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New study shows what really happened in Hong Kong in 2019

The world is told a simplistic black and white tale about Hong Kong’s troubles in 2019, with heroic “pro-democracy” activists crushed by Beijing. What really happened was very different and far more complex, says a detailed new book by top Hong Kong academic Daniel F. Vukovich. A DAILY HAIL of petrol bombs, scores of destroyed…

September 25, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Statistically, tiny Hong Kong at 25 is top of the world

MOVE OVER, London and New York. The little community of Hong Kong SAR is celebrating its 25th birthday having reached world-class heights in a number of fields, as one of the healthiest, wealthiest, safest places on earth. There's no such thing as a perfect city, so we make no claim of being Utopia --…

June 30, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

Hong Kong must integrate while maintaining its uniqueness

ON FRIDAY THIS WEEK, this city will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Looking back on the past quarter century after returning to the governance of mainland China, Hong Kong has often been praised as the showcase of the ground-breaking "One Country, Two Systems” concept, proposed by…

June 27, 20220Comments ByAndrew Lam

Features

Hong Kong’s best years are coming: McKinsey chief

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, Hong Kong was the finance center of China. Today, it is the finance center of Asia, says Joe Ngai of McKinsey, the international corporate analysis firm. The city’s story is just beginning. “The best years of Hong Kong are ahead of us, rather than behind us,” he said. He recalls being in…

June 23, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

New study shows what really happened in Hong Kong in 2019

Statistically, tiny Hong Kong at 25 is top of the world

Hong Kong must integrate while maintaining its uniqueness

Hong Kong’s best years are coming: McKinsey chief

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