https://www.scmp.com/rss/329155/feed Ronald Chiu is a student at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. Other than writing, his interests include the criminal law, conservation, and the history of communism. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “One interpretation of the world collapses,” a young Nietzsche had observed, watching the great sea of faith recede into the distance. “But because it was considered the interpretation, it now seems as if there were no meaning at all in existence, as if everything were now in vain. The untenability of one interpretation of the world awakens the suspicion that all interpretations of the world are false.” In Nietzsche’s time, the denial of meaning drew breath from the denial of faith. Today, it... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3022168/refuse-hong-kongs-protesters-everything-and-they-will-fight-bitter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3022168/refuse-hong-kongs-protesters-everything-and-they-will-fight-bitter?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Aug 2019 03:00:08 +0000 Hong Kong needs a new constitution, because under the Basic Law, we have no real democracy, no real means of amending the constitution and no real means to check Beijing’s powers. There will never be democracy under the Basic Law. That is why some Hongkongers now advocate for Hong Kong independence. That is why groups like the Hong Kong National Party have existed. Last year, law professor Brian Jones argued in these pages that Hong Kong’s constitutional order had failed. He was right; the Basic... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2171262/hong-kongs-basic-law-constitution-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2171262/hong-kongs-basic-law-constitution-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Nov 2018 07:30:30 +0000