THIS ESSAY CONSIDERS the topic of mouthpieces in "the global west".
First, definitions.
What is a mouthpiece? Where the Mainstream Western Media (MWM) is a primary source of our understanding of life on Earth, it is not difficult to find an answer to this question. Although slanted, it will be a clear answer. You can…
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THERE IS AN ACUTE shortage of High Court judges in Hong Kong.
The recent recruitment exercise yielded only four appointments, leaving still a number of vacancies unfilled. Can it be that the problem is largely internal? Self-afflicted?
What if the culture within the judiciary were to change, and judges learn to act in a focussed…
HONG KONG'S TOURISM development has been accelerating with a rising number of Mainland visitors' arrivals in recent months.
In the annual sessions of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held in Beijing, Hong Kong delegates called for the Central Government to further expand the Individual Travel Scheme to…
CHINA WILL FOCUS on developing independent science and technology resources. This will provide “new productive forces”, leader Xi Jinping said at the Two Sessions, the country’s annual parliamentary meetings.
The plan to upgrade the economy with Chinese homegrown technology emerged as a key theme at the series of gatherings which end today [Monday 11 March…
Hong Kong ‘can host global BRI sports event’
City’s delegates are sharing ideas for the future at NPC in Beijing
HONG KONG CAN USE its stadiums to host a global sports event for Belt and Road nations, philanthropist Herman Hu Shao-ming said this week.
And “brain health” should be a major focus for China from…
SOME COMMENTATORS are saying that China's annual parliamentary meeting is undramatic this year. This is because they haven't seen announcements about injections of public money that some economists were hoping for. And growth targets were set modestly, at “around 5%” for GDP growth and 3% for the annual budget deficit.
The BBC’s sour correspondent dismissed…
BIG EARNERS WILL PAY more tax, Hong Kong's finance chief said in his latest budget. But the rate will still be far lower than rich people pay in other jurisdictions.
In the budget announced last Wednesday, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has come up with a fiscal consolidation program to slash the deficit in the…
IN 1897, WHEN THE New York Journal told Mark Twain, the humorist, of the rumor he was dying in poverty in London, he was amused. He replied, “The report of my death was an exaggeration,” hoping to nip the story in the bud.
The same can also be said of anybody who predicts Hong…
HONG KONG PEOPLE raced to search for “stamp duty” on Google within minutes of Wednesday’s government pledge to make home-buyer easier and cheaper.
But at the exact same time, people selling their apartments raced to raise their prices.
Ultimately, the changes brought a lot of energy back into the housing market—expect some hard bargaining to…
“Parents who deeply love their children are always visionary. ”
(“父母之愛子,則為之計深遠。”)
-quoted from a Chinese classic“Annals of the Warring States”(《戰國策》)
THE HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION SYSTEM, which has been in place in China for thousands of years, still has a profound impact on the lives of Chinese people, and to some extent determines their fate.
Because…