong ended up with three parental figures. This raised new legal issues that senior people in the legal sector tried to sort out—but initial success was overturned by an unexpected judgment. Top legal mind Henry Litton tells the story. This is the first of a…
‘U.S. Department of war’ is a more honest title—and that is proved by the extraordinary story of a forgotten 1964 letter from China
TLDR SUMMARY: The world knows the importance of the nuclear “no first use” pledge but forgets that only two countries signed it, neither of which are in the west
IN 1964,…
The Jewish people, some Jewish people say, have suffered so much over the years that it appears that God Himself may be antisemitic. Richard Cullen examines a curious debate.
THE SHRILL ESCALATION in claims of antisemitism since October 7, 2023, explained by David Dixon, former Dean of Law at the University of New South Wales…
Asia has largely avoided the unhelpful “which toilet should ‘x’ use?” debate that has divided the west. But Hong Kong sometimes drifts in that direction, warns former top judge Henry Litton.
THERE IS A LATIN MAXIM which says De minimis non curat lex: “The law does not concern itself with trifles”. This principle protects the…
