Is Hong Kong still Hong Kong?
Veteran journalist Vaudine England reflects on whether the city can survive the current clampdown on basic freedoms,
0310, 2023
0509, 2023
Artwork or Propaganda? Core Chinese Socialist Values in London
Chi Zhang argues that Yique’s Chinese socialist slogans graffiti that appeared in Brick Lane was artwork rather than propaganda.
0808, 2023
Going Viral: the Changing Images of Health and Hygiene in Chinese Propaganda
Avital Avina explores the use of propaganda imagery to combat disease and promote hygiene in China.
2706, 2023
Hong Kong’s National Security Regime Threatens Its Status as a Financial Hub
Dennis Kwok writes that Hong Kong’s status as an international financial hub is teetering on the edge of a precipice due to Xi Jinping’s national security agenda.
2206, 2023
Tianxia under Xi Jinping: Is China a revisionist or reformist power of the Liberal International Order?
Olivia Cheung writes that Xi’s vision of tianxia suggests that it is unrivalled Chinese power and universal acceptance of Chinese influence that sustain world peace and prosperity.
0806, 2023
The history of China’s Financial Regulatory Reform after 1978
Chuang Men comments that China’s financial regulatory reform of 2023 is not novel compared to previous reforms.
1512, 2022
China’s zero-Covid strategy: causes for public protests
Daouda Cissé explores China’s zero-Covid strategy, its causes for recent public protests in major Chinese cities and its consequences for the world economy.
1312, 2022
Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid U-turn shows how much he fears his own people
Steve Tsang comments that Xi Jinping’s de facto U-turn on the zero-Covid policy and the management of the funeral for former leader Jiang Zemin reveal that he still feels insecure.
0712, 2022
Long Live the People: A Contested Slogan
The recent protests in China have seen demonstrators call out “Long Live the People”. But the slogan is a contested one: it is also claimed by the CCP where it means something different, and is now associated personally with Xi Jinping, writes John Gittings.
0712, 2022
Who is Jimmy Lai? The Hong Kong newspaper owner’s show trial
Eric Yan-ho Lai comments that the upcoming trial of publisher Jimmy Lai is seen as a symbol of the erosion of freedom of speech in Hong Kong.