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The Asian American Journalists Association organized a roundtable at the Foreign Correspondents Club tonight on self-censorship in Hong Kong, an issue which is prescient in light of the recent Chief Executive election, national education protests,... read more »
We’re fortunate in Hong Kong to be largely out-of-reach of the more Communist element of the People’s Republic. While going to work in Beijing meant passing guards dressed in green military garb, the PLA is almost totally invisible... read more »
The venerable Hong Kong English daily South China Morning Post has found itself at the center of a storm over the past few days after an email exchange between Mainland-born editor Wang Xiangwei and senior sub-editor Alex Price was made public. Asia... read more »
It’s been very interesting watching the Hong Kong Chief Executive “election” unfold this year, the first one I’ve witnessed as a Hong Kong resident. Hong Kong has long been a bastion of free market capitalism, with its... read more »
I’ve taken great interest in a couple of stories recently which are exposing well-formed – but for many, unseen – cracks between the Mainland and Hong Kong. The first one is this: luxury retailer Dolce & Gabbana found... read more »
Reuters is reporting today that President Barack Obama will appoint Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as his next Ambassador to China, replacing the outgoing (and possible Presidential candidate) John Huntsman. I think the choice will generally... read more »
Szeto Wah at his last June 4 vigil in Hong Kong in 2010. I’d seen the name Szeto Wah in SCMP news reports during my time in the mainland, but never paid too much attention to domestic Hong Kong politics at the time. It wasn’t until... read more »
I feel like I should re-introduce myself, it’s been so long. This is Zhongnanhai, a blog that was started in 2007 in Shanghai, just after I was among several people laid off from Jongo, a fledgling internet startup (which is still running,... read more »
It’s been a fascinating experience, immersing myself in Hong Kong life. Prior to arriving on the shores of the SAR in 2008, I had spent four years in the mainland, three of them in the dusty capital. Sure, I learned a lot about hot... read more »
It’s 1:26pm and I’m heading back from a weekend in Guangzhou, having celebrated the great Motherland’s birthday from inside the actual Motherland, rather than from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. And for obvious... read more »