Opinion
Comment and analysis from Hong Kong Free Press
Hongkongers are more than just the world’s most polite protesters
The new Carrie Lam solution to the Hong Kong problem: in order to save it we shall destroy it
No whitewash and no witch hunt; Hong Kong needs a truth and reconciliation commission
Hong Kong’s MTR was an unlikely target for protests – until it showed who its daddy was
Violence is a symptom, the Hong Kong gov’t is the disease – so what is the cure?
Hong Kong government efforts to ‘peel the onion’ end in tears
Brainwashed? Indoctrinated? Both pro-Beijing and pro-democracy supporters act in rational self-interest
The collapse of democracy in Hong Kong is the story of a very British betrayal
Hong Kong’s education gap hurts ethnic minorities as much as society at large
October 1 in Hong Kong: Solidarity, resistance and the kindness of strangers
Our Boys Can Do No Wrong? After Hong Kong police shot a schoolboy, the force jumps to conclusions
How to soothe a divided city: Hong Kong needs a change of leadership
Why Hong Kong’s ill-thought-out mask ban is headed straight for a legal slugfest
Beijing is watching the US 2020 election no doubt, but Democrat hopefuls offer little hope of trade peace
As the People’s Republic of China reaches retirement age, is there a long life ahead for the Communist Party?
In China’s 70th anniversary grand prisoner ‘pardon’, read the small print and do the maths
Love and peace, or love and hate: is it ‘game over’ for civil disobedience as Hong Kong’s protest model?
Why claims that Hong Kong protesters support escalating violence could be wrong… and dangerous
Junius Ho’s Jockey Club incident: Yes, your horse has rights. But are you respecting them?
Beijing’s latest, desperate propaganda turn to solve the ‘Hong Kong problem’
Soothing the anniversary blues, 5 years on: Hong Kong’s Umbrella movement was a lesson in civic engagement
Beijing’s predicament: How will the Communist Party solve its ‘Hong Kong problem’?
It’s #MeToo and all of us: Hongkongers will not accept oppression, subjugation or sexual violence
Why Taiwan will remain defiant, despite two more diplomatic losses to Beijing
The ‘831’ Prince Edward MTR incident proves Hong Kong urgently needs Access to Information reform
Hongkongers’ dialogue with Carrie Lam? You say what you want, and I’ll tell you you can’t have it
Two cities, two priorities: What Singaporeans misunderstand about Hong Kong’s protest movement
Fake news, sex and a Hong Kong student protester
Hong Kong’s embattled government in week 15: pretty much where it was in week one
Why China’s Communist Party is ‘struggling’
Elements of a solution appear in Hong Kong, but no sign of a breakthrough in Beijing
Too little, too late: It’s time to freeze the sale of crowd control equipment to Hong Kong police
A failure of intelligence: Why Beijing is liable to repeat its mistakes in Hong Kong
China is inflicting a world of defeats disguised as ‘win-win’ victories
The 80th anniversary of World War II in Europe: Have we forgotten how it shaped China?
With Beijing bent on defeating Hong Kong protesters, Carrie Lam stands on the sidelines awaiting orders
Why everyone should care about what is happening in Hong Kong, despite all the world’s troubles
The climate crisis requires sacrifices, and real change must begin with the G7 leaders themselves
What is White Terror? The slipping of norms in Hong Kong’s flawed democracy
No poster boys, no organisers: Hong Kong’s leaderless resistance faces a leaderless government
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam offers a ‘platform for dialogue’ delay tactic, but there are no solutions in sight
Int’l Day of the Disappeared: China must put a halt to secret detention and all forms of enforced disappearances
Cross-Strait solidarity: Hongkongers and Taiwanese know they have to help save each other
The fall of the Hong Kong Police Force: A new branch of China’s public security machinery?
Stop the blame game – it is not the protesters causing Hong Kong’s economic decline
Hong Kong Airport attacks: Bad move, no doubt, but was the world really ‘stunned’?
Xi Jinping and the Hong Kong protests: a welcome demonstration of the dangers of democracy?
Hong Kong’s last stand? A gallant battle in the face of unspeakable sacrifice and overwhelming odds
Yes, the situation in Hong Kong is critical, but despair would be mindless self-indulgence
How Hong Kong’s summer of discontent could turn into an apocalyptic autumn
Lawmaker Charles Mok: Who needs the law when Hong Kong authorities no longer follow it?
Seeing through the violence: People’s Daily’s historic condemnation of Hong Kong’s protests
Views from behind bars: can Hong Kong’s imprisoned activists make their voices heard?
Before you complain about Hong Kong’s anti-extradition bill protesters, consider this
Parallel universes: As Hong Kong totters, its government is doing a good job of… inspecting seafood
Is that a laser pointer in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
Why does the gov’t care more about attacks on flags and signs than the attacks against Hongkongers?
