https://www.scmp.com/rss/330503/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The government found itself in a difficult position when it came to overhauling child protection in the wake of an abuse scandal at a home in Mong Kok run by the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children. Ideally it would not have felt compelled to allow the organisation to continue to play a leading role in caring for abandoned or orphaned children or those from a troubled family background. In the real world, it felt it had little choice and that is what it has done. Secretary for... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/3177849/protecting-children-not-afterthought?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/3177849/protecting-children-not-afterthought?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 May 2022 22:30:17 +0000 The prospective winners of a Hong Kong press group’s annual human rights media awards will be left in limbo as the American university poised to take over hosting the event will not be involved in this year’s presentation, the Post learned on Wednesday. Arizona State University’s journalism school previously announced it would inherit the Human Rights Press Awards from Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) after the local press body scrapped the event last week. The press club cited... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3176537/american-university-taking-over-hong-kong-press-groups?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3176537/american-university-taking-over-hong-kong-press-groups?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 May 2022 14:08:03 +0000 The European Union should maintain autonomy on its strategic policy with China, the nation’s foreign minister said on Monday in the countdown to a high-stakes China-EU summit. Speaking on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress, Wang Yi also urged the two sides to work together to strengthen strategic coordination while managing differences, urging the EU to advance ties that “are not directed at, dependent on, or subject to third parties”. “There are some forces that do not want to see... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3169599/europe-must-chart-its-own-course-china-chinese-foreign?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3169599/europe-must-chart-its-own-course-china-chinese-foreign?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:00:27 +0000 The US government on Thursday denounced Hong Kong’s arrest of the editor-in-chief, publisher and three other executives of local newspaper Apple Daily on charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and external elements.  State Department spokesman Ned Price called the Hong Kong government’s claim that the publication used “news coverage as a tool” to harm national security an effort to stifle dissent in the city and a violation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration that was signed by... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3137756/joe-biden-administration-condemns-hong-kongs-arrest-apple-daily?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3137756/joe-biden-administration-condemns-hong-kongs-arrest-apple-daily?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:26:32 +0000 Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World’s Largest Dictatorship by Stephen Vines. Hurst & Company Not so long ago Hong Kong was, to borrow Lord Palmerston’s notorious term, a “barren rock” as far as publishers were concerned, a niche topic regarded as being of little interest to global readers. Not so now. The events of the past two years have pushed Hong Kong into the global consciousness; whether in titles dedicated to the topic by authors and academics with varying degrees of connection to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3135045/defying-dragon-stephen-vines-examines-two-turbulent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/books/article/3135045/defying-dragon-stephen-vines-examines-two-turbulent?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 May 2021 09:17:36 +0000 I am responding to the letter, “Imagine a fresh start in political overhaul of city” (April 27). I am inclined to agree with the first part of the letter, which said the Hong Kong government did not do a good job of looking after Hongkongers’ livelihoods, leading to runaway housing prices and a big wealth gap. The extradition bill thus acted as a spark that eventually set the forest afire. Government incompetence was surely partly responsible for the unrest. However, your correspondent raised... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3131417/beijing-sincere-about-one-country-two-systems-hong-kong-just-not?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3131417/beijing-sincere-about-one-country-two-systems-hong-kong-just-not?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:55:04 +0000