Putting on the mainland thinking cap
Management consultant-turned-commentator James Quan (全軍) may have gotten himself out of China, but getting China out of him has provedContinue Reading
Category: Politics
Democracy dies in darkness
To date, of all the lawsuits related to the 2020 Presidential Election whose merits the courts have ruled on, DonaldContinue Reading
A beauty who aged like fine wine
It was the mother of a primary school classmate – a woman of uncommon good looks – who gave meContinue Reading
Man cannot live on bread alone
“You hold an advanced degree from a prestigious university, yet your work duties are not much different from what FilipinoContinue Reading
The skinny on the Bauhinia Party
For too long, we had grown accustomed to seeing the CCP appoint those with questionable academic credentials as legislators andContinue Reading
“Looking at horror in the face”
Back in 2013, when CCP history expert Tan Song (譚松) held a talk at the Chinese University of Hong KongContinue Reading
The click of the lid of a perfectly made box
At the start of the Cultural Revolution, when hardliners seized control of his studio, noted film director Hu Xiaofeng (胡小峰)Continue Reading
Carrie Lam’s value as cautionary tale
“Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” – soContinue Reading
