More: Hong Kong
China, the “New Things” of New Year’s Eve
The world's most massive seasonal migration begins. From 10th to 15th February
2020, as every year, millions of Chinese will move from one part of...
Hong Kong: No more China’s disheartened capitalism, please
Hong Kong's unrest started in June 2019. It was
triggered by the plans to allow extradition to mainland China. Critics felt
this could compromise judicial autonomy...
From Trade War to Strait War: China Warn U.S. Stop Stretching its Muscles in the Contested Waters
Up till now, no one distinguishes the actual
explanations behind the hostile faces. If a trade war isn’t the exact cause,
the rise of China, the...
An anatomy of U.S. human rights diplomacy
Authors: Zhou Dong-chen & Paul Wang
Over the past
two weeks, the United States Congress has successively passed two acts
concerning with Hong Kong human rights and...
Standing up to China: Czech mayor sets a high bar
A Czech mayor’s refusal to endorse Beijing’s
One China policy potentially sets a high bar as Western powers grapple with how
to respond to allegations of...
Tension in Hong Kong
After about
three months of riots, often particularly violent and destructive, on October
23, 2019 the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, aliasChen Yuet-Ngor,
withdrew the...
Five demands, not one less: China’s test of Leadership
There were students, doctors, lawyers, activists; in
short people belong to every faction of society, who came out on the streets in
a number of tens...
Protest: The King is dead, long live the king
Protest is back on the front burner.
Protesters occupy streets in cities ranging from Hong Kong and Moscow to
Khartoum and Algiers. They would likely do...
The rebellion in Hong Kong and its geopolitical effects
The rebellion in Hong Kong is more complex
and politically relevant than we may think, both nationally and
internationally.
In the elections held on last September in
the...
Deeper meanings of the Hong Kong protests: Is China a gamechanger or yet another winner?
Does our history only appear overheated, while
it is essentially calmly predetermined? Is it directional or conceivable,
dialectic and eclectic or cyclical, and therefore cynical? Surely,...