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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

Hong Kong News Opinion

How EU human rights laws are distorting our legal processes

The concept of “human rights” has triggered distortions in the legal process in Hong Kong that are causing serious problems for the judiciary, says Henry Litton, a senior legal commentator. This is the second of two parts, but can be read independently. To read the first part, click this line. To read an earlier essay…

December 4, 20230Comments ByHenry Litton

Hong Kong News News Opinion

Has the Hong Kong judiciary lost its way?

Hong Kong’s superb legal system was often rated best in Asia, and better than that of many places in the west. But it has been gradually undermined by absurd cases slipped into the system under the guise of “human rights” awareness, says former top judge Henry Litton, one of the world’s most respected legal minds.…

November 27, 20230Comments ByHenry Litton

News Opinion

How the Human Rights Industry hijacked Hong Kong’s legal system

“Human Rights” sounds like such a worthy, positive concept. But it has been used to poison the Hong Kong legal system, says former judge Henry Litton, one of the most widely respected legal minds in common law. THE HUMAN RIGHTS INDUSTRY found its first roots in 1991 when the Hong Kong Bills of…

November 26, 20230Comments ByHenry Litton

Chinese history

Soong Ching Ling: a survivor of momentous times

MADAM SOONG CHING LING, the wife of modern China’s founder Dr Sun Yat Sen, was a woman of charisma who served the underprivileged women and children of the country. Her life spanned many momentous events in modern China’s development. As the daughter of a missionary Charlie Soong, Madam Soong was in the first batch of…

October 11, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

Opinion

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…

September 28, 20230Comments ByHenry Ho

Opinion

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…

August 31, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

Chinese history Hong Kong News

Failed rescue mission: amazing tale behind Dragon Boat Races

It started with a death in the river, the legend says. But no one could predict the scale of the repercussions - which are marked today, more than 22 centuries later, with international sports events. The original festival has deep mainland Chinese roots, but was popularized worldwide by the people of Hong Kong. The…

June 21, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

Comparison of Hong Kong and U.S. police shows stunning gulf

The shocking violence of the 2019 Hong Kong protests would have been met by armed military troops anywhere else on the planet, but the Chinese coastal city had only its police service to face it down. But now, as horrific new figures emerge about a new record high in the number of lethal casualties of…

January 17, 20230Comments ByGrenville Cross

Opinion

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

Monet steals the show at extraordinary Hong Kong art exhibition

How EU human rights laws are distorting our legal processes

Has the Hong Kong judiciary lost its way?

How the Human Rights Industry hijacked Hong Kong’s legal system

Soong Ching Ling: a survivor of momentous times

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

Life on a geopolitical fault line

Failed rescue mission: amazing tale behind Dragon Boat Races

Comparison of Hong Kong and U.S. police shows stunning gulf

Hong Kong emerges from troubled times to brighter future

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