Category Archives: Awaiting a Democratic HK

“Teacup in a Storm” is the name of one of Hong Kong’s most popular radio talkback shows. This week its recently departed former host Allan Lee proved he could also provoke a storm. Mr Lee is the third popular radio host with pro-democracy views to take himself off the air in the past month. ThisContinue reading “Radio Talk Show Hosts Crumbles under “Political Pressure””

Reporters Without Borders has condemned a move by Chinese authorities placing several human rights activists under house arrest, preventing them from publicly marking the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on 4 June. Among them is Liu Xiaobo, a champion of free _expression and author of a number of articles about cyberdissidence in theContinue reading “News: Liu Xiaobo under house arrest ahead of 4 June”

Aren’t we being a little bit over sensitive??? Sat May 29, 1:07 PM ET BEIJING (AFP) – China has banned a Swedish-made computer game accused of “distorting history and damaging China’s sovereignty,” by showing Manchuria, Tibet and Xinjiang as independent nations, state press said. The computer game, “Hearts of Iron”, made by the Stockholm-based gamesContinue reading “News: China bans computer game accused of distorting history”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong “GENEVA: China is still widely depicted in the Western news media as a totalitarian state, and its economic success as economic reform without political reform. Yet any sharp break with the Communist economic system inevitably entails political change, and it is therefore far more accurate to describe the Chinese experienceContinue reading “Economic Growth: Democratization Inevitable or a new Fascist State?”

Reporters Without Borders described as “shocking” the opening on 18 May of the trial of Du Daobin for “incitement to subversion” before the intermediate peoples’ court in the city of Xiaogan, Hubei province, central China. Du’s lawyer Mo Shaoping who was only notified on 14 May found it impossible to reach the city in timeContinue reading “Cyberdissident Du Daobin Tried without Lawyer”

Argh! Don’t do it Taiwan, if you reunify the “crushing” will be your rights as an autonomous territory, even if you gain economic incentives. Just think “Basic Law” “Hong Kong” “One Country Two Systems” “No direct elections in Hong Kong for 2007 and 2008!!!!” Hold on, I don’t need to get nervous. They’ve been ignoringContinue reading “News: China vows to crush Taiwan independence, offers rewards for reunification”

Awaiting a Democratic Hong Kong China raps Hong Kong over criticism According to the Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, “These people, who bad-mouth China and Hong Kong, are sinners of the Chinese nation. They are just like bananas, yellow outside but white inside.” Well, it seems IContinue reading “Err. I am “The Sinner of the Chinese Nation””