https://www.scmp.com/rss/183469/feed Alejandro Reyes is an adjunct professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration and senior fellow at the Centre on Contemporary China and the World at The University of Hong Kong. He is also scholar-in-residence at the Asia Society Hong Kong Centre. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Alejandro Reyes Alejandro Reyes Hong Kong has once again displayed its resilience. The city retained its No 3 ranking in the Global Financial Centres Index, just behind New York and London, while initial public offerings surged eightfold in the first half of 2025. For the first time since 2019, Hong Kong held the top spot in global IPO fundraising. The city clearly still matters in global finance. However, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s policy address, while ambitious, was short on specifics. It promised growth in finance,... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3327240/hong-kong-has-momentum-now-it-needs-build-global-trust?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3327240/hong-kong-has-momentum-now-it-needs-build-global-trust?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:30:09 +0000 Alejandro Reyes Alejandro Reyes China’s most recent national security white paper opens with a striking hierarchy, putting people’s security first, political security second and economic security third. That ordering is deliberate. For years, Western observers have asked what China wants. Does Beijing aim to dominate Asia, displace the United States or rewrite the international order? Entire books and essays have been devoted to the question. However, the more revealing question is different: what does China need? Wants are... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3323357/why-world-should-focus-what-china-needs-not-what-it-wants?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3323357/why-world-should-focus-what-china-needs-not-what-it-wants?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:30:07 +0000 The US Congress is poised to pass two pieces of legislation relating to Hong Kong – the Protect Hong Kong Act and the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. The former would prevent sales of anti-riot weapons and equipment to the Hong Kong police. Fair enough – a ban will make American legislators feel good, though the Hong Kong force would easily find other sources for those items. Of real concern for Hong Kong is the other bill, which would require the US State Department to assess annually... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3036187/hong-kong-must-protest-loudly-against-us-human-rights-and-democracy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3036187/hong-kong-must-protest-loudly-against-us-human-rights-and-democracy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:00:15 +0000 As the Hong Kong protests enter another delicate phase, it is not helpful and may even be dangerous for anyone to cast the civil disobedience action as a "revolution" or another Tiananmen. It is almost as if some are wishing some kind of major upheaval or tragic end. Nobody should want that. Many reports of what is going on in Hong Kong, even from reputable news organisations, give inaccurate information, including about such fundamental matters as what is actually in the Sino-British Joint... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1610575/ending-stand-streets-will-benefit-all-sides?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1610575/ending-stand-streets-will-benefit-all-sides?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2014 05:30:30 +0000