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Seize the Moment
Lawrence Lau 1. Seize the Moment The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in its recent decision has sketched out a broad framework for the election of the Chief Executive (CE) of...
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A Campaign to Strike at the Root of Corruption
As the anti-corruption drive cuts through China’s officialdom, dealing fatal blows to both “tigers and flies” at both the higher and grassroots levels, there is rising demand for institutional reform...
View ArticleCombating Ebola: What Can Africa Learn From China?
It has been more than six months, and there is no sign that the number of cases in the West African Ebola epidemic will decline. In fact, its spread may have been accelerated in some parts of the...
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Is “Umbrella Revolution” A Revolution?
Mongkok , the best place for visitors and shoppers in Hong Kong. Today, it no longer serves as a shopping heaven; it has become the battlefield for politicians with different ideologies and point of...
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Hong Kong Protesters Need to Weigh the Consequences to their Future
When Hong Kong reverted to China in 1997, western pundits predicted doom and gloom for the future of Hong Kong and they couldn’t be more off target. The same gaggle of pundits and analysts are now...
View ArticleThe Umbrella Protestors Are Wrong: China is Abiding by Hong Kong’s Basic Law
As protests are continuing in Hong Kong and the Western media are busy engaging in an orgy of throwing mud onto China, Martin Lee, the 76-year-old poster boy of Hong Kong opposition, has not...
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Compromise for Hong Kong: An Electoral College That Works
Watching pro-democracy students take over the streets of Hong Kong raises conflicting feelings. One can’t help but cheer their drive for greater democracy and freedom, yet at the same time remember how...
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How to Turn Audacity into Effective Action: China’s Xi Jinping Challenges the...
In the past few years there have been a slew of books decrying the political decay and dysfunction of Western democracy. Nathan Gardels In his magisterial new work, “Political Order and Political...
View ArticleFind Electoral Reform That Works for Hong Kong and Beijing
As a native New Yorker, I don’t have much respect for most other places that call themselves cities. I lived for too many years in Washington, DC, a second rate town at best, and went to school near...
View ArticleThe Rule of Law Deserves High Priority in China
Barring exceptional circumstances, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will convene its fourth plenum in late October. Why is there so much attention on it? Because, according...
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