Tag Archives: Hong Kong
FCC Human Rights Press Awards Presented
Each year for the past 16 years the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong, along with the Hong Kong Journalist Association and Amnesty International have celebrated the best of Asian journalism. (I was lucky enough to be on that committee … Continue reading
Filed under Asia, International News Coverage
Thank Goodness for Hong Kong
The great Firewall of China is at work again. Sina Weibo (a Chinese government approved microblog site) deleted items by Sha Yexin, a well-known playwright because Sha praised the civil liberties the people of Hong Kong enjoy. Many thanks to the … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, China, International News Coverage
Hong Kong-Mainland Divide (UPDATE)
More on the issue of the difference between Hong Kong and Mainland China from Professor Kong Qingdong of Peking University, who traces his lineage back to Confucius. Seems the guy not only thinks Hong Kongers are “dogs” (as previously noted) but also … Continue reading
Filed under China, International News Coverage
Hong Kong-Mainland China Divide Remains (and why it is important to understand)
Even though Hong Kong reverted to China in 1997, that does not mean that Hong Kong is “just another large Chinese city.” I am still amazed after all these years that there is still a basic misunderstanding by people in … Continue reading
Filed under Asia, Connections, International News Coverage, Story Ideas
China’s intellectual gap with America
This has nothing to do with who is smarter but rather who is more willing to learn about the other. Great little piece in Caixin called The Closing of Chinese Minds. What makes it even more interesting is that Caixin is … Continue reading
