ESSAYS/NEWS
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Top 10 Things Western Media Hasn’t Told You About Hong Kong
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If you get your news about Hong Kong from Western media, you are not getting the full story. You are getting a story. One that…
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Joshua Wong Should Not Go to Jail for Conspiracy
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Joshua Wong Should Not Go to Jail for Conspiracy, He Should Go to Jail for Denying Me the Right to Vote. Or: Twenty-Five Years, Not…
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Ten Reasons I’m Bullish on Hong Kong (And One Reason Ruth Thinks I’m Stating the Obvious)
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I was standing on the Mid-Levels escalator, which is where half the ideas for this site come from, riding up from Central, reading the IMD…
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The Bookstores, the Books, and the Boring Truth
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I saw an AP article recently. Kanis Leung, “Hong Kong’s independent bookstores, a refuge for Chinese readers, are under threat.” Published August 29, 2026. The…
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The Barrister Who Swore an Oath and Then Demanded the State Be Overthrown
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Where Was Universal Suffrage in Her Defense? On August 21, 2026, a panel of three judges at Hong Kong’s Court of First Instance convicted Chow…
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The Education Gap
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How Hong Kong Will Train You for Free While America Asks You to Go Into Debt. The Educational Gap. I graduated from law school in…
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The Western Narrative v. The People of Hong Kong
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Closing Argument I have written about Hong Kong before. I wrote an article explaining that I am a lawyer living in Hong Kong who can…
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Five Years Ago, They Said Hong Kong Was Finished
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In 2022, a friend in New York sent me a link to an article. I don’t remember the publication. I remember the tone. It was…
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Happy Birthday, Meme Queen: Regina Ip Was Right About Article 23 and Outlasted Everyone
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Happy Birthday, Meme Queen: Regina Ip Was Right About Article 23 and Outlasted Everyone I have never actually met Regina Ip. This is not for…