Hong Kong: ‘China’s Berlin’ – or Crimea?
#HK is like Berlin of the last Cold War. If HK falls for lack of US actions against China, Taiwan will follow, and so will US interests in Asia. It… Read more »
Category: China
Hong Kong blocks Tiananmen vigil
Hong Kong police rejected an application Monday by organizers for an annual candlelight vigil marking the anniversary this week of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, as residents rushed to apply… Read more »
The New Despotism meets China’s ‘Wolf Warrior diplomacy’
China’s “Wolf Warrior diplomacy” is an insult to wolf warriors https://t.co/vO8Pu9QT91 — The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 1, 2020 China’s leadership relishes its role as an ideological challenge to the… Read more »
How to cultivate resilience amid Covid pandemic
Tiananmen Massacre survivor and former political prisoner Yang Jianli (right) reflects on how poetry helped him endure captivity, and how art can sustain us amidst social distancing. First, we cannot… Read more »
‘Powerful, Different, Equal’? How China mangles history
It’s the culture, stupid. The successes of Hong Kong, Taiwan and the rest of the Chinese diaspora have always been an embarrassment for Beijing, says Arthur Tam, a former editor… Read more »
Hong Kong: ‘It’s Leninist authoritarianism vs liberal constitutionalism’
Since Beijing’s economic reforms began in 1978, Hong Kong has played a unique role — a place where western businesses could dip their toes in the new Chinese economy and… Read more »
‘Nuclear option’ spells beginning of the end for Hong Kong’s one-country, two-systems
SPORTING A HELMET, goggles and a respirator, the uniform of Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters, Lady Liberty raises her left arm to the sky—or rather, to the ceiling (see below). She… Read more »
Crackdown to end Hong Kong status as haven for civil society
Beijing’s looming imposition of a security law on Hong Kong has spread fear through charities and advocacy groups in the city, as China prepares to go after foreign-backed organizations deemed… Read more »
China at a Crossroads: pandemic shifting ‘from a war for survival to a war of ideology’
As Russia and China unleash an online wave of disinformation about COVID-19, the pandemic is shifting “from a war for survival to a war of ideas and a war of… Read more »
Pandemic represents ‘high-water mark’ for brittle authoritarian model’s appeal?
It is quite possible that the coronavirus pandemic will represent the high-water mark for the appeal of the authoritarian model and of its two standard-bearers, China and Russia, according to… Read more »