Opinion
Comment and analysis from Hong Kong Free Press
‘Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves’? Why Hong Kong’s national anthem bill deserves a resounding ‘boo’
Trade war optimists are ignoring the lesson of recent history: China is not changing
Hong Kong is the crossroads where internal authoritarianism meets external bullying
The non-prosecution of ex-Hong Kong chief CY Leung: No perception of bias? Really?
Elderly care and the M&M test: How pro-gov’t lawmakers voted for the budget without reading it
Thanks but no thanks! – Hong Kong’s autonomy was meant to entice Taiwan… now it’s a warning
Words and ships: a terminal error?
Why your surname is a sir-name: the implicit sexism of our naming traditions
Whatever your newspaper’s views are, editorial opinions belong… in editorials
In Hong Kong, a playground for the rich has priority over decent housing
Leung, Lam and Cheng: a legacy of arrogance that should have departed on the Royal Yacht
The ten best human rights books of 2018
Something to hide? This Christmas, it was not a rights lawyer on trial, but the Chinese legal system itself
How Hong Kong’s public political discourse was mainlandised in 2018
Why I hope you will find ‘hang fook’ in 2019
Remembering Paddy Ashdown: The ‘action man’ of British politics and a good friend of Hong Kong
Dear Xi Jinping, Hong Kong people are quite gullible…
New Zealand’s relationship with China: is it really a bridge… or a doormat?
In shock news, China is speaking up for human rights… in Canada
How Xi Jinping is being placed at the very centre of China’s story of reform
Come back George Orwell, we need you
Five cans of beer: a binge… or an aperitif?
The best human rights books, October to December 2018
China state-run newspaper People’s Daily growls over arrest of Huawei exec. Human rights infringed
Disqualifying Eddie Chu from a minor office has major implications
Caught in the crossfire: will Hong Kong be a victim of the trade war between the US and China?
Why does the Communist Party continue operating illegally in Hong Kong?
‘Read this quickly before it’s gone’: how China’s media covered or ignored the arrest of Huawei executive
Propaganda in China’s era of ‘post-truth’
China’s communist economic system is not a good model for the world… or for China
Pissed off at the Post?
Lost generation: Has idealism among post-Umbrella Movement youth fizzled in Hong Kong?
One more blow tips the balance: How Hong Kong’s democrats were defeated again in Kowloon West
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey: As Taiwan liberalises, freedoms retreat in Hong Kong
White elephant bridge meet stalled food truck – how mixed metaphors cost Hong Kong millions
How to effectively cheat in a Hong Kong election… without breaking the law
Lantau Tomorrow Mirage: Do we really need investment advice from academic economists?
Four years on, the trial of the Umbrella Movement nine is about to begin
Censorship in Hong Kong since the 2014 Umbrella Movement: an overview and tally
Time is running out for Hong Kong’s unique East-West culture and special freedoms
Is Canada going to pot… or is Hong Kong overlooking the merits of a harmless plant?
Why I will no longer write for the South China Morning Post
Frederick Fung in Kowloon West: Spoiler candidate or one last campaign for an old-time democrat?
A 30-year plan to enrich 80-year-old building tycoons? Are they going to live forever?
Set in Hong Kong, ITV’s ‘Strangers’ has too many simplified characters – in both senses of the word
Chinese state media’s intense ‘mind map’ on Xi Jinping’s ideology may be lacking some detail
What do we really know about the death of Zheng Xiaosong, China’s top man in Macau?
Trump & Xi’s trade war has China’s planners scrambling to solve old problems
Why democrat Lau Siu-lai had a right to respond before Hong Kong banned her from election
How Beijing is using the Nazi propaganda playbook to justify its concentration camps to the world
Why detained dissidents in China ‘confess’ – and why you would too
Why it was wrong of a Cambridge college to award Carrie Lam an honorary fellowship
Matthew Torne’s ‘Last Exit to Kai Tak’ captures the underlying betrayal of Hong Kong by its political system
Hong Kong’s election bans: How Beijing’s shifting definition of ‘separatism’ snared another victim
How to feel pride in a nation committing cultural genocide against its minorities?
Welcome to Insanity Reef: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam creates her own Frankenstein’s monster
Promoting Putonghua in schools is not about giving Hong Kong an ‘edge,’ it is political
