China One country, two identities: The divergence of national identities in Hong Kong February 5, 2020 0 Image credit: Umbrella Revolution by Studio Incendo/Flickr; licence CC BY 2.0. Written by Shui-yin Sharon Yam. Ever since Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of Hong…
China One Country, Three Systems and the Limits on Freedom in Today’s PRC November 10, 2017 0 Written by Jeffrey Wasserstrom. When journalists interviewed me during the lead-up to the Chinese Communist Party’s 19th Congress, some grew frustrated by my unwillingness to make…
China Policing in Hong Kong Post 1997 July 21, 2017 0 Written by Kam C. Wong. To date, most Hong Kong Police (HKP) Officers feel that a once well-ordered society is fast eclipsing, post 1997, as…
Hong Kong Celebrating the Anniversary: Political Frustration and Impasse in Hong Kong July 1, 2017 1 Written by Priscilla Roberts. On the twentieth anniversary of the Hong Kong handover to China, one cannot but feel some sneaking sympathy for mainland leaders. They…
Politics Singing the Umbrella Movement: Pop, Politics, and Protest June 29, 2017 0 Written by Ivy Man. The Umbrella Movement, also known as the Umbrella Revolution, was a 79-day pro-democracy street occupation protest in Hong Kong. In the…
News Small acts of journalism: Professionalism and Integrity in CCTV’s English-language news May 3, 2017 0 Written by Vivien Marsh. How much space is there for credible, authoritative reporting at the English-language news channel of China's state television network, CCTV? Here…
Hong Kong The Umbrella Movement and Hong Kong’s Legco Election September 12, 2016 0 Written by Ho Ming-sho. A couple of weeks before the second anniversary of the 2014 Umbrella Movement, the massive 11-week street occupation demanding genuine suffrage…
China Mao, Zhao and some “what ifs?” September 7, 2016 0 Written by Jeffrey Wasserstrom. I am always interested in counterfactual and other sorts of “what if” forays into speculation. I have often played the “what would…
China Linguistic Challenges to China’s Centralizing Control June 16, 2015 0 Written by Susan D. Blum. Challenges to authoritarian states’ control of language can be so complex that they exceed the states’ ability to manage them…
Hong Kong Exhibiting Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement: An end or a beginning? June 4, 2015 0 Written by Denise Y. Ho. May 17th in Hong Kong marked the opening of a two-week 'Umbrella Festival', named after the Umbrella Movement, a pro-democracy sit-in…
