Beijing is not Brussels. An obvious statement, some might say, but in relation to Hong Kong, it is actually a revealing comparison. It turns out that the center of the European Union has more power to influence the lives of…
A Calamitous Chinese Killing, the latest entry in Shamini Flint’s Inspector Singh Investigates series, is a light yet engrossing read that sends the titular character into a conspiracy of murder, wrongful arrest, property seizure and corruption. The series, now six…
I am a Hong Kong person. I was born in this city, I spent my childhood and adolescence here, I have permanent residency, and a Hong Kong identity card with three stars. I am ethnically Chinese through my mother. But…
The Problem with Multiverses Obviously, spoilers for the ending of BioShock Infinite. Also, I have yet to play the original BioShock, though I know the final twist at the end. BioShock Infinite’s ending is, in a word, complicated. The…
My review of Brothers at War: The Unending War in Korea was reprinted by Caixin Media! You can check it out here.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of, if not the end of the Korean War, at least the Armistice. That’s two generations. For almost anyone under the age of about thirty, the first-pass conventional view of the Korean War, if one thinks about it at all, is probably simple: North…
This September, thousands of University of Macau students will cross a border to attend class, though they may not realise it. There will be no immigration checks in the tunnel between the new campus on Zhuhai’s Hengqin island and Macau…
I was mentioned by Alex Lo in his daily column in the South China Morning Post, titled “SAR system undone by its own success”, where he mentioned my undergradaute thesis for Harvard College: “The Sub-State Actor: Hong Kong, Macau, and a…
Thoughts on the Colombian FTA
I got drawn into a discussion on Twitter about the recent free trade agreement in Colombia, and the protests surrounding it. I thought I might expand on some of the relevant arguments here. The vast majority of economists agree that…