https://www.scmp.com/rss/318552/feed Yonden Lhatoo is Managing Editor at the South China Morning Post. He was a TV news anchor and editor for nearly two decades before he joined the Post as a senior editor in 2015. He began his journalism career as a newspaper reporter covering Hong Kong's transition from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty, and is now a veteran newshand who specialises in Hong Kong and Greater China affairs. Apart from his editorial duties, which cover news content and quality control at the Post, he... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Yonden Lhatoo Yonden Lhatoo TikTok travesty Have you noticed what has happened to media coverage of TikTok, along with public discourse and general commentary on the American takeover of China’s phenomenally popular short-video platform in the United States? Everyone is talking about the deal that will keep the social media app alive for 183 million American users by transferring ownership from Chinese internet giant ByteDance to a consortium of covetous US companies under the auspices of President Donald Trump’s... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3327552/heres-proof-world-has-gone-mad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3327552/heres-proof-world-has-gone-mad?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:37:25 +0000 Yonden Lhatoo Yonden Lhatoo It seems like some cinema hall is closing down somewhere in Hong Kong every other week. Good. I’m surprised there are still so many cinemas around in this day and age when streaming services have changed the game to the extent of rendering the old model of movie-watching almost obsolete. I don’t go to the cinema any more, unless I’m dragged there against my will to fulfil some social obligation I can’t wriggle out of. What am I missing, the “ambience” and “group experience” that I wouldn’t be... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3314209/tired-timothee-chalamet-must-he-really-be-every-movie?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3314209/tired-timothee-chalamet-must-he-really-be-every-movie?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:03:14 +0000 Yonden Lhatoo Yonden Lhatoo The thing about every ridiculous or outrageous public statement coming from US President Donald Trump and his cronies is how the world responds with a token bit of collective pearl-clutching and then moves on like nothing has happened until the next shocker. That’s why it’s important to keep reminding everyone what kind of people are now, in their own words, “running the world” from the White House. A case in point is the vile racism that US Vice-President J.D. Vance spewed recently while going... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3310532/racists-and-losers-jd-vance-and-americas-stupid-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3310532/racists-and-losers-jd-vance-and-americas-stupid-trade-war?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 May 2025 15:12:27 +0000 “If this is not terrorism, I don’t know what is,” says the Post’s managing editor of content, Yonden Lhatoo, about the carnage in Lebanon caused by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies. https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3279173/terrorism?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3279173/terrorism?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:38:54 +0000 In this edition of Hong Kong Update, we look at how the city marked National Security Education Day, a pledge on favourable policies from Beijing and an influx of high-earning professionals. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3260138/hong-kong-week-national-security-milestone-favourable-beijing-policies-and-influx-talent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3260138/hong-kong-week-national-security-milestone-favourable-beijing-policies-and-influx-talent?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Apr 2024 03:00:00 +0000 Global Impact is a weekly curated newsletter featuring a news topic originating in China with a significant macro impact for our newsreaders around the world. Sign up now! So, what is life like under Hong Kong’s new domestic national security law? It hasn’t made any difference to the vast majority of this city’s 7.5 million residents going about their daily lives so far – but barely two weeks have gone by since it was enacted, so the real impact will become apparent based on how it is applied in... https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3258171/global-impact-article-23-here-what-does-hong-kongs-national-security-law-mean-foreign-governments?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3258171/global-impact-article-23-here-what-does-hong-kongs-national-security-law-mean-foreign-governments?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Apr 2024 06:00:13 +0000 One miserable failure that seems to endlessly haunt Hong Kong is its inability to house underprivileged residents in humane conditions. While a well-off minority lives in luxury, many Hongkongers struggle to find affordable flats. Some of the poorest members of society are crammed into what, at best, can be described as “coffin homes”. How bad is the situation for this demographic, and what hope do they have for the future? In this special episode of Talking Post, managing editor Yonden Lhatoo... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3257407/hong-kongs-coffin-homes-grim-reality-life-citys-subdivided-flats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3257407/hong-kongs-coffin-homes-grim-reality-life-citys-subdivided-flats?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Apr 2024 03:15:14 +0000 In this edition of Hong Kong Update, we look at the return of the long-shelved domestic security law and the annual “two sessions” gatherings of China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies in Beijing. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3255095/hong-kong-week-domestic-security-law-unveiled-and-key-political-meetings-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3255095/hong-kong-week-domestic-security-law-unveiled-and-key-political-meetings-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Mar 2024 03:00:00 +0000 Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a city scorned. That’s why Hong Kong hates Lionel Messi now. And it’s a totally understandable sentiment, given how the Argentine football star has not only insulted his many fans here by sitting out the much-vaunted exhibition match they paid exorbitant prices to watch, but also rubbed salt on their wounds with his churlish behaviour. Messi deserves to bear the brunt of public anger, but the minders of his Inter Miami squad,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3251036/hong-kong-hates-messi-and-he-deserves-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3251036/hong-kong-hates-messi-and-he-deserves-it?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Feb 2024 23:30:08 +0000 He is gone on the mountain, He is lost to the forest, Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. Perhaps these classic lines from Walter Scott’s Coronach, a Celtic lament for a dearly departed chieftain, can convey the sense of emotion and loss that I find myself unable to articulate in paying tribute to John Pilger. As if the overall train wreck of a year that 2023 was in so many ways was not depressing enough, it had to end on an even lower note with the death on December 30... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3249639/john-pilgers-death-loss-journalism-and-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3249639/john-pilgers-death-loss-journalism-and-world?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Jan 2024 02:00:14 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the courts' stunning reversal over a professor convicted of murder, falling pupil scores in Chinese, English and maths tests and new tactics adopted by scammers -- this time aimed at buyers of dog meat. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3243322/hong-kong-week-high-profile-murder-conviction-quashed-falling-test-scores-and-dog-meat-scammer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3243322/hong-kong-week-high-profile-murder-conviction-quashed-falling-test-scores-and-dog-meat-scammer?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Nov 2023 03:00:00 +0000 There was a time when I considered myself to be as “minority” as they come among Hong Kong’s ethnic minority demographic. For years since I first started working as a rookie reporter in this city in the lead-up to its 1997 transfer of sovereignty to China, most local people would tell me I was the first Tibetan journalist they had ever encountered, if not the first Tibetan person full stop. We used to joke back then that any company that hired me would instantly fill its diversity quota – and... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3240429/why-south-china-morning-post-city-we-call-home-one-great-melting-pot?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3240429/why-south-china-morning-post-city-we-call-home-one-great-melting-pot?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Nov 2023 22:00:32 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at weather woes and the aftermath of a vicious downpour that flooded the city, as well as public anger at the government's perceived unpreparedness for the record-shattering event. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3234114/hong-kong-week-rainstorm-chaos-public-anger-and-promised-review-warnings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3234114/hong-kong-week-rainstorm-chaos-public-anger-and-promised-review-warnings?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 09 Sep 2023 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at Chief Executive John Lee’s visit to Asean countries to drum up business, the High Court’s dismissal of a government request to ban the promotion of a popular protest song and a warning from authorities for sightseers to keep away from a whale spotted in local waters. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3229437/hong-kong-week-john-lees-asean-trip-protest-song-ruling-and-whale-watching-warning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3229437/hong-kong-week-john-lees-asean-trip-protest-song-ruling-and-whale-watching-warning?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Jul 2023 03:00:00 +0000 What would you do if a leisurely evening at a shopping centre erupted into shocking violence, with a knife-wielding maniac suddenly stabbing people at random? And what if a woman was being stabbed repeatedly in this sustained rampage, while the only person trying desperately and unsuccessfully to save her was her companion at the scene? Would you help? Be completely honest now, because you would be answering only to yourself in this hypothetical situation, without fear of any judgment by... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3226952/why-cant-hong-kong-honour-bravest-them-all-after-she-died-knife-attack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3226952/why-cant-hong-kong-honour-bravest-them-all-after-she-died-knife-attack?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Jul 2023 02:30:09 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at celebrations to mark the 26th anniversary of the handover, an exclusive interview with Chief Executive John Lee on his first year in office and the latest trouble for local carrier Cathay Pacific. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3226348/hong-kong-week-handover-anniversary-john-lee-exclusive-and-cathay-spotlight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3226348/hong-kong-week-handover-anniversary-john-lee-exclusive-and-cathay-spotlight?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Jul 2023 03:00:00 +0000 In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the effectiveness of new guidelines protecting outdoor workers from heatstroke, while in the legislature, lawmakers passed a much-debated bill banning foreign-based lawyers from national security cases. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3220550/hong-kong-week-heatstroke-ban-overseas-lawyers-and-panda-search?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3220550/hong-kong-week-heatstroke-ban-overseas-lawyers-and-panda-search?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 May 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3213300/hong-kong-week-beijings-endorsement-hawkers-tears-and-elderly-cabbies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3213300/hong-kong-week-beijings-endorsement-hawkers-tears-and-elderly-cabbies?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3209264/hong-kong-week-border-reopening-free-flights-and-spending-vouchers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3209264/hong-kong-week-border-reopening-free-flights-and-spending-vouchers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Feb 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3205409/hong-kong-week-00-flight-woes-and-legal-interpretation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3205409/hong-kong-week-00-flight-woes-and-legal-interpretation?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Dec 2022 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3200429/hong-kong-week-train-trouble-anthem-blunders-and-some-relaxation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3200429/hong-kong-week-train-trouble-anthem-blunders-and-some-relaxation?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Nov 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3197068/hong-kong-week-unpacking-john-lees-policy-speech-and-communist-partys-congress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3197068/hong-kong-week-unpacking-john-lees-policy-speech-and-communist-partys-congress?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Oct 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3193855/hong-kong-week-end-quarantine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3193855/hong-kong-week-end-quarantine?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Sep 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3191394/hong-kong-week-reverse-quarantine-and-border-reopening?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3191394/hong-kong-week-reverse-quarantine-and-border-reopening?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Sep 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3188248/hong-kong-week-all-eyes-pelosis-taiwan-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3188248/hong-kong-week-all-eyes-pelosis-taiwan-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Aug 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3187675/hong-kong-week-mirror-concert-mishap-shocks-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3187675/hong-kong-week-mirror-concert-mishap-shocks-city?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3184321/hong-kong-week-presidential-visit-new-city-leader-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3184321/hong-kong-week-presidential-visit-new-city-leader-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Jul 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3176999/hong-kong-set-confirm-new-leader-one-man-election?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3176999/hong-kong-set-confirm-new-leader-one-man-election?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174057/legal-politics-shenzhen-trip-and-eased-travel-curbs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174057/legal-politics-shenzhen-trip-and-eased-travel-curbs?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Apr 2022 07:17:26 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174055/review-buzz-public-appeal-and-subsidies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174055/review-buzz-public-appeal-and-subsidies?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Mar 2022 07:09:56 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174050/beijing-helps-fight-covid-war-pandemic-budget-and-mass?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174050/beijing-helps-fight-covid-war-pandemic-budget-and-mass?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Feb 2022 03:00:35 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174049/xis-message-swamped-hospitals-and-delayed-poll?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174049/xis-message-swamped-hospitals-and-delayed-poll?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Feb 2022 15:57:30 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174045/omicron-lockdown-vaccine-passes-and-leadership-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3174045/omicron-lockdown-vaccine-passes-and-leadership-race?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Jan 2022 04:43:08 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3173458/media-crackdown-omicron-outbreak-and-cathay-aircrew?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3173458/media-crackdown-omicron-outbreak-and-cathay-aircrew?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Jan 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3161060/battle-line-drawn-china-vs-west-over-hong-kongs-first-patriots-only?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3161060/battle-line-drawn-china-vs-west-over-hong-kongs-first-patriots-only?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000 What does Hong Kong’s leader do to de-stress after a hard day’s work? Read books or watch movies? The answer is, nothing. It looks like Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor does not take a break. “I do nothing except work,” she tells the Post. “I don’t even spend time talking to my husband these days. That is [the life of] a workaholic.” So no hobbies? No pleasant pastime activities and entertainment? Is she pretty much “Carrie Lam the machine”? “Yes, because I devote every minute of my... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3111853/how-do-i-relax-i-dont-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lams-life-has?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3111853/how-do-i-relax-i-dont-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lams-life-has?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Nov 2020 14:45:20 +0000 She is back to her old self, confident in her leadership, unapologetic about what she has done to restore order, and more resolute than ever about fixing Hong Kong’s problems her way, regardless of the polarisation in society and the blame many continue to place on her for last year’s social turmoil. That was the crux of the message from Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor in a wide-ranging interview with the Post on Sunday. Beginning with the escalating fourth wave of the Covid-19... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3111844/unapologetic-over-last-years-unrest-and-ready-get-tough?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3111844/unapologetic-over-last-years-unrest-and-ready-get-tough?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:39:24 +0000 Wait, what really happened at the United States Consulate General in Hong Kong on October 27 when four young anti-China activists suddenly turned up at the gates with the intention of seeking asylum? The official silence from the US and Beijing governments has been deafening – which is kind of understandable, given the high political sensitivity and potential for a damaging flare-up at a time of extreme tensions between the two powers, with Hong Kong caught in the middle – but let’s look at what... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3107920/useful-idiots-just-plain-idiots-now-how-us-has-betrayed-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3107920/useful-idiots-just-plain-idiots-now-how-us-has-betrayed-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Oct 2020 08:58:04 +0000 Just like the young Dick Whittington of English folklore who found out the hard way centuries ago that the streets of London were not in fact paved with gold, many Hongkongers getting excited over Britain’s great offer of a “pathway to citizenship” are in for bitter disappointment. Purportedly out of overwhelming concern for the safety of their loyal former colonial subjects, the people in charge of good ol’ Blighty announced this week that they were creating a special class of visa for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3106950/uk-peddling-citizenship-pipe-dream-naive-hongkongers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3106950/uk-peddling-citizenship-pipe-dream-naive-hongkongers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:44:28 +0000 Love him or loathe him, everyone is talking about US President Donald Trump dad-dancing on the campaign trail to the beat of YMCA, the 1970s hit song by American disco band the Village People. Video clips of his dance moves, an awkward combination of intermittent fist-pumping, swaying, knee-bobbing, finger-pointing and clapping, have gone viral and make for compulsive viewing. But it’s the incongruity of the iconic song itself in the context of his rightwing, conservative, Bible-thumping,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3105954/whats-donald-trump-and-his-ymca-dad-dance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3105954/whats-donald-trump-and-his-ymca-dad-dance?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:20:38 +0000 Let’s hit the rewind button to go back to a little piece of news that hardly got any traction this past week because of the focus on far more sensational stories ranging from the White House becoming a Covid-19 Petri dish to the endless social and political fallout from the imposition of the new national security law in Hong Kong. I’m talking about the open and rampant racism and discrimination that members of this city’s ethnic minority communities are up against when hunting for affordable... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3104984/not-just-greedy-also-racist-hong-kong-landlords-covid-proof-attitude?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3104984/not-just-greedy-also-racist-hong-kong-landlords-covid-proof-attitude?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:16:10 +0000 “It’s called karma and it’s pronounced ha ha ha,” the sarcastic saying goes, and the whole world seems to be rubbing it in after US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, came down with Covid-19. Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster reported a 30,500 per cent surge in searches for the meaning of “Schadenfreude”, which it defines as “enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others”. The lack of sympathy is fully understandable, considering this is the man who, just days ago, was publicly... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3104063/how-it-ok-wish-donald-trump-would-die-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3104063/how-it-ok-wish-donald-trump-would-die-covid-19?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Oct 2020 14:41:11 +0000 Some weeks ago, I faced the prospect of hunting for a taxi after a dinner event in a part of town that is off my beaten track, and was rescued by a very kind gentleman who offered me a ride in his official car back to civilisation as I know it. He was the head of Canberra’s consulate-general in Hong Kong and, like just about every Australian I’ve met over so many years, he came across as a typical product of his country – friendly, helpful and down to earth. My impression of the people from down... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3103185/australias-travel-warning-hong-kong-dodgy-dishonest-and-just-not?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3103185/australias-travel-warning-hong-kong-dodgy-dishonest-and-just-not?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Sep 2020 12:49:40 +0000 Seriously, what’s going on in the US? Are our American brothers and sisters doing OK? Because it sounds like H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four combined out there. Remember that infamous episode back in June when law enforcement officers were accused of using tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper balls, smoke grenades, flash bangs and batons to force peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters out of Lafayette Square park in Washington DC? The controversial... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3102234/heat-ray-weapons-zap-blm-protesters-whatever-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3102234/heat-ray-weapons-zap-blm-protesters-whatever-next?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Sep 2020 13:28:01 +0000 It’s not quite like the world is waiting with bated breath, but we’ve entered the home stretch for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, and there’s a bit of a buzz as to whether Hong Kong’s anti-government protesters should be crowned laureates. It would be a politically charged, China-bashing choice by the Norwegian Nobel Committee that decides this much-vaunted trophy, tying nicely with the ongoing crusade against all things Chinese by the US and its loyal Western vassal states. The groundwork for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3101324/if-hong-kong-protesters-deserve-nobel-peace-prize-what-about-black?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3101324/if-hong-kong-protesters-deserve-nobel-peace-prize-what-about-black?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Sep 2020 13:46:44 +0000 Readers who buy this newspaper in its physical form, rather than access it online, may have noticed a little, illustrated booklet tucked into Friday’s edition. It looks and reads like a children’s picture book, telling the story of the “Sand People” and the “Sea People”, who “have been sceptical about one another, feeding myths and negative beliefs” until one day, two youngsters from the opposing tribes fall in love, Romeo and Juliet-style, and run away from home. That “brings both tribes... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3100385/hong-kong-has-covid-19-under-control-not-real-pandemic-hate-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3100385/hong-kong-has-covid-19-under-control-not-real-pandemic-hate-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:40:47 +0000 Are the chickens finally coming home to roost for cocky little Taiwan? Just this week, China’s coastguard intercepted a boatload of bedraggled anti-government activists from Hong Kong with a one-way ticket to Taiwan. All 12 were arrested for illegally entering mainland Chinese waters. Among them was Andy Li, a previously little-known agitator who faces prosecution back home on charges of collusion with foreign forces and money laundering. He is accused of lobbying Western powers to slap... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3099405/why-does-taiwan-treat-fleeing-hong-kong-activists-illegal-immigrants?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3099405/why-does-taiwan-treat-fleeing-hong-kong-activists-illegal-immigrants?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Aug 2020 11:53:30 +0000 For all the magnanimity, nobility and divine right theory it preaches as it goes about unilaterally righting the world’s wrongs, the United States can be astonishingly bloody minded and ridiculously petty. A case in point is its slapping of sanctions on nearly a dozen top Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials over the imposition of this city’s national security law. Going beyond the hypocrisy of opposing and blatantly interfering in a sovereign nation’s right to protect itself – while... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3098443/us-encouraging-murderers-and-rapists-hide-hong-kong-suspending?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3098443/us-encouraging-murderers-and-rapists-hide-hong-kong-suspending?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Aug 2020 09:20:04 +0000 Good heavens above and great balls of fire, did US President Donald Trump just consign Hong Kong, like some modern-day Sodom and Gomorrah, to the everlasting fires of hell? Did he, godlike in his omnipotence, condemn us wretched sinners to eternal damnation, declaring us no longer worthy of his grace and radiance that might otherwise have saved our souls? Well, that was pretty much the message, though his exact words over the phone to his acolytes at the right-wing Fox Business news channel... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3097513/if-hong-kong-going-hell-isnt-trumps-america-already-there?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3097513/if-hong-kong-going-hell-isnt-trumps-america-already-there?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Aug 2020 11:26:42 +0000 “It is to one’s honour to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel,” Proverbs chapter 20, verse 3 advises those who are being provoked into a fight. You don’t really have to follow the Scriptures to appreciate the wisdom in these words, but how immensely ironic to see the officially atheist Chinese Communist Party taking the “honourable” road in such a context while the Bible-thumping administration of US President Donald Trump adopts the role of the belligerent “fool” picking all the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3096597/trumps-america-provoking-real-war-china-will-unthinkable-happen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3096597/trumps-america-provoking-real-war-china-will-unthinkable-happen?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Aug 2020 09:20:12 +0000