Politics

Your votes today can make a difference to Hong Kong

9 Sep 2012

There was a sense of apathy towards the Legislative Council polls until recently, when the election was fired up by the national education controversy. The awareness of the new "one person, two...

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Man whose words may speak louder than legal actions

8 Feb 2013

One of the most influential political columnists in Hong Kong, Joseph Lian Yi-zheng is no stranger to controversy. Now his latest row with Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying could serve to prove just...

Australian election will be no popularity race

7 Feb 2013

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, regularly described on talkback radio and in conservative media as untrustworthy and desperately clinging to power, is set to fall in the September election if...

War of words shifts to the Lunar New Year fair

6 Feb 2013

Political parties have shifted their battlefield from the Legislative Council to the Lunar New Year fair at Victoria Park.

Young Hong Kong blood among new CPPCC appointees

2 Feb 2013

The latest appointments to the nation's top consultative body mark the rise of a younger generation of advisers to Beijing.

A number of prominent veterans have retired, clearing the way for...

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The limits of open government

A troubling outcome of the ongoing financial crisis has been a collapse of trust in democratic institutions and politicians. Can greater "transparency" - the new political mantra of civic...

Bo to face 'public' trial, but not before March, mainland paper says

Disgraced Chongqing Communist Party boss Bo Xilai will be tried in "public" for up to 10 days, but the trial will not take place before March, says the Global Times, quoting a source close to the...

Guangdong to double incomes 2 years ahead of schedule, governor says

Guangdong would double per capita incomes from 2010 levels by 2018, two years ahead of the national goal, provincial governor Zhu Xiaodan told the opening of the provincial people's congress...

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Anger at Guangdong deputy's remark officials entitled to privacy on assets

A Guangdong People's Congress deputy has sparked controversy by saying officials are not slaves to the people and they should not have to declare their assets.

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Celebrity delegates steal the limelight at political meetings

Celebrities stole the limelight this week as the nation's political elite gathered in provincial capitals for the annual meetings of local legislatures and political advisory bodies.

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Appointed councillors say they're ready to face voters

It's nearly three years before the next election and already at least 10 district council appointees are thinking of running - after the chief executive said government-appointed council seats...