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It must have been a while since the SCMP had an interesting op-ed. For a decade or more, most of the paper’s opinion pieces have been churned out by one David Dodwell, whose columns are mainly known as a highly … Continue reading →

From HKFP… Thursday marked the first day of the public hearing into the blaze, which killed 168 people and displaced thousands living in the Tai Po residential complex. It was the city’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades. The inquiry … Continue reading →

In the HK Alliance trial… Appearing before a designated three-judge panel at the West Kowloon Law Courts on Tuesday, Lee explained that the Alliance advocated an end to one-party rule, as such a form of governance stood in opposition to … Continue reading →

In the HK Alliance subversion trial, Lee Cheuk-yan… …argued on Tuesday that calling for an end to “one-party dictatorship” in mainland China did not mean ousting the Communist Party from its leading role under the state’s constitutional framework. “The Communist … Continue reading →

Chow Hang-tung’s statement arguing for early acquittal in the HK Alliance trial. From Brian Kern’s intro… It’s worth stressing that, having been in prison since September 2021, she has prepared her entire defense, including this statement, from inside of a … Continue reading →

This is not a NatSec case, so who knows – he might not end up in prison. Or does a Wen Wei Po ‘soft resistance’ accusation tip the balance? … Pong Yat-ming appeared at the Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on … Continue reading →

Lingua Sinica report on Chinese diplomats in France complaining about a Taiwanese-German play showing at a Strasbourg theatre… When theater director Barbara Engelhardt did not respond, the deputy consul general wrote directly to the City of Strasbourg, the theater’s principal … Continue reading →

Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung continue to argue for acquittal in their subversion trial… Defence counsel Erik Shum, representing Lee, told the court on Wednesday that the prosecution must establish that calling for an end to one-party rule is tantamount … Continue reading →

Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung seek early acquittals on subversion charges relating to their role in the HK Alliance. From HKFP… Barrister Erik Shum, representing Lee Cheuk-yan, argued on Monday that prosecutors erred in saying that there are no “lawful … Continue reading →

There’s nothing we like more than seeing a property speculator having to cut his asking price, preferably by a lot… Known colloquially as the “Ten Billion Shop King” for compiling one of the city’s largest caches of street shop and … Continue reading →