“Two-thousand and eighty-five votes in favor, zero against, and one abstention. [The bill is] passed!” On March 11, 2021, nearly 3,000 Chinese lawmakers passed the…
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The recent Myanmar Coup is hardly unprecedented. Myanmar was governed by a military dictatorship from 1962 to 2011, leaving the country under the iron fist…
It’s all about the new. Increasingly, the people of the United States want the latest technology; every time tech giants like Apple and Samsung release…
(This piece is inspired by a podcast episode produced by UPenn Center for the Study of Contemporary China, where Prof. Johannes Chan from HKU Faculty…
The general manager of the Houston Rockets basketball team, Daryl Morey, triggered a firestorm in China when he tweeted: “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong…
The civil unrest that burst on June 9, when over one million people took to the streets, has been scourging Hong Kong for four months,…
Joyce and Marcus sit down with Alex Chow, Berkeley graduate student and famous leader of the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement in 2014, to talk about…
Hong Kong’s peculiar yet privileged position as China’s only liberal spot is coming to an end much faster than anyone has anticipated. Although the Heritage…
September of 2014 saw Hong Kong’s gleaming central business district, one of the most important financial hubs in the world, turn into a virtual conflict…
A giant locust sits perched upon a mountain, the Hong Kong cityscape in the distance. Next to it, bold black lettering asks, “Are you willing…
China has long struggled to contain separatist movements around its periphery. Until now, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) focus has been on deterring activists and…
Fires, tension, warning shots fired into the night: the 2016 “fishball riot” is the latest in a long line of destructive clashes between democratic activists…