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This garden opened my mind to the music of elegance

CANTONESE OPERA (粵劇), one of the most representative cultural symbols of the Lingnan region (嶺南地區), the area south of the Nanling mountains (南嶺山脈), is the foundation and origin of modern Cantonese music. The first time I heard about Cantonese music was when I was learning the Guzheng (古箏). My teacher said that it would be…

August 24, 20230Comments ByEmily Zhou

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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…

July 18, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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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…

June 7, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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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…

May 25, 20230Comments ByChandran Nair

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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…

March 21, 20230Comments ByHerman Hu

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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…

March 16, 20230Comments ByAndrew Lam

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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…

March 9, 20230Comments ByHerman Hu

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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…

February 22, 20230Comments ByChandran Nair

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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…

February 16, 20230Comments BySanjeev Aaron Williams

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Hong Kong emerges from troubled times to brighter future

SEVERAL FACTORS HAVE harmed Hong Kong’s economy recently. There was the social turmoil in 2019, the COVID-19 epidemic raging around the world in 2020, and the political suppression of Hong Kong by Western countries led by the United States. This downturn started with the large-scale violent destruction caused by the revision of the Fugitive Offenders…

January 17, 20230Comments ByWilliam Leung

Opinion

This garden opened my mind to the music of elegance

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

Hong Kong emerges from troubled times to brighter future

Extent of UK’s vassal-dom to US shown by stunning new study

When Hong Kong’s leader was wrongfully jailed as a criminal

Cosmic dawn: From this Tibetan plateau you can see the universe