The World’s International Center: Hong Kong as Its Contender
Picture this: Back before 2018, I'd have laughed off any talk of Hong Kong rivaling the big dogs like London, New York,...
China-US Trade War: It’s Tempory Ceasefire, Not Real Peace Deal
Don’t be fooled by the latest handshakes and joint statements. The much-hyped meeting between the Chinese and US presid...
Bomb Thugs' Twisted Minds: A Clear Danger to Society
Don't brush off the real threat from these bomb-planting thugs just because their plots fizzled out. Recent court convi...
China Outfoxes US in Trade War Truce
The China-US summit in South Korea wrapped up with a deal to slash tariffs on both sides, but let's cut through the spi...
Guess Who Blinks First: How China's Rare Earth Gambit Forced Washington to Cave
China played hardball, and it worked. After months of escalation, Beijing's readiness to go toe-to-toe with Washington ...
It's the Democratic System, Stupid
Watch your words before calling someone stupid—odds are you’re lining yourself up as the real fool. Still, I’m making a...
No “Neutral” Position for People of Hong Kong
You can tell yourself stories all day about Hong Kong staying “neutral” in the brawl between China and America. Wishful...
The Bomb vs Pants Debate
Sixty-one years ago, on October 16, 1964, China detonated its first atomic bomb at Lop Nur in Xinjiang. The shockwave r...
Nobel Peace Prize: From Global Honor to Political Games
Trump's obsession with winning the Nobel Peace Prize had reached pathological levels. At 5 p.m on October 10, the Norwe...
What happens to a “MAGA” President’s Credibility?
The saying “a promise is worth a thousand pieces of gold” comes from the story of Ji Bu in the Records of the Grand His...
Trump’s Dilemma: Saving American Soybeans vs. Rallying Hong Kong’s Opposition
Cui Jianchun, Commissioner of the MFA Office in Hong Kong, called in the US Consul General in Hong Kong on September 30...
TikTok Saga: How China Outplayed Trump and Won the Long Game
In the high-stakes game of global politics, nothing is free. You give to get, and the same ironclad rule applies to US-...
US Consul in Hong Kong Is Undermining Trump’s Big China Play
The One Diplomat Rocking the Boat You wouldn’t think a foreign diplomat would directly undermine their own president’s ...
Taiwan’s Barrier Lake Disaster: A Man-Made Tragedy of Incompetence
The catastrophic collapse of the barrier lake in Hualien, Taiwan, was a disaster. On the surface, it looked like a natu...
Far Right Rising in the UK: What It Means for Hong Kong BNO Holders
British politics is taking a hard turn, and it spells trouble for Hong Kong people who’ve moved to the UK. On September...
Irony on Campus: A Pro-Gun MAGA Star Shot Dead
Politics has always been a brutal arena, from ancient times to today. On September 10, Utah Valley University became th...
Jimmy Lai’s Fortune
A person’s luck or misfortune is always a matter of perspective—without something to measure against, there’s no sense ...
Why an Iraqi Journalist Cried at Beijing’s Parade — And What It Says About China
“People are blessed and don’t know it” sounds like a cliché, but truly grasping it is anything but easy. China’s Victor...
China’s Superweapons Unveiled: Peace Through Strength
“A strong military is the foundation of national security” – that is an unassailable truth. On the morning of September...
Hong Kong Staying Alert: Bomb Cases in Court Reveal Terrorist Threat
Government's New Framework Most people are insensitive to terrorist threat, and often do not realise the danger is so c...
