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Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Conviction: She Did Not Go to Jail for Lighting a Candle
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Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Conviction: She Did Not Go to Jail for Lighting a Candle I do not celebrate anyone going to prison. Chow Hang-tung…
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While JPMorgan and Goldman Lose Ground in Hong Kong, HSBC Just Got the Lift It Needed
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As most of you already know, I grew up in Adams, Massachusetts. A mill town in the northern Berkshires, tucked under Mount Greylock, built on…
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What Nobody Tells You About the People Who Killed Democracy in Hong Kong
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I’ve been circling these questions for a while now. I’ve written about life in Hong Kong as a lawyer who can read the Basic Law…
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HKFP the Protest Cash Cow Is Dead. Now the Real Questions Begin.
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Hong Kong Free Press just published its 2025 Transparency Report. The headline: a record HK$1.9 million deficit. Income down 54% from the 2020 peak. Staff…
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The People Who Left
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Now the other ones. The ones who left. Not the activists. Not the people who testified before Congress and got book deals and speaking fees…
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The People Who Stayed
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The People Who Stayed A city remembers who was here. On July 14, 2026, the United States quietly let expire a declaration that Hong Kong,…
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Nobody Asks Singapore About Democracy
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I have been writing about Hong Kong for a while now. About democracy, about the Basic Law, about what it means to live in a…
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The London Pipeline Is Dead. Hong Kong Built Something Better.
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The old London-to-Hong-Kong legal pipeline is fading. In its place: a faster, bilingual, China-facing market built around HKEX, the Greater Bay Area, and firms that…
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I’m Told You Can’t Discuss Democracy Publicly in Hong Kong. Here Goes.
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I’M TOLD YOU CAN’T DISCUSS DEMOCRACY PUBLICLY IN HONG KONG. My wife does not appear in this one. She prefers to stay out of things…