Beijing is gradually extinguishing press freedom in the financial center.
Police officers stand guard in the Causeway Bay area on the 36th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, June 4, 2025. Credit: Chan Long Hei via AP Images
In May this year, I found out how in today’s Hong Kong, comments from one’s past can be dug up and abruptly used against you.
People in Hong Kong march in protest of a proposed extradition bill, on June 16, 2019. Credit: Charly Monsoon via Flickr
For over ten years, I have taken part in a thrice-weekly Q and A on RTHK Radio, the city’s public service broadcaster, from my base in Washington, D.C. On a recent visit to Hong Kong, I noticed some young RTHK staffers whispering about the n
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Taiwan is almost entirely dependent on imported fossil fuels for its power supply — a critical weakness in the event of a Chinese blockade. But the very democratic forces on the island that China would be seeking to destroy through forced unification are also standing in the way of the obvious solution: aggressive investment in nuclear power and renewable energies.
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