Hans Yeung

Hans Yeung is a former manager at the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, specializing in history assessment. He is also a historian specializing in modern Hong Kong and Chinese history. He is the producer and host of programs on Hong Kong history and a columnist for independent media. He now lives in the UK with his family. Email: hku313@gmail.com

Lights out at the Pearl of the Orient

Commentary Since the late 19th century, Hong Kong has been an international city. It has got some nicknames ...

Opinion March 26, 2023
British Culture Is Still Around in Hong Kong

Twenty cities across the UK joined hands to organize the Hong Kong March, a festival that aims to ...

HK Current Affairs March 20, 2023
From Culture Shock to Biting the Feeding Hand

Commentary Last week I talked about the horrific experience of using the public toilet at the Ming Tombs ...

Thinking About China March 18, 2023
Hong Kong Legislator Says Ancient Greek History Was a Fabrication

Commentary Recently, a non-binding bill was proposed to make Chinese history compulsory in senior secondary schools. It was ...

Thinking About China March 2, 2023
Mainland Study Tours Will Yield Nothing

Commentary On July 7, 2022, the 85th anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Education Bureau (EDB) ...

Thinking About China February 23, 2023
Can Hong Kong Still Say Hello Proudly?

Commentary Recently, the Hong Kong Tourist Board launched its "Hello Hong Kong" global campaign, which aims to relaunch ...

Thinking About China February 21, 2023
Democracy as an Identity in Hong Kong

Commentary Not all Hongkongers celebrate the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to mainland China on July ...

Thinking About China February 7, 2023
Is Lunar New Year Chinese New Year?

Commentary Many Asians celebrate Lunar New Year, but Chinese patriots seemingly do not like this name. A Chinese ...

Thinking About China February 1, 2023
Authoritarianism in China: City Emblems and Time Zone Politics

Commentary "Whole-process democracy," a term derived by the Chinese Communist Party to promote its self-acclaimed "well-deserved democracy," contrasts ...

HK Current Affairs January 24, 2023
Satire and Humor at Stake in Hong Kong

Commentary How many British cultures did Hong Kong acquire? As a former British colony, Hong Kong once acquired ...

Thinking About China January 16, 2023
The Rise of the City of Knife Attacks

Commentary At the turn of 2023, two pieces of news about Hong Kong caught my attention. First, the ...

Thinking About China January 6, 2023
‘No Christmas’ and China’s COVID Outbreak

Commentary Every December in recent years, quite some people in China shouted: "no foreign festival" (bo yao yang ...

Thinking About China January 2, 2023
From Cultural to Educational Desert

Commentary Educational cleansing became rampant after the Hong Kong National Security Law was passed in 2020. The release ...

Thinking About China December 23, 2022
Anger Toward Japan Is Key to Communist Survival

Commentary Last week was China’s ninth national memorial day for the victims of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. As ...

Thinking About China December 18, 2022
Do Hong Kongers Truly Mourn Jiang Zemin?

Commentary China has been politically eventful in the last two weeks. A fire in Urumqi, Xinjiang sparked the ...

Thinking About China December 12, 2022
Problems Ahead for the White Paper Revolution

Commentary China felt a bit relieved after Hong Kong’s "colour revolution" was subdued by the implementation of the ...

Thinking About China December 5, 2022
Do Hong Kong Youngsters Have a Future?

Commentary Many people claim that ‘the youth are the pillars of society.’ Some mean it many don't. Anders ...

Opinion November 28, 2022
Hong Kong Deserves a Better Examination Board

Commentary Last year the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (equivalent to GCE Advanced Level) History examination was ...

Thinking About China November 21, 2022
Revolutionary Romanticism in Hong Kong

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) repression policy led to concerted efforts of burnism (mutually assured destruction) in ...

Thinking About China November 14, 2022
Hong Kong Education Going Through a Rough Spell

Commnentary Weeks ago, my Education Bureau friend told me there would be a very interesting Hong Kong Legislative ...

Thinking About China November 7, 2022
The Story of Two 20th Communist Party Congresses

Commentary The Hang Seng Index (HSI)–the main Hong Kong market index–hit a new low since 2009 after the ...

Opinion October 30, 2022
China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy: Violence Toward UK Protesters

Commentary Hong Kong residents are familiar with the aggressiveness of the Party cadres, who have become increasingly condescending ...

Opinion October 22, 2022
Cultural Revolution Absurdity is Coming to Hong Kong

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party’s history is full of forbidden subjects, and the most paramount of them is ...

Viewpoints October 14, 2022
Political Struggle Behind the Term ‘China Hong Kong’

Commentary It has been almost two years since I was forced to resign from the Hong Kong Examinations ...

Viewpoints October 8, 2022
Communist China Can’t Run Hong Kong

Commentary Oct. 1 marks the 73rd anniversary of the founding of Communist China. For the Hong Kong government, ...

Hong Kong September 30, 2022
The Death of Three Leaders

Commentary Hong Kong has long been regarded as ‘blessed’ (fudi), partially because political forces coexisted largely peacefully, despite ...

Hong Kong September 25, 2022
End of the United Front

Commentary The Hong Kong national security law (NSL) gives impetus to "laam chau" (also called "burnism"), which means ...

Hong Kong September 10, 2022