https://www.scmp.com/rss/325459/feed Shiu Sin Por is executive director of The New Paradigm Foundation, and formerly head of the Hong Kong government's Central Policy Unit (now the Policy Innovation and Coordination Office after a revamp in 2018). en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com US Air Force General Mike Minihan made headlines when he said in a recently leaked memo that his “gut” told him the United States and China would go to war over Taiwan by 2025. Last year, The Economist named the Taiwan Strait the most dangerous place on Earth. The case of a Chinese balloon in American airspace has fuelled hysteria in the US over Chinese aggression. Taiwan has become the most intense hotspot in US-China relations. With People’s Liberation Army aircraft flying closer and more... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3211995/avert-war-over-taiwan-sino-us-joint-declaration-may-be-needed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3211995/avert-war-over-taiwan-sino-us-joint-declaration-may-be-needed?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:00:13 +0000 The Sino-British Joint Declaration, on the negotiated settlement of the question of Hong Kong, was named a “declaration” and not an “agreement” for a reason. Yet the significance of this fact escaped many in those days. The same is true even today. A week ago in this paper, Professor Johannes Chan and Wing Kay Po of the Hong Kong Bar Council asserted that “there seems to be a tendency for mainland Chinese officials to omit or avoid references to the Sino-British Joint Declaration in any... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2159459/chinas-power-interpret-change-and-supplement-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2159459/chinas-power-interpret-change-and-supplement-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Aug 2018 18:00:57 +0000 The Communist Party is set to introduce a number of constitutional amendments at China’s annual parliamentary sessions, including an item removing the term limits of the presidency. This sudden move has led to a flood of outcries inside and outside the country which has resulted in a clampdown on internet discussion by the authorities. The end of presidential term limits has been widely interpreted as Xi Jinping’s attempt to seize more power and hold office for life. The clause limiting an... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2135706/china-needs-xi-jinping-helm-least-decade-more-finish-his?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2135706/china-needs-xi-jinping-helm-least-decade-more-finish-his?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:15:15 +0000 The upcoming 19th congress of the Communist Party of China will reveal Xi Jinping’s team for implementing his vision for China in the next five to 10 years (some say 15). The present team, the seven members of the standing committee of the political bureau and the political bureau itself were not completely of his own making. With the declaration naming him the core leader of the party in a previous Central Committee meeting – a title only Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping had gained – Xi has gained... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2114771/xi-jinping-isnt-just-reforming-china-hes-creating?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2114771/xi-jinping-isnt-just-reforming-china-hes-creating?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Oct 2017 02:08:05 +0000