Commentary
For more than three decades, Hong Kong stood as the lone guardian of a memory that the Chinese communist regime tried relentlessly to suppress.
Thinking About China
Opinion
The Alliance Trial in Hong Kong: The Last Light of June Fourth
The transformation of Hong Kong’s legal system into what many now describe as a kangaroo court—especially in national security trials—did not occur silently.
A visitor passes by police as they enter the West Kowloon Magistrates' court for the start of the trial of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, in Hong Kong on Jan. 22, 2026. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
Edward Chin
Author
Edward Chin was formerly country head of a UK publicly listed hedge fund, the largest of its kind measured by asset under management. Outside the hedge funds space, Chin is the convenor of the 2047 Hong Kong Monitor and a senior adviser of Reporters Without Borders. Chin studied speech communication at the University of Minnesota and received his MBA from the University of Toronto.
