When starting a book, it's always important to see if your book has already been written. City on Fire: The Fight For Hong Kong by Antony Dapiran (Scribe, 2020, ISBN 9781950354276) is probably the best textual book in English for a chronological perspective of the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, especially if you are looking for the perspective...

Exclusive: US consultancy Mintz's executives leave Hong Kong after China raid

Once upon a time, incidents in China stayed in China and Hong Kong was unaffected. No one with any sense trusts that is...

Overseas Skype callers lose access to China.

Microsoft said changes made by “local telecom operators” in China have blocked calls into the country on Skype, the tech giant’s internet communications service.

These...

China, "the great peacemaker", came to Ukraine and apparently peace is not at hand.

Li said China would help Ukraine “within its own ability.” The readout did not say how Zelenskiy replied and the...

With North Carolina just overriding the Governor's veto, more state restrictions on abortion rights are sweeping the US. Despite the pious rationalisations, the facts are that abortion restrictions kill. But the anti-abortion movement is...

I wasn't joking when I said satire was problematic for Xi's government. A stand-up comedian's joke resulted in a $2 million fine from the government.

I wish this was unbelievable.

In what is becoming a disturbing trend, another teen has been arrested for lese majeste.

The alleged offence took place when the girl, who is now 16, was 14 years and one month old, making her the youngest person ever...

I should have walked away from and stayed away, but I was hopeful and weak

The centre-left progressive Move Forward wins the Thai parliamentary elections. Head of the party was educated at Harvard and MIT.

Parties backing the military-aligned government were humiliated. The newly formed United Thai Nation party of...

Books by satirical cartoonist Zunzi disappear from Hong Kong public libraries after paper axes comic

Ming Pao reported on Friday that they had received screenshots from a...