Hong Kong

  • Mar 11
  • 7 min read

New legislation will worsen Hong Kong repression

A new security law has been published, and, when enacted, will further curtail civil liberties

Hong Kong
  • Sep 1, 2023
  • 7 min read

China will shape Hong Kong’s economic trajectory

Political developments and tightened relations with the mainland have implications for Hong Kong’s economy

Hong Kong
  • Jul 17, 2023
  • 6 min read

Hong Kong acts to degrade democracy further

Electoral rules are being changed in a bid to eliminate political opposition and ‘national security threats’

Hong Kong
  • Jul 13, 2022
  • 6 min read

China's handling of Hong Kong will stabilise for now

President Xi Jinping has visited Hong Kong for the first time in five years

Hong Kong
  • Apr 22, 2022
  • 7 min read

Hong Kong's unelected leader still needs elite support

Hong Kong will elect a new chief executive next month in an election featuring just one candidate, John Lee

Hong Kong
  • Mar 16, 2022
  • 7 min read

Omicron makes Hong Kong's 'COVID-zero' unworkable

Hong Kong's first serious outbreak of COVID-19 has rapidly become one of the world's most severe

Hong Kong
  • Jan 7, 2022
  • 6 min read

Opposition loses place in Hong Kong politics

China-friendly lawmakers now occupy nearly all the seats in the legislature as a result of new election rules

Hong Kong
  • Oct 15, 2021
  • 7 min read

Thai, Myanmar unrest fuel Asia’s first online alliance

For the first time, pro-democracy activists in different Asian countries are joining a loose cross-border movement

Asia
  • Aug 3, 2021
  • 7 min read

Hong Kong media will become more constrained

The government is using various means to suppress and punish speech it considers hostile

Hong Kong