Translated by S. Chan Last week, the Liaison Office issued a warning statement after I had suggested taking the ten steps to “mutually […]
Opinions
Basic Law is basically rubbish
Translated by: S. Chan On 4 April 1990, the Basic Law was promulgated. It is said that the Basic Law is the constitutional document of […]
Beyond Corona– France “The Relationship Between Public Health and the State”
On January the 16th of 2020, the conservative mayor of the speaker’s hometown in France is revealed to be cumulating a record four different positions […]
Beyond Corona: Germany “Corona and climate – dealing with crises”
Two crises that could not be more different and yet are closely linked. In the wake of the corona crisis, governments are adopting strict measures […]
Struggles Across Borders: The Expired Social Contract
The social contract, introduced by the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, describes the idea of an individual consenting to be ruled by the authority in exchange […]
We are Corona.
Life is getting quite hard for Asian (looking) people in western countries, not only because of the new coronavirus, but also the escalation of pre-existing […]
A Frail State
A Bloomberg article describes Hong Kong as a failed state, amidst the Wuhan Virus pandemic. According to Britannica, a failed state, “cannot project authority over […]
Does Germany still stand for its freedom?
What happened in CUHK and PolyU? Before the triumph of the Hong Kong district election on 24th November, the protest situation intensified since the beginning […]
Is Hong Kong decolonized?
(Published in Taipei Times) Hong Kong after Handover Hong Kong is a story narrated by different epic poets. They rarely come to agreement, yet each […]
Why is the cotton from Xinjiang so beloved?
30 th anniversary of Mauerfall A few days after the 30th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Angela Merkel gave a compelling speech […]