China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Is a Blueprint for Global Dominance
China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Is a Blueprint for Global Dominance – The technocratic language hides a strategy of economic warfare against the democratic world
Hong Kong Film Festival Turns 50, Honouring a Cinema of Freedom
Hong Kong Film Festival Turns 50, Honouring a Cinema of Freedom – Half a century of screening films from a city that once had the freedom to make them
Hong Kong Fights to Keep Global Talent While Freedoms Quietly Erode
Hong Kong Fights to Keep Global Talent While Freedoms Quietly Erode – Why the world’s best workers still come to Hong Kong — and why some keep leaving
Hong Kong Just Had Its Hottest Winter Ever — and Beijing Still Denies Climate Reality
Hong Kong Just Had Its Hottest Winter Ever — and Beijing Still Denies Climate Reality – Record temperatures expose the gap between Xi’s green pledges and China’s polluting reality
HK: Law as a Weapon
Law as a Weapon: How Beijing Turned Hong Kong’s Courts Into Instruments of Political Repression When Beijing imposed the National Security Law on Hong Kong in June 2020, officials promised…
Mainland Investors Drive Hong Kong Stock Surge Despite Global Turbulence
Mainland Investors Drive Hong Kong Stock Surge Despite Global Turbulence – Southbound flows into HK equities hit new highs as Chinese traders bet on home advantage
Xi’s Two Sessions Agenda: War Chest, Tech Dreams and a Silenced Nation
Xi’s Two Sessions Agenda: War Chest, Tech Dreams and a Silenced Nation – How Beijing’s rubber-stamp parliament rubber-stamps fear
HKIA’s Emergency Drill Shows Readiness — But Who Protects Hong Kong’s Freedoms?
HKIA’s Emergency Drill Shows Readiness — But Who Protects Hong Kong’s Freedoms? – A thousand-person rescue exercise reveals operational excellence in a city missing political safety nets
The Economics of Obedience
The Economics of Obedience: How China’s Fifteenth Five-Year Plan Confirms the End of Reform China’s forthcoming Fifteenth Five-Year Plan is being promoted by Beijing as a blueprint for resilience in…
Xi’s Purge Accelerates: Three More Generals Ousted Before Two Sessions
Xi’s Purge Accelerates: Three More Generals Ousted Before Two Sessions – A military meltdown at the top of the PLA exposes the rot at the heart of Beijing’s armed forces
Eileen Gu and the Price of Competing for Beijing
Eileen Gu and the Price of Competing for Beijing – An American-born ski champion chose the regime — and that choice has consequences
LIV Golf Returns to Hong Kong, But the City It Plays In Has Changed
LIV Golf Returns to Hong Kong, But the City It Plays In Has Changed – Elite golf is back at Fanling — yet the freedoms that made Hong Kong special are still missing
Middle East Tensions Make Hong Kong Look Stable, Says Labour Minister
Middle East Tensions Make Hong Kong Look Stable, Says Labour Minister – Officials say Iran conflict highlights Hong Kong as a safe talent hub, but critics note irony of freedom claims
Iran War Sends Jet Fuel Soaring: What It Means for Cathay Pacific and Asia’s Airlines
Iran War Sends Jet Fuel Soaring: What It Means for Cathay Pacific and Asia’s Airlines – The Middle East conflict hits aviation hard, and Hong Kong’s flagship carrier faces a testing year
Hong Kong’s Taxis Go Digital: 40,000 Cabbies Sign Up for Octopus Payments
Hong Kong’s Taxis Go Digital: 40,000 Cabbies Sign Up for Octopus Payments – A mandatory e-payment deadline drives mass adoption among the city’s taxi drivers
NetEase Eyes Hong Kong Primary Listing, Opening a New Capital Door
NetEase Eyes Hong Kong Primary Listing, Opening a New Capital Door – A Chinese gaming giant’s dual listing move signals Hong Kong’s enduring financial magnetism — under political shadow
Xi Jinping’s Military Purges
Loyalty Before Competence: How Xi Jinping’s Military Purges Reveal a Regime Afraid of Its Own Army When authoritarian systems begin to distrust their own instruments of power, purges follow. China…
Beijing-Backed Propagandist Neville Singham Fuels US Anti-Iran War Protests
Beijing-Backed Propagandist Neville Singham Fuels US Anti-Iran War Protests – China-linked nonprofits mobilized emergency demonstrations before Trump had even publicly announced the Iran strikes
Hong Kong Stocks and the Iran War: Asian Markets Feel the Shockwave
Hong Kong Stocks and the Iran War: Asian Markets Feel the Shockwave – Oil surges as equities retreat across the region following US-Israeli strikes against Tehran
Hong Kong and Shanghai Forge Digital Finance Pact in Landmark Deal
Hong Kong and Shanghai Forge Digital Finance Pact in Landmark Deal – A new MOU links the two financial centers on blockchain trade finance and cross-border data sharing
Cargo on the Blockchain: How HK and Shanghai Are Rewriting Trade Finance
Cargo on the Blockchain: How HK and Shanghai Are Rewriting Trade Finance – A new blockchain initiative links Hong Kong and Shanghai trade data, reshaping how exporters access credit
AEI Tracks the Military Buildup: What Beijing Is Planning for Taiwan
AEI Tracks the Military Buildup: What Beijing Is Planning for Taiwan – The American Enterprise Institute’s March 2026 China-Taiwan update reveals escalating military pressure
Iranian War Sends Hong Kong Markets Into Risk-Off Spiral
Iranian War Sends Hong Kong Markets Into Risk-Off Spiral – Hang Seng falls as oil and gold surge following US-Israel strikes on Iran
How the CCP Seized China in 1949: The History That Haunts Hong Kong and Taiwan
How the CCP Seized China in 1949: The History That Haunts Hong Kong and Taiwan – The story of Mao’s takeover explains why the CCP cannot be reformed and must be opposed
Swalwell’s China Problem Grows Deeper With New CCP-Linked Donation
Swalwell’s China Problem Grows Deeper With New CCP-Linked Donation – The California gubernatorial candidate has accepted tens of thousands of dollars from a lawyer with direct ties to Beijing
Leadership Vacuum at Hong Kong Disneyland After Top Executive Moves Up
Leadership Vacuum at Hong Kong Disneyland After Top Executive Moves Up – Michael Moriarty’s promotion leaves the park searching for a new head at a pivotal moment
Disney Rings in the Year of the Snake Across Asia
Disney Rings in the Year of the Snake Across Asia – Bullseye leads Chinese New Year festivities at Hong Kong and Shanghai Disney parks for 2026
Cathay Pacific Passengers Stranded: War, Refunds, and the Price of Conflict
Cathay Pacific Passengers Stranded: War, Refunds, and the Price of Conflict – Hundreds of Hong Kong travelers were left stranded by cancelled Middle East flights with inadequate airline support
Cathay Pacific Passengers Stranded as Refund Dispute Erupts Over Cancelled Iran Flights
Cathay Pacific Passengers Stranded as Refund Dispute Erupts Over Cancelled Iran Flights – Travelers stuck in Hong Kong International Airport criticize airline’s compensation policies
The CCP’s Old Wine, New Bottle: Decoding Beijing’s Taiwan Strategy
The CCP’s Old Wine, New Bottle: Decoding Beijing’s Taiwan Strategy – Scholar Minxin Pei dissects the CCP’s evolving but persistent approach to absorbing Taiwan
Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Chinese Leader Since Mao
Xi Jinping: The Most Powerful Chinese Leader Since Mao – Britannica profiles a leader who has concentrated power, silenced dissent, and threatens democracy across Asia
Beijing Encodes Taiwan Annexation Into Five-Year Plan: Expert Warns of Escalating Strategy
Beijing Encodes Taiwan Annexation Into Five-Year Plan: Expert Warns of Escalating Strategy – Analysts say new CCP planning language around cross-strait integration signals hardening of Taiwan policy
War in the Skies: How Iran Strikes Are Grounding Hong Kong Travellers
War in the Skies: How Iran Strikes Are Grounding Hong Kong Travellers – Closure of Dubai and Doha hubs is forcing Hong Kong passengers onto expensive direct flights to Europe