A new mindset seems to be emerging from Beijing and it has increased anxiety levels in Hong Kong, but it is too early to write off the resilience of the Hong Kongese, writes Kerry Brown Twenty years after the handover from British to Chinese sovereignty there seems nothing but perpetual gloom in the Hong Kong. […]
Hong Kong twenty years on: reasons to be cheerful Read More 禄
China’s treatment of its Nobel Peace Prize laureate, writer, literary critic, and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, raises difficult and penetrating questions, writes Kerry Brown The loss of Liu Xiaobo is a tragedy. For him, a personal tragedy but there are far wider ramifications. The final decade of his life was spent in jail. The
Demise of Liu Xiaobo: a case of lose-lose for China Read More 禄
Hong Kong鈥檚 embattled leader CY Leung, who has announced he won鈥檛 be seeking a second term as chief executive, could not have foreseen how muscular and categorical the leadership from Beijing would be, writes Kerry Brown. CY Leung, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), was always a slightly unusual occupant of the
The end of CY Leung Read More 禄
Hong Kong voters send a strong message to Beijing by electing pro-democracy candidates The elections for the Hong Kong Legislative Council, the Special Administrative Region鈥檚 parliament, held over the first weekend of September, confirm some trends that had already been noted, and pose some sharp questions for the city government, but, most importantly, for Beijing.
Hong Kong election shows a city divided and uneasy Read More 禄
KERRY BROWN analyses the results of last weekend鈥檚 local elections and finds no clear pointer to the outcome of next year鈥檚 main legislative elections. Hong Kong鈥檚 district council elections, which were held on Sunday, 22 November, would usually be marked down as a local affair. But because of the Umbrella movement protests during the end
Hong Kong鈥檚 local election results offer something for everyone Read More 禄
The proposed arrangements for electing Hong Kong鈥檚 leader in 2017 have drawn protests from pro-democracy parties and activists鈥攂ut KERRY BROWN sees some possible consolations for the democrats. In 2009, I was working on a project analysing in what ways foreign support was helping the cause of democracy in Greater China. After a trek through the
Hong Kong鈥檚 unenviable choice Read More 禄
