The unrest in Hong Kong has led to a surge of residents renewing their British National (Overseas) passports, highlighting that many regard securing a back-up plan as a matter of urgency, according to …
Hong Kong’s justice system is tried, tested and worth preserving
Most fears over the national security law China will soon impose on Hong Kong focus, rightly, on the Chinese Communist party’s habit of twisting a person’s exercise of their constitutional rights into …
UK’s Johnson offers visas for millions in Hong Kong
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday he would offer millions of Hong Kongers visas and a possible route to UK citizenship if China persists with its national security law. “Many people in …
China Spotlights U.S. Unrest in Pushback to Criticism on Hong Kong
Beijing is calling attention to unrest in the U.S., the police response and President Trump’s call for a tougher crackdown on protesters to highlight what it regards as American hypocrisy.
China gutted Hong Kong’s autonomy. Trump’s reaction failed on every count.
CHINA’S GUTTING of Hong Kong’s autonomy demanded a strong response from the United States, one that imposed tangible consequences while avoiding inflammatory rhetoric or linkage to unrelated issues.
U.K. Test Data Criticized; Hong Kong Extends Curbs: Virus Update
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire vowed not to raise taxes, even as the pandemic dealt a bigger blow to the economy than expected. Hong Kong extended virus-prevention measures after a new cluster …
Hurting Hong Kong’s financial hub status will harm foreign businesses too, city’s commerce secretary says
As “one of three major financial centers” in the world, any damage to Hong Kong’s status as a key hub will have have an impact on foreign firms as well, warned Hong Kong’s secretary for commerce and …
‘Looting is the price of freedom!’ Washington has conveniently forgotten its cynical advice to post-invasion Iraq
As the United States finds itself in the hot seat as protests and riots rage across the country, its unsolicited past advice in places like Hong Kong and Iraq under similar circumstances is coming …
Hong Kong’s Protest Movement Faces Existential Challenges
The twin blows of the pandemic and China’s continued intervention have some Hong Kong protestors wondering how long they can fight.
Let’s greet Hong Kong exiles with open arms
The last act of British decolonisation was a lachrymose affair. The Royal Marine band played the hymn “The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended” and the heartache song Goodnight Irene; it was raining, it …