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Shen Jian

Hongkongers don’t need history lessons from Beijing, thanks

Beijing is losing its campaign to win the hearts and minds of Hong Kong people as badly as it lost the opium wars. Photo: Reuters

Shen Jian says the story of Hong Kong is not a story of humiliation, and it doesn’t start with the Treaty of Nanking – even if that’s what Beijing and its supporters want us to believe

22 Jul 2017 - 6:39PM

Liu Xiaobo: true to his beliefs until the very end

Shen Jian juxtaposes Liu Xiaobo’s entire life with sections from Charter 08, the 2008 pro-democracy manifesto that sent him to jail and eventual death, and asks if those aren’t the values a society should hold dear

14 Jul 2017 - 11:50AM

Can Carrie Lam steer Hong Kong to greatness again?

Shen Jian says the chief executive-elect has two choices in leading Hong Kong, she can either keep her head above water and be an able custodian leading up to 2047, or set the direction for a great city to reinvent itself

28 Mar 2017 - 7:57PMvideocam

How Leung Chun-ying fails the test of sincerity

Shen Jian says applying the government’s logic, the chief executive’s own oath would be judged below par

15 Dec 2016 - 7:07PMvideocam