DEMOCRATS IN SHANGHAI

Apr 23, 2014 | Letters from Hong Kong

Posted:  April 23, 2014   No stone is being left unturned in the effort to convince everyone that Beijing’s official reading of the Basic Law should be accepted as the mandate for electing Hong Kong’s next Chief Executive in 2017.  Besides blanket daily coverage...

THE LOGIC OF DEFEAT

Apr 14, 2014 | Letters from Hong Kong

Posted:  April 14, 2014   Hong Kong democrats just ceded another election to their pro-establishment rivals.  It was a minor matter, already last month’s news, such as it was.  No one but the actual participants and a few thousand voters paid any attention.  But...

CREATIVE COMBINATIONS

Apr 1, 2014 | Letters from Hong Kong

Posted:  April 1, 2014   A week ago the way out of  Hong Kong’s electoral reform predicament seemed to be taking shape.  It would entail some form of popular nomination for Hong Kong’s first “universal suffrage” Chief Executive election in 2017,  to be paired in...