THE POLITICAL REFORM DEBATE: New Voices, Old Dilemmas

Two questions from listeners revealed the current state of drift that has overtaken Hong Kong’s movement for political reform.  The questions came from local members of the audience at a recent Hong Kong University seminar organized to take stock at the start of a new political year that will be even more filled with the …

PARTY LINE UPDATES: Old Faces, New Beginnings

All things considered, Hong Kong hardly seemed in need of any more political groups and parties, but it now has at least five that did not exist a year ago with more yet to be announced.   In the 1960s, a member of the British Parliament came to town with some well-meaning advice for the multiplicity …