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For a second time, the Hong Kong government gives the drug ‘space oil’ a new name. It seems like barely three weeks ago that they did this. Because it was. They declared then that the short-acting sedative would henceforth be … Continue reading →

A young man is found guilty of disrespecting the national anthem… Lau Pun-hei, a 19-year-old student in politics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was convicted on Wednesday for turning his back to the pitch while the Chinese national … Continue reading →

An SCMP story on the ongoing bursting of Hong Kong’s office bubble… The Law Society of Hong Kong has bought an entire floor of offices in what was formerly the world’s most expensive tower at a 50 per cent discount, … Continue reading →

The Standard reports a new fad among the anime crowd: cosplaying the Financial Secretary pushing ‘creative industries’. Tweet by Sasha Gong, one of the 15 latest overseas people wanted by Hong Kong NatSec police… Last Friday, I woke up to … Continue reading →

The Hong Kong government announces HK$200,000 bounties for no fewer than 15 people accused of ‘subversion’ (and other stuff) for taking part in elections for a ‘Hong Kong Parliament’ that few have ever heard of, probably because it doesn’t really … Continue reading →

From Thematic Markets, a long piece suggesting that China’s industrial overcapacity is deliberate and the country’s economy is incompatible with much of the rest of the global economy… …contrary to another popular myth, China’s rise has little to do with … Continue reading →

An 18-year-old is arrested for allegedly writing ‘seditious’ messages on the wall of a men’s room at Hong Kong China City… According to the police, the messages were deemed to have provoked hatred, contempt or disaffection against the constitutional order … Continue reading →

Hong Kong’s Security Secretary wants civil servants to identify and respond to ‘soft resistance’… In a newspaper interview published on Tuesday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said foreign interference in local affairs has become more diverse and covert as Hong … Continue reading →

The government is budgeting HK$1.2 billion for December’s Legislative Council election. The body these days has 90 members, but only 20 of them are returned by popular vote. Another 30 represent functional constituencies, returned by small-circle groups comprising mainly non-human … Continue reading →

The SCMP notices the success of two dishes-plus-rice (mostly take-away) restaurants and asks: ‘Why are Hong Kong eateries selling ‘poor man’s meals’ bucking closure trend?’  The paper’s sleuth-like reporters solve the mystery… The growth of such businesses has defied a … Continue reading →