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Yuen Chan

Farewell, my doppelganger

When I left Hong Kong, my dear friends presented me with a cardboard cut-out doppelganger. I felt ambivalent about this gift because I knew…

2 min readJun 24, 2022

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Farewell, my doppelganger

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Yuen Chan

Hong Kong journalist Ronson Chan: planting a flag for persistence

I was recently invited to take part in a panel discussion on press freedom in Hong Kong and was asked to specifically address the situation…

6 min readJul 21, 2021

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Hong Kong journalist Ronson Chan: planting a flag for persistence

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Yuen Chan

The unnatural death of Apple Daily and the future of independent journalism in Hong Kong

This is a longer version of an article — with additional quotes — that I wrote for www.theconversation.com/uk and which you can read here.

7 min readJun 29, 2021

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The unnatural death of Apple Daily and the future of independent journalism in Hong Kong

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Yuen Chan

Don’t mourn for Hong Kong’s Press Freedom, Defend it

This is an extended version of a piece I wrote for The Conversation UK, which you can see here…

7 min readAug 18, 2020

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Don’t mourn for Hong Kong’s Press Freedom, Defend it

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Yuen Chan

June 4th 2020 — Remembering as Resisting

When memory has become a crime, then every act of remembrance is an act of resistance.

4 min readJun 3, 2020

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June 4th 2020 — Remembering as Resisting

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Yuen Chan

The wisdom and wit of a Hong Kong uncle

A balm for hurting hearts

4 min readMay 26, 2020

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The wisdom and wit of a Hong Kong uncle

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Yuen Chan

From January 2014: Hong Kong’s Free Press In Danger As China Tightens Grip On Media

This was originally published in Huffington Post on 22 January 2014. I’m reposting a cached copy here because the page doesn’t seem to…

7 min readJun 15, 2019

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From January 2014: Hong Kong’s Free Press In Danger As China Tightens Grip On Media

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Yuen Chan

The Story of Ah Fu

Published in the Hong Kong iMail, 29 January 2001

4 min readMar 20, 2019

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The Story of Ah Fu

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Yuen Chan

I Want to Watch TV! How the Government Killed Local Television and the Hong Kong Dream

Today, Hong Kong Television Network, known as HKTV announced it would withdraw its second bid for a free-to-air television licence and…

8 min readMar 27, 2018

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I Want to Watch TV! How the Government Killed Local Television and the Hong Kong Dream

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Yuen Chan

Macau’s democrats can’t bet on democracy as an election issue

Two days before Macau’s legislative assembly election, on the last day campaigning was permitted, I travelled to Macau and talked to the…

5 min readSep 20, 2017

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Macau’s democrats can’t bet on democracy as an election issue

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Yuen Chan

Yuen Chan

Journalist. Lecturer at the Dept of Journalism at City, University of London, formerly taught at CUHK. Hongkonger. South Londoner.

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