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Citizens Radio: a cautionary tale from the Magistrates Court

An ultra-simple magistracy-level case in which the facts were not in dispute was blown up into a years-long string of high level hearings by the improper injection of headline-friendly concepts from the west. Below, top legal commentator Henry Litton looks back at a notorious lawsuit which illustrates how Hong Kong's legal sector has been…

December 10, 20230Comments ByHenry Litton

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Groundbreaking animation tells tale of extraordinary Chinese poet

Chinese filmmakers have created a dramatic animated movie in the Disney-Pixar style, with 3D characters in thrilling adventures. Yet at the same, "30,000 Miles From Chang'an" is also very different. It celebrates Chinese history, telling the story of China's most famous poet, and it is unapologetically educational: it has 48 classic Chinese poems scattered throughout…

November 23, 20230Comments ByEmily Zhou

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Gaza: Another bonfire of enlightenment values

The genocidal response that Israel is unleashing in Gaza (following the brutal Hamas attack on October 7) is not the first bonfire of Enlightenment values that the world has seen. And it will not be the last. But it is certainly one of the most horrific. And it will be indelibly remembered, worldwide, as the…

November 9, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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How the Chinese diaspora paved the way for BRI

The biggest international trading venture in world history is 10 years old. But there's an extraordinary tale behind the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI. And that's the story of the exceptional Chinese Diaspora experience, which laid the foundations for the infrastructure project's success. This Chinese macro-migration endeavor, individual by individual, long…

October 18, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Tensions raise grim reminders of Chinese Exclusion Act

As U.S. politicians call for laws against Chinese people buying property in the country, there are fears that the dark mentality behind the infamous Chinese Exclusion Act is still present, and may even be growing. Portia Chung reports. ISSUES INVOLVING PEOPLE with Asian roots are burning hot in the headlines in the United States right…

August 18, 20230Comments ByPortia Chung

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Hello, Computer: A brief history of artificial intelligence

Advances in artificial intelligence were initially seen as an uncomplicated boon to mankind. But almost every day now, positive reports about developments are interspersed with voices warning about impending AI-caused disaster as the technology damages the education system, replaces human journalists with bots, and threatens to put people out of work. How did we get…

August 9, 20230Comments ByOliver Tedja

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The untold truth about Taiwan’s real legal position

The daily Western presentation of Taiwan as a functionally independent nation on the verge of being “invaded” by China flies in the face of the actual facts, as specified by global agreements recognized and codified by people on both sides of the strait. China’s governing constitutional instruments specify that the mainland and Taiwan are one…

June 28, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Secret global empire: First whistleblower’s last interview

THE UNITED STATES is still running a covert global empire, said Daniel Ellsberg, known as the “father of whistleblowing”. And we are “on the edge of blowing up the world over Crimea or Taiwan or Bakhmut”, he warned. The U.S. has a long history of creating needless conflicts for its own advantage, and it is…

June 12, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Intriguing tale of China’s speedy pandemic recovery

No jurisdiction has managed a flawless COVID response, says Richard Cullen. But China, despite its imperfect COVID management experience, did better than any other major jurisdiction and, in fact, displayed many examples of early-best-practice unseen elsewhere. Exasperatingly, the West found, yet again, that it there is much it can learn from China - and then,…

May 8, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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Big funds now available for writers, artists and musicians

IMAGINE A PLACE where the world’s biggest Western-style art museum is right next door to the world’s biggest Chinese opera theatre. And imagine that in this town, the most Westernized of cultural events, like the Rugby Sevens and DJ competitions, run side by side with the most Easternized of counterparts, such as dragon-boat races and…

April 18, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Citizens Radio: a cautionary tale from the Magistrates Court

Groundbreaking animation tells tale of extraordinary Chinese poet

Gaza: Another bonfire of enlightenment values

How the Chinese diaspora paved the way for BRI

Tensions raise grim reminders of Chinese Exclusion Act

Hello, Computer: A brief history of artificial intelligence

The untold truth about Taiwan’s real legal position

Secret global empire: First whistleblower’s last interview

Intriguing tale of China’s speedy pandemic recovery

Big funds now available for writers, artists and musicians

Tyranny of ideology: words are too elastic in same-sex marriage legislation

Mmm! A wonderful coffee aroma from a small Yunnan village

Messages on Gaza vs Hong Kong show incredible hypocrisy