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Brian Y. S. Wong
Brian Wong is an assistant professor in philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, and a Rhodes Scholar and adviser on strategy for the Oxford Global Society.
Brian Wong is an assistant professor in philosophy at the University of Hong Kong, and a Rhodes Scholar and adviser on strategy for the Oxford Global Society.
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India is a vibrant, emerging and complex power with much to offer the city and China as a whole.
As China and the UK mend relations, Hong Kong should strive to be a platform for a wider range of Sino-British joint ventures.
From Venezuela and Iran to Greenland and Canada, US interventions and threats risk spillovers and retaliation – as history shows.
Unemployment and underemployment are a double whammy that the Chinese leadership cannot ignore.
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Beijing must assuage Southeast Asian concerns about its power while Asean leaders can benefit from a more multidimensional view of China.
Putting the UN’s Asia headquarters in Hong Kong could help the organisation’s reforms and reinforce Beijing’s vision of global governance.
The EU is striving to bolster its defences, forge an independent foreign policy and grow its economy. Doing all three at once won’t be easy.
I thought I understood British culture. No amount of book reading or television watching could have prepared me for a seismic shift.
From strengthening trade to forging a multipolar global order, Beijing and New Delhi must capitalise on shared interests to overcome obstacles to detente.
Move to grant same-sex couples rights upholds court ruling and reflects a city cognisant of the right to disagree respectfully.
With unilateralism on the rise, the world is moving towards a situation where no power is willing to take on the mantle of global leadership.
It would be a mistake to neglect the agency of states, multinational organisations and powerful firms not fully aligned with either side.
Cross-cultural education can play a key role in Hong Kong’s global talent hub plans if leaders build bridges and pursue the right policies.
Leaders need to offer carrots and sticks for Russia while boosting defence and being creative to get others, including China and India, to buy in.
While hawks on both sides say cooperation will hurt national security, Chinese and US scientists have so much to gain from sharing research.
What Indonesia has gained is strategic autonomy, clout with the US and within Asean, and a bigger voice on the global stage.
The Chinese and European economies can both benefit from increased engagement, especially if Beijing can assuage investors’ concerns.
Regardless of Trump’s approach, Beijing should avoid withdrawing from the world and instead seize the opportunity to attract global talent.
Being part of ‘one country’ bestows market access and strategic heft but it is the distinctions between the ‘two systems’ that make us competitive.
We should not be complacent about Southeast Asia, and must cultivate stronger arts and cultural connections on the ground.
Spain has tried to assuage China’s concerns and worked to repeal European tariffs, but it faces a tall task and deep scepticism.
As a showcase of Hong Kong stories and a launching pad for Chinese soft power, the West Kowloon Cultural District is a public good deserving of public funds.
As a research hub, buffer zone and link between mainland China and the world, Hong Kong’s strengths can help it avoid being “kicked around”.
China faces a much different world to when its process of opening up began, but its fundamental recipe for success has not changed.
China faces a much different world compared with when its process of opening up began, but there are similarities, and the country needs to show that it can work constructively with others toward a productive future.
Common ground can be found on mitigating AI’s impact on jobs and societies, holding back military AI and avoiding unintended perverse consequences.
Amid threats such as climate change, more exchanges and dialogues between young people in the US and China can help forge trust. Hong Kong also has a crucial role to play when it comes to connecting youth across the Pacific, owing to its unique concentration of intellectual capital.
Hong Kong can best serve China by providing Beijing with a more accurate picture of its global image and a site for forward-thinking experimentation. Doing so will require becoming a talent hub for the Greater Bay Area, building academic ties with rest of the world and serving as a venue for needed dialogue.
The spectre of ultranationalism is haunting Chinese social media and getting in the way of countering increasingly negative views of China around the world. Those who welcome a more vocal turn in Chinese online discourse should remember that nationalistic outbursts do not signal strength.
