https://www.scmp.com/rss/272114/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Donald Trump is a consequence, not a cause, of the country’s deeply embedded racial, social and political problems. The Democratic Party has no one to blame but itself for its electoral disaster. The media in the US has been shameful in underreporting social grievances, focusing instead on titillating tidbits on Trump’s indiscretions as a sexist, racist or, worse, representing mostly the “rural poor” uneducated white population. The truth is, Trump is far more representative of America than the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2046536/racism-and-sexism-are-rife-us-among-its-elite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2046536/racism-and-sexism-are-rife-us-among-its-elite?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Nov 2016 02:13:07 +0000 Thailand is once again being convulsed by extreme partisan politics, with the country's polarisation playing out on Bangkok's streets. The sense that Thailand has been through all of this before would be mildly reassuring were it not for a nagging fear that this decent and prosperous society may be set to destroy its democracy. Much of the violence has been led by Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister. He has inspired thousands of demonstrators, many from his power base in the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1393154/democracy-thailand-its-death-throes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1393154/democracy-thailand-its-death-throes?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Dec 2013 10:00:15 +0000 Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has been dogged by scandal from his first days in office, and his personal integrity is routinely impugned by much of the public. So it is no surprise that his popularity is plummeting. Leung has only himself to blame. He seems incapable of connecting with ordinary Hong Kong citizens, instead coming across as a shifty politician who often dodges direct questions, offers vague answers, and evades responsibility for major failings by apologising for... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1187587/hong-kongs-hollow-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1187587/hong-kongs-hollow-leadership?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:43:57 +0000 After less than 100 days in office, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is already in political intensive care. In record time, he has managed to lose his veneer of competence and credibility. One of his cabinet appointees was arrested for corruption within two weeks of his assumption of his official duties. Another was found to have been a slumlord who owned illegal cage-like flats that he blamed entirely on his wife. Leung himself was caught with several illegal structures at his house. Leung has... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1040822/primitive-education-has-no-place-hk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/1040822/primitive-education-has-no-place-hk?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000