Democracies’ Own Freedoms at Risk
Sophie Richardson argues that democracies’ failure to respond to China’s assault on international human rights law constitutes a risk to their own freedoms.
0404, 2024
2703, 2024
Beijing’s willing helpers bang the last nail into Hong Kong’s autonomy with new law
A new security law stokes fears and makes it possible to class criticism and questioning of government policy as subversive, writes Stephen Vines.
2603, 2024
The Fall of Hong Kong: How China-US Rivalry Ended A Geopolitical Neutral Zone
Brian Fong asks whether Hong Kong can outlive the China-U.S. great power competition.
1903, 2024
Two Generations of Hong Kong Democratic Movement
Au Loong-yu reflects on how the tragedy of past Chinese revolutions could be avoided.
1403, 2024
Resisting Censorship: Digital Activism, Platform Algorithms, and Gendered Imagination
Chinese online activists are demonstrating increasingly innovative and sophisticated strategies to fight against official censorship, writes Chi Zhang and Ming Zhang.
1203, 2024
China’s NPC lacks effective solution for economic woes
George Magnus writes that the NCP’s mild stress on economic growth offers little indication that China will move away from “lingering risks and hidden dangers”.
2002, 2024
China’s Perception of Existential Risk
John Gittings examines to what extent Chinese policy in three fields, nuclear, climate change, and pandemics, includes an awareness and assessment of existential risk.
0911, 2023
UK China Policy Under Labour: More Continuity than Change?
Gray Sergeant says the Labour Party’s broadly similar China strategy to the Conservatives might not be good for electioneering but the continuity will provide some comfort to Britain’s allies.
0310, 2023
Is Hong Kong still Hong Kong?
Veteran journalist Vaudine England reflects on whether the city can survive the current clampdown on basic freedoms.
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.