6 October 2024

New China has much to celebrate on its 75th birthday

The People’s Republic of China has much to be proud of on its 75th birthday. Within a relatively short span of 75 years, China has made stunning progress in multiple areas of human development, and its achievement deserves to be globally recognised.

1 April 2024

Australia's Hong Kong travel advisory disregards its own national security legislation

On March 19, the Hong Kong legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance and reached a historic milestone in the implementation of one country, two systems. Legislation to implement Article 23, which requires Hong Kong to legislate on its own to prohibit seven national security offences, has been outstanding since 1997, and the inadequacy of the citys defence mechanism has been a drag on its development.

3 March 2024

Public has no cause to fear national security legislation

The relaunch of legislation to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law to prohibit national security offences, after a pause of more than 21 years, has sparked remarkably few controversies in the local community in Hong Kong. In the light of the political upheaval in 2019, and evidence of dangerous activities emerging from cases currently on trial, the general public appears to have accepted the need for legislation to safeguard national security.

1 August 2023

APECs future hangs in the balance over John Lee snub

On July 28, The Washington Post reported that, bowing to pressure from China hawks in Congress, US President Joe Biden will bar Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu from attending the annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which the US will host in San Francisco in November.