Asia Sentinel

It seems that the SAR government finally decided to choose the lesser of two evils: taking decisive, albeit belated, anti-speculation measures in the hope of stabilizing prices, rather than sitting on their hands. The key question is: will...

Like a tornado, the last two weeks in July came and went with dizzying force. Those were perhaps the two most astounding weeks in my whole life. By “astounding”, I mean the events that took place were utterly outside of even my...

The Chinese edition of “Land and the Ruling Class in Hong Kong” has finally come to life. The title of the book is “地產霸權” and it is co-published by Hong Kong Economic Journal (信報) an...

Politics in the family, politics in the office and politics in civil society. I hate them all. But as a member of civil society, can an individual really avoid getting involved in politics in the community he/she lives?My childhood observation taught...

My translation of Han Han’s June 10 blogpost on the matter:- “Solo Choir is finally going to the press this afternoon. In twenty days it will be on the market. Initially it will appear in book form and will be a bi-monthly ...

Translation of a commentary in Southern Metropolis Daily titled “The Second-Generation Peasants Living an Ostracized Life”. ...

There will always be the more fortunate in society, and there will always be the less fortunate. But a compassionate act towards the unfortunate, if performed by another unfortunate, makes it that much more noble. ...

The high-profile snapping up of Australian real estate by Mainland investors has finally galvanized the Australian government to take steps to stem foreign purchases of residential properties. But it seems the new restrictive rules won’t damp...

The Hong Kong government’s property market cooling measures are doomed to be a farce. But some media are too quick to make a contrary judgment. ...

A video commentary on the defection of traditional media by a media professional, Tsui Siu Wah (徐少燁), citing the cases of TVB and Commercial Radio. ...