The free world has abandoned Hong Kong
Forty years ago today, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and China’s Premier Zhao Ziyang signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, an…
The jailing of democracy activists marks a dark day for Hong Kong
Hong Kong has sentenced dozens of democracy protestors to years in prison, in the largest trial since Beijing’s National Security…
The bravery of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement must not be forgotten
Ten years ago this week, a sea of yellow umbrellas filled the streets of Hong Kong in what at the…
Lionel Messi shouldn’t have been in Hong Kong in the first place
Football has turned messy in Hong Kong. Last Sunday, the beleaguered Hong Kong Chinese Communist party was hoping for a…
Britain must help Burma win its freedom
Three years ago today, the military in Burma (or Myanmar, as the junta prefers to call it) plunged the country…
Parliament needs protecting from foreign infiltration
The suggestion this weekend that an alleged Chinese spy is a British-born parliamentary researcher – leading a policy group aimed at…
Burma’s generals aren’t really pardoning Aung San Suu Kyi
The brutal generals ruling Burma – or Myanmar as they officially call it – seem to take us for fools.…
China’s censors have already won
The Chinese Communist Party regime has always been censorious. Its so-called ‘Great Firewall’ means that Facebook, Twitter and Google are…
Myanmar is on the verge of collapse
Deep in southeast Asia sits a country where 54 million people are living a total nightmare. A nation that, benighted…
Beijing's cruel attempt to stop fleeing Hongkongers
The Chinese Communist party regime likes to portray itself as the new superpower, displaying its strength on the world stage.…
China has taken control of Hong Kong's legislature
Hong Kong’s legislature has today moved one step closer to becoming a local branch of the Chinese Communist Party, after…
Hong Kong's 'one country, two systems' is over
The Chinese Communist party made an announcement yesterday which effectively ends ‘one country, two systems’ in Hong Kong, and in…
