Is Hong Kong in its โdeath throesโ?
Photo: Lam Yik Fei, New York Times Two months into the Hong Kong protests this year, the respected lawyer Dan Harrisย wrote on the China Law...
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TikTokโs censorship problem
Dear Access member, Weโre taking tomorrow off for the American holiday of Thanksgiving. If something huge breaks, weโll send a note, otherwise, weโll be...
Beijing to Hong Kong: We make the laws
Dear Access member, I hang my head in shame: Yesterday, I wrote that bubonic plague is caused by a virus. Thanks to Denis Simon for...
A tipping point in Hong Kong?
The situation in Hong Kong is as volatile as it has ever been, as every day of the past week has brought fresh, violent clashes between protesters and police. This is the first time that the upheaval has not slowed during a single weekday. Two significant police actions ensured this: A second protester was shot by police with live bullets on November 11, as we covered last week. Police laid siege to university campuses, which had previously been treated as safe havens.
More than 70 percent of divorces in China are initiated by women
Dear Access member, Our word of the day is divorce (็ฆปๅฉ lรญhลซn). On a happier note, there are only five business days left until our...
A setback for Beijing in Solomon Islands
A map from Wikipedia of the various groupings of island nations in the Pacific, which we included in ourย brief guide to China and the Pacific...
Beijing seethes as House approves Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
Dear Access member, Our word of the day is Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (้ฆๆธฏไบบๆไธๆฐไธปๆณๆก xiฤnggวng rรฉnquรกn yว mรญnzhว fว’ร n). โJeremy Goldkorn, Editor-in-Chief...
Chinaโs #MeToo movement, explained
China has its own #MeToo movement. While China's fight against sexual harassment and assault shares some similarities with the U.S., there are also important differences, like with the judicial system and internet censorship. Watch this video to get the full down low on #MeToo and the prospect for popular change to gender issues in modern China.
Will Hong Kong invoke emergency powers?
Dear Access member, Our word of the day is โanti-mask lawโ (็ฆ่้ขๆณ jรฌn mรฉngmiร n fว), one of many restrictions that the Hong Kong government could...