Opinion
Comment and analysis from Hong Kong Free Press
Was Hong Kong protesters’ occupation of the legislature a dangerous trap laid by police?
Hong Kong Stock Exchange quick to drop its centipede, not so swift on questions of integrity
Being polite and respectful is not an indicator of how worthy Hongkongers’ causes are
Why Hong Kong’s sentencing practices are missing a sense of proportion
Hong Kong’s missing leader: Whatever happened to the new-look Carrie Lam?
Another Hong Kong uprising: defying the sovereign, or a simple demand for local standards of justice?
What should Beijing do about Hong Kong’s unprecedented protests? The case for restraint
You’re wonderful, Po Po, but is the Star Wars gear the right look?
July 1, 1997: When six million Hongkongers were handed over by their colonists to a totalitarian regime
Hongkongers have reason to protest, but this July 1st rally may be the biggest test of their resolve yet
Hong Kong extradition law is a death sentence for Hong Kong, says exiled bookseller Lam Wing-kee
From Tung Chee-hwa to Carrie Lam: A string of failed leaders points to a failure of Hong Kong’s system
China’s Xi Jinping must face the music at the G20 summit
No longer an apolitical technocrat, Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam must learn to engage critics
From ‘Asia’s finest’ to ‘public enemy no.1,’ Hong Kong’s police force are in a paralysed state of confusion
Unelected Carrie Lam compares Hongkongers to children as a tactic to disenfranchise
A despatch from the Trade War front line: the music is getting ominous
She doesn’t get it, does she? How can Carrie Lam be oblivious to Hong Kong’s political earthquake?
No withdrawal, no victory: Why Hongkongers have not yet won the war against the extradition bill
Questionable apologies, nauseating condescension: Hong Kong has a crisis of leadership
Hong Kong protesters have won, and Lam is finished… but Beijing may not take defeat lying down
Hong Kong is still a colony: Why embattled leader Carrie Lam will not be allowed to resign
Open letter to a tearful Hong Kong leader: China needs you, Carrie Lam – enjoy your retirement
Can you get a fair trial in China? The extradition row reaches a supreme court in Europe
How protest turnout figures are manipulated on both sides of Hong Kong’s political divide
Carrie Lam – you’re finished: Hong Kong’s extradition protests mark the end of the city’s latest puppet leader
After the Hong Kong extradition bill row, will a national security law be next on the cards?
Why the extradition law will pass, despite the largest protest in Hong Kong history
‘Never bet against the people of Hong Kong’: Why I won’t abandon this city, even as its politics deteriorate
As Taiwan stands up to big brother China, it deserves the world’s support
Hong Kong’s first political refugees: this is how others see us
June 4, 1989 in Hong Kong: How the Tiananmen Massacre shattered the reality of a 9-year-old boy
Hong Kong on the day of the Tiananmen Massacre: Rumours, unlikely protests and a brutal reckoning
The Tiananmen massacre 30 years on: Why modern China remains Orwellian
The unmentionable tank in the room: how China’s students remember the Tiananmen Massacre today
Tiananmen, 30 years on: how a brutal massacre became a ‘crackdown’, then an ‘incident’
Given China’s politicised, draconian justice system, will Hong Kong lawmakers pass the extradition bill?
Hong Kong’s extradition bill and the rule of law – more complicated than you think
As China’s Communist Party destroys Hong Kong, New York is set to benefit
Gradually robbed of power and meaning, it’s back to the colonial days for Hong Kong’s legislature
Hong Kong police arrest Tony Chung for allegedly vandalising a flag pole. Why the dawn swoop?
‘Defeat the evil law’: How an unlikely coalition could spell trouble Hong Kong’s extradition law plan
The contradiction in Hong Kong’s current approach to climate change: fly before you fry
Comparing Hong Kong’s extradition bill with other international, law-abiding agreements is misleading
Hong Kong, Asia’s World City, should be a global leader in tackling climate change
Hong Kong’s missed opportunity: As yet more music venues close, pipelines for new talent are sealed
Political civility is an early casualty in Hong Kong’s extradition law row
Are things getting personal between US Pres. Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping?
Beijing’s servants in Hong Kong: is collaborators too strong a word?
Hong Kong’s social ‘safety net’? Perverse, half-baked schemes to help people who already have money
The best human rights books, January to April 2019
Never mind the Chief Executive poll, Hong Kong can still have a democratically elected legislature
A 13-member ‘manel’ in 2019? Democracy without feminism is not democracy
How China’s overseas Confucius Institutes pose a powerful threat to academic freedom
Techies caught up in US-China trade war: in a messy divorce it’s the kids who suffer
The Umbrella Movement trial: Jailed for not apologising? Isn’t that a bit political?
Hong Kong’s extradition law proposal: unsettling at best and downright frightening at worst
