Essays/News
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Billy Jack Took Off His Boots
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My father showed me Billy Jack when I was seven. It took me years, and one remark from Ruth, to see what the boots scene…
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America Promised Hong Kongers Refuge. ICE Didn’t Get the Memo.
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The United States promised Hong Kongers refuge through Deferred Enforced Departure. Then ICE detained Ho Yin Mo at a Las Vegas airport. Here is what…
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The Pink Suitcase Nobody Looked At Twice
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Last week a little girl in my building rolled a pink suitcase out of the lift. She was six, maybe. The suitcase was nearly as…
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The Times Says He Was Arrested for Covering a Hong Kong Gathering. Read What the Police Actually Alleged.
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I read the New York Times over milk tea on Tuesday morning, which was my first mistake. “Hong Kong Journalist Arrested After Covering Gathering Linked…
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China Regulated the AI Girlfriend. The BBC Asked a Better Question Than Usual.
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The BBC’s long read on China’s new AI companion rules opens with a young man in Huangshi. In early 2024, the article says, he reportedly…
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DHL Express Hong Kong gets a new boss, but the harder question is what he walks into
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Julian Neo takes the helm from Andy Chiang as Hong Kong’s air cargo picture turns patchy, with European lanes cratering and automation bets still to…
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Taiwan Reunification at APEC 2026: Let Hong Kong Go First
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On September 9, a reporter from the People’s Daily asked the spokesman of Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office about an associate professor in Changhua. Li Ci-ze,…
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Hong Kong’s airport is becoming a relay station, and Washington is watching the relay
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Hong Kong’s exports just logged their second-best month on record, yet its airport shipped fewer export tonnes than a year ago. The growth is in…
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My AI Intern Built a Tool. He Would Like You to Know He Built It.
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I was fact-checking a passage from Narrative Immunity, the essay I published in December 2025 about how foreign coverage of Hong Kong gets built, when…