Monthly Archives: October 2023

Some things from the weekend… An SCMP op-ed uses copious amounts of the passive voice to urge caution over the forthcoming local Article 23 NatSec Law… …the process should not simply be about finding new ways to lock people up. … Continue reading →

Google refuses to take Jimmy Lai biopic The Hong Konger off YouTube after HK Police complain that the movie is seditious (and in contempt of court owing to ongoing trial). A (possibly paywalled) WaPo piece including Siu Gaa’s short story … Continue reading →

Official stuff all here if you want. HKFP coverage here. If you were deluded enough to think it might be an idea to ease off on NatSec, you were wrong (and there are some business types who have been quietly … Continue reading →

The Chief Executive says that wannabe District Council election candidates who can’t get nominated should ‘look into why they have problems’.  OK, let’s guess… Could it be the system is rigged to keep them off the ballot? Or that nominators’ … Continue reading →

An unusually provocative SCMP op-ed gets skeptical about the West Kowloon Cultural Hub-Zone… …the idea that one can simply build a cultural district is questionable. It hardly counts as a vision to point to a location, call it “cultural” by … Continue reading →

From HKFP – former pan-dem District Council members arrested after ‘allegedly selling pension funds without a valid license’… Dominic Lee, a member of the pro-establishment New People’s Party, said in a commentary published by state-backed Chinese-language newspaper Wen Wei Po … Continue reading →

Who would have thought it? Transit Jam is having problems finding nominations to be a candidate for the District Council election. Several possible nominators are actually running for election themselves, so wouldn’t sponsor a potential rival (and, as he points … Continue reading →

Xi Jinping says the Belt and Road Initiative is headed for its next golden decade. John Lee says Hong Kong serves as a key link for Belt and Road. CY Leung says BRI is about enhancing people-to-people connectivity. Allen Zeman … Continue reading →

Hong Kong’s Mainland and Constitutional Affairs Minister Erick Tsang tries to stir enthusiasm for District Council elections by combining publicity for the exercise with the ‘Night Vibes Hong Kong’ campaign. He seems eager to: a) boost turnout in the patriots-only … Continue reading →

The forthcoming Policy Address will announce ‘a new office promoting Chinese culture … to enhance Hong Kong’s soft power and show the world the force of Chinese culture’. And behold a new facility to commemorate Hong Kong’s Role in the … Continue reading →