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democracy
Tunisian youth after the Arab Spring: victims or complicit?
2011 was supposed to be the starting point of a new hope in the Arab world, starting in Tunisia on 14 January when President Ben Ali decided to give up his …
Hong Kong: Where East and West Collide
Which country are you from? Hong Kong. So you’re from China. Yes and no. But isn’t Hong Kong in China? Yes, but they’re not the exact same. But you have …
HK Series #5 – The anti-democratic purge has begun
First there were two, but soon there may be none. It was announced last Friday that the Hong Kong Government will launch judicial reviews against Nathan Law, ‘Long Hair’ Leung …
HK Series #4 – Harry Yu: An Illogical Fear
Dear Editor-in-Chief, I am a 3rd year LLB student at the LSE. I am of Chinese-Canadian background. Having read the articles in your Hong Kong Series, I noticed that submissions …
HK Series #3 – James Lo: The Dilemma We Face
The democratisation of Hong Kong is wrought with geopolitical constraints. To understand it, we must look beyond ‘us’ and ‘them’, ‘democratic’ and ‘authoritarian’. To the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), democracy …
HK Series #2 – Janice Leung: A Losing Struggle
What do I think about the current situation in Hong Kong? Out of everything that has happened in Hong Kong since September’s Legislative Council election, where a new generation of pro-democracy politicians …
HK Series #1 – Janis Wong: Interpretation, Intervention, Interference
Under the backdrop of the Brexit Article 50 judiciary saga as well as the historic US election earlier this month, which essentially determined who the next president is going to …