China is set to launch the Hainan Free Trade Port in December 2025, billing it as a rival to Hong Kong. But five major challenges—in law, finance, taxation, openness, and governance—could limit its ambitions, comments Xiaoyang Zhang.
Hong Kong remains an art-market hub, yet its creative freedoms are being steadily curtailed. As “soft resistance” becomes a political label, artists face hard consequences—and a censorship culture increasingly aligned with the mainland.
A forthcoming book by Jeffrey Wasserstrom on activists in Thailand, Hong Kong and Burma explores common ground in the ‘Milk Tea Alliance’.
As Hong Kong Studies has emerged as a distinct genre of its own, a new project and publication seeks to reframe Hong Kong’s past using recently released archival sources.
The closure of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party and PORI signals that the “one country, two systems” experiment is entering a new era of uncertainty, says Chris Yeung.
What does the “appearance of China Hong Kong” mean? Chris Yeung comments that Hong Kong is no longer as it was.
Gina Anne Tam argues for the importance of using the gender lens when analysing Hong Kong’s history of pro-democracy movements.
Florence Mok examines the history of water supply and water crises in colonial Hong Kong.
Veteran journalist Chris Yeung reflects on the closure of think tanks amid a challenging environment in Hong Kong.
John Gittings writes about the Hong Kong experience of the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China.