Category Archives: Blog

Stephen Roach, former boss of Morgan Stanley Asia, writes a piece updating and defending his belief that ‘Hong Kong is over’… This dramatic transformation into Xianggang is the real story. Hong Kong’s defenders are in denial about this new chameleon-like … Continue reading →

Lingua Sinica on how Hong Kong is emulating Mainland-style merging of NatSec police and media… Episodes two and three [of NS Files: Decoded] touch on the publication and distribution of the allegedly seditious children’s book Sheep Village, and the prosecution … Continue reading →

After his fifth case of plagiarism – and several reprimands – High Court Judge William Chan ‘takes early retirement’. HKFP reports… In the latest instance of plagiarism, Chan was found to have copied large parts of the defence’s opening and … Continue reading →

HK Labour Rights Monitor looks at how former members of the Hong Kong Police are moving into senior positions elsewhere in the public sector… Since taking office, [ex-cop CE John] Lee has appointed at least seven former senior police officers … Continue reading →

The SCMP reports on the HK Tourism Bored Board’s new exciting promotional campaign. Because apparently we don’t have enough tourists yet… Hong Kong is seeking to promote itself as a city that visitors “feel” rather than merely see under a … Continue reading →

Police staked out a bathroom in order to catch an autistic 18/19-year-old for scrawling ‘seditious words’ on the wall. The guy worked part-time as a clerk for the Vanuatu consulate… Magistrate Victor So handed down judgement on Wednesday morning at … Continue reading →

From China Unofficial Archives, an introduction to the Hong Kong Research Database at Taiwan’s Academia Sinica – with an emphasis on their collection of T-shirts… The words on the T-shirt, “Hello, Please Step Down,” seem quite mild. But in fact, … Continue reading →

Of all the national security threats Hong Kong has faced in recent years – teenagers, housewives, booksellers, etc – this one must be the most pitiful… A Hong Kong court has sentenced a man with an intellectual disability to two … Continue reading →

Detained-bookseller artwork here. I visited Hunter Bookstore over the weekend. Quite crowded, with a slight ‘closing down sale” vibe – though the store is issuing customer-loyalty cards as if it expects to be around for the long term.  As well … Continue reading →

For fans of irony: according to reports, one of the books that allegedly endanger national security is Let Only Red Flowers Bloom by Emily Feng. (English edition published by hotbed of subversion Penguin.) From the Wall Street Journal… Hong Kong … Continue reading →