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SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo warns that the two countries are taking mudslinging to a dangerous new level with conspiracy theories.
SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo warns that the two countries are taking mudslinging to a dangerous new level with conspiracy theories.
Yonden Lhatoo breaks down a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman’s claim that the US military is behind the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the extent of mistrust and toxic state of relations between the two sides.
Yonden Lhatoo breaks down a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman’s claim that the US military is behind the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the extent of mistrust and toxic state of relations between the two sides.
Now that China has managed to get a grip on the coronavirus crisis within its own borders, the SCMP’s Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo asks some awkward questions about what the US is doing.
Now that China has managed to get a grip on the coronavirus crisis within its own borders, the SCMP’s Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo asks some awkward questions about what the US is doing.
Yonden Lhatoo takes a closer look at the case of a coronavirus patient’s Pomeranian under quarantine and what it means for pet owners amid a worsening public health crisis.
Yonden Lhatoo takes a closer look at the case of a coronavirus patient’s Pomeranian under quarantine and what it means for pet owners amid a worsening public health crisis.
Yonden Lhatoo strongly recommends listening to the recent rant by the city state’s trade minister, against panic-stricken citizens snapping up masks and stockpiling essential goods when there is no need to.
Yonden Lhatoo strongly recommends listening to the recent rant by the city state’s trade minister, against panic-stricken citizens snapping up masks and stockpiling essential goods when there is no need to.
Yonden Lhatoo condemns public hospital workers for abandoning their patients for the sake of politics, and warns of more disruptions by unionised anti-government activists in the year ahead.
Yonden Lhatoo condemns public hospital workers for abandoning their patients for the sake of politics, and warns of more disruptions by unionised anti-government activists in the year ahead.
Is the ongoing coronavirus crisis injecting new life into Hong Kong ‘revolution’ with some toxic side effects? The South China Morning Post’s Chief News Editor, Yonden Lhatoo despairs for the city as the public mood turns ugly in response to a snowballing global health emergency surrounding the outbreak.
Is the ongoing coronavirus crisis injecting new life into Hong Kong ‘revolution’ with some toxic side effects? The South China Morning Post’s Chief News Editor, Yonden Lhatoo despairs for the city as the public mood turns ugly in response to a snowballing global health emergency surrounding the outbreak.
Yonden Lhatoo despairs for the city, given the ugly public mood on the streets as the global health emergency bites hard and an indecisive government inspires no confidence.
Yonden Lhatoo despairs for the city, given the ugly public mood on the streets as the global health emergency bites hard and an indecisive government inspires no confidence.
Yonden Lhatoo is taken aback by the depth of feeling Hong Kong’s British residents have for the House of Windsor and offers an apology – of sorts – for offending them.
Yonden Lhatoo is taken aback by the depth of feeling Hong Kong’s British residents have for the House of Windsor and offers an apology – of sorts – for offending them.
Yonden Lhatoo rubbishes the latest news cycle concerning the British royal family and questions the justification for maintaining a useless monarchy at the expense of taxpayers.
Yonden Lhatoo rubbishes the latest news cycle concerning the British royal family and questions the justification for maintaining a useless monarchy at the expense of taxpayers.
Yonden Lhatoo takes a break from stressing over the city’s long-running social turmoil to start worrying about a potentially catastrophic war brewing in the Middle East.
Yonden Lhatoo takes a break from stressing over the city’s long-running social turmoil to start worrying about a potentially catastrophic war brewing in the Middle East.
SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo's New Year message is a reality check from a city still in endless turmoil.
SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo's New Year message is a reality check from a city still in endless turmoil.
Get used to it, Yonden Lhatoo says, because nothing is changing, nobody is coming to the rescue, and no one has any panacea for the most destructive and debilitating social and political crisis since the city’s return to China.
Get used to it, Yonden Lhatoo says, because nothing is changing, nobody is coming to the rescue, and no one has any panacea for the most destructive and debilitating social and political crisis since the city’s return to China.
Yonden Lhatoo says public mistrust and hatred of the city’s police has reached a stage where criminal activity has become acceptable to many while law enforcement is no longer welcome.
Yonden Lhatoo says public mistrust and hatred of the city’s police has reached a stage where criminal activity has become acceptable to many while law enforcement is no longer welcome.
Yonden Lhatoo says radicals on the front lines of the city’s protest movement building powerful, improvised explosive devices are ticking all the defining boxes of textbook terrorism while we still argue over calling them rioters.
Yonden Lhatoo says radicals on the front lines of the city’s protest movement building powerful, improvised explosive devices are ticking all the defining boxes of textbook terrorism while we still argue over calling them rioters.
Just how bad has it become in the city? Yonden Lhatoo says the numbers tell the story after six months of mass protests, street violence and social strife, with no end in sight.
Just how bad has it become in the city? Yonden Lhatoo says the numbers tell the story after six months of mass protests, street violence and social strife, with no end in sight.
Yonden Lhatoo is appalled by the sheer ignorance of celebrations on the streets after the passage of legislation by Washington that will hurt Hongkongers more than anyone else – and Americans, too.
Yonden Lhatoo is appalled by the sheer ignorance of celebrations on the streets after the passage of legislation by Washington that will hurt Hongkongers more than anyone else – and Americans, too.
Yonden Lhatoo breaks down the US president’s astonishing claim that he stopped his Chinese counterpart from wiping out the protest-torn city with a million PLA troops
Yonden Lhatoo breaks down the US president’s astonishing claim that he stopped his Chinese counterpart from wiping out the protest-torn city with a million PLA troops
Yonden Lhatoo calls out grandstanding American politicians who care nothing for the well-being of the city while using it as a pawn against Beijing.
Yonden Lhatoo calls out grandstanding American politicians who care nothing for the well-being of the city while using it as a pawn against Beijing.
Yonden Lhatoo says the city has been outclassed and outmanoeuvred in a political game over the fate of young murder suspect that Taiwan is playing to cynical perfection
Yonden Lhatoo says the city has been outclassed and outmanoeuvred in a political game over the fate of young murder suspect that Taiwan is playing to cynical perfection
Constant demonstrations and anti-police graffiti have become pervasive in the city, drowning out criticism of the recent movement.
Constant demonstrations and anti-police graffiti have become pervasive in the city, drowning out criticism of the recent movement.
Yonden Lhatoo warns that the city’s vulnerable ethnic minority groups are being vilified to dangerous effect by those adding racial hatred into the mix of social unrest and protest violence.
Yonden Lhatoo warns that the city’s vulnerable ethnic minority groups are being vilified to dangerous effect by those adding racial hatred into the mix of social unrest and protest violence.
SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo laments that children are growing up with hatred in their hearts and even blood on their hands as Hong Kong stares into the abyss.
SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo laments that children are growing up with hatred in their hearts and even blood on their hands as Hong Kong stares into the abyss.
Republican Ted Cruz, on a brief visit to Hong Kong, also said he met ‘non-violent protest leaders’ and impressed upon them the need to shun violence.
Republican Ted Cruz, on a brief visit to Hong Kong, also said he met ‘non-violent protest leaders’ and impressed upon them the need to shun violence.
Yonden Lhatoo laments the loss of innocence among the city’s children, warning that an entire new generation is growing up with hatred in their hearts and even blood on their hands after months of protest violence.
Yonden Lhatoo laments the loss of innocence among the city’s children, warning that an entire new generation is growing up with hatred in their hearts and even blood on their hands after months of protest violence.
Yonden Lhatoo questions the narrative that most Hongkongers are opposed to protest violence, as hardly anyone speaks out against the systematic destruction of what was once a great city.
Yonden Lhatoo questions the narrative that most Hongkongers are opposed to protest violence, as hardly anyone speaks out against the systematic destruction of what was once a great city.
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