Farewell, my doppelgangerWhen I left Hong Kong, my dear friends presented me with a cardboard cut-out doppelganger. I felt ambivalent about this gift because I knew…Jun 24, 2022Jun 24, 2022
Hong Kong journalist Ronson Chan: planting a flag for persistenceI was recently invited to take part in a panel discussion on press freedom in Hong Kong and was asked to specifically address the situation…Jul 21, 2021Jul 21, 2021
The unnatural death of Apple Daily and the future of independent journalism in Hong KongThis is a longer version of an article — with additional quotes — that I wrote for www.theconversation.com/uk and which you can read here.Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Don’t mourn for Hong Kong’s Press Freedom, Defend itThis is an extended version of a piece I wrote for The Conversation UK, which you can see here…Aug 18, 2020Aug 18, 2020
June 4th 2020 — Remembering as ResistingWhen memory has become a crime, then every act of remembrance is an act of resistance.Jun 3, 2020Jun 3, 2020
From January 2014: Hong Kong’s Free Press In Danger As China Tightens Grip On MediaThis was originally published in Huffington Post on 22 January 2014. I’m reposting a cached copy here because the page doesn’t seem to…Jun 15, 2019Jun 15, 2019
I Want to Watch TV! How the Government Killed Local Television and the Hong Kong DreamToday, Hong Kong Television Network, known as HKTV announced it would withdraw its second bid for a free-to-air television licence and…Mar 27, 2018Mar 27, 2018
Macau’s democrats can’t bet on democracy as an election issueTwo days before Macau’s legislative assembly election, on the last day campaigning was permitted, I travelled to Macau and talked to the…Sep 20, 2017Sep 20, 2017