China’s memories of Mao fade to nostalgia 50 years after his death

The crimson flags on Nanjie village’s “East is Red” Square hang limp in the sweltering summer heat as a trickle of tourists take photos with…

Real reason Trump just melted down in Florida

The floor is falling out

How American jobs just bombed

Chinese guitar capital’s stairway to export heaven

It doesn’t take long to guess the main industry of the Chinese town of Zheng’an. A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals…

Iran War hits major escalation

US strikes off Kharg Island

China artists quit S.Korea art show after organisers let ‘Taiwan’ be used in name of exhibition

Chinese artists withdrew from a major South Korean art show after organisers allowed “Taiwan” to be used in the name of an exhibition, officials said…

Three leaders, three agendas at SCO’s 25th anniversary

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) marked its 25th anniversary in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, with all the trappings a diplomatic milestone demands. There were…

Open season: killing the norm against leadership assassination

When the story of an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump during the NATO summit in Turkey emerged in the second week of August,…

Taliban mining pitch to US is a political risk time bomb

Afghanistan is estimated to hold more than US$1 trillion in mineral resources. Rich stores of copper, lithium, gold, iron ore, rare earth elements, coal and…

Moscow’s long paranoia about UK support for Russia’s foes

Relations between London and Moscow reached another peak of tension in August over the UK’s support for Ukraine. The success of Ukraine’s long-range strikes against…

Why you won’t be getting a flying car

Stripe Press was kind enough to send me several books it had published, and one of these was J. Storrs Hall’s “Where Is My Flying Car?”.…

They already decided you’ll pay more

HKFP Lens: ‘Love at last sight’ – bidding farewell to Hong Kong’s modernist General Post Office after 50 years

When the General Post Office was built in Central half a century ago, conservationists mourned the loss of the building it replaced. The old General…

No, we are not on the eve of World War III

Every few months, someone — a general, a think tank, a cable news panel — declares that the world is edging toward a third world…

Ruth Wang, Chinese lawyer for underground church, flees to Taiwan – rights group

Taiwan said Friday it has provided “temporary accommodation” to a Chinese citizen, after a rights group reported that a lawyer representing detained leaders of an…

Jockey Club suspends highly anticipated mainland race, citing new risk assessment from Chinese authorities

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has suspended a highly anticipated horse racing event due to be held in mainland China, citing a new risk…

America just hit burn it all down phase

No one predicted what just happened