https://www.scmp.com/rss/267999/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com There are ways out of Hong Kong's current impasse over political reform if only the principals can indulge in some creative political thinking. Beijing does not need to back down, as student protesters have demanded. It just needs to move forward, and the way forward lies in two directions. One is that Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying should not serve a second term; the other is that public recommendation can serve as a substitute for public nomination. First, the Leung problem. Nothing has been... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1618358/time-beijing-be-creative-and-ensure-leung-doesnt-get-second?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1618358/time-beijing-be-creative-and-ensure-leung-doesnt-get-second?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2014 04:30:30 +0000 Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung has argued in effect that only the existing Election Committee recast as a nominating committee will do for the 2017 chief executive election. Public participation, he said, would be "illegal", and warned that any turmoil born of local frustration could undermine confidence in our economic stability. Yuen has thus set himself two tasks: one legal, the other political. Besides demonstrating that the nominating committee is indeed the only legal option,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1426578/government-yet-convince-its-case-2017-nomination-process?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1426578/government-yet-convince-its-case-2017-nomination-process?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:30:30 +0000 To hear committed loyalists tell it, Hong Kong is on the verge of insurrection and pan-democrats are poised to take over. Still, it's not the fault of most Hongkongers. They want nothing more than to live their lives in peace as part of the "silent majority". But if the majority is not to blame, who is? Pro-Beijing loyalists have a ready answer: the fault can ultimately be traced to "foreign forces", the very same who have been trying to use Hong Kong as a base for overthrowing Chinese communism... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1334655/beijing-vilifying-foreign-forces-useful-strategy-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1334655/beijing-vilifying-foreign-forces-useful-strategy-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:30:15 +0000