ESSAYS/NEWS
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The Hong Kong Government Answers My Email. Then It Tests My Pipes.
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The Hong Kong government answers my emails. It also answered my downstairs neighbor’s leak complaint, and arrived at our bathroom with fluorescent dye.
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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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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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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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A Hong Kong Expat’s Guide to Finding Freedom in Singapore
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I bought a pack of chewing gum at the 7-Eleven in Mei Foo on Saturday night, and nobody asked to see a doctor’s note. This…
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Joshua Wong Didn’t Just Cost Hong Kong a Vote. He Cost Obama His China Legacy.
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Twelve years ago this weekend, a seventeen-year-old in glasses climbed the fence around Civic Square outside the government headquarters in Admiralty. Joshua Wong was dragged…
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Hong Kong Needs a Warrant to Search Your Phone. The US Doesn’t.
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The alert showed up on my phone the way these things always do in Hong Kong, forwarded into three different group chats within an hour,…
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Trump Banned Three Newsrooms. The Real Scandal Is What Took So Long.
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Last Friday, Trump announced on Truth Social that he was “proud” to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House grounds, calling their…
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Free for Five Days: The Wound That Never Closed: Taiwan, China, and the End of Strategic Ambiguity
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The Wound That Never Closed is free on Amazon for five days, beginning the afternoon of September 23.