As an American-Hongkonger lawyer-writer living in Hong Kong, China, who writes about the importance of a U.S.-China global partnership to lead the world away from Armageddon, these are indeed trying and troubling times. Stay in Hong Kong Kong with its new security law that is scaring the beejeezuz out of political writers, or head back […]
I am an American-British-Cypriot writer, lawyer and consultant who has been coming to Hong Kong since the early ’80s. I have since settled down here as a Hongkonger. My books, first published in 2004, and my blogs address all aspects of US-China relations from a Hong Kong point of view. Hongkongers are not only Chinese. […]
I had a booth to sell my books at the Hong Kong Book Fair that was scheduled July 15-21, now postponed, planned a press conference and press release, announcing that proceeds from the sale of my books will be donated to animal welfare groups – something I am now doing virtually instead – as I […]
Covid-19, not to mention SARS, Bird Flu and Swine Flu, have been trying to drive home the message that the consumption of animals, domesticated and wildlife, is deadly to humans. Hopefully, Covid-19 has got this message across to humanity. While China and the U.S. are duking it out over who is to blame for what […]
‘Political Animals’ Unite to Raise Awareness and Funds For Immediate ReleaseCUSTOM MAID BOOKS – CAL BOOKS Booth # 1B-B35Press Contact: Peter de Krassel Peter@custommaidbook.com +852 9805-1347 Custom Maid Books is supporting Hong Kong wildlife charities to help fight the immoral production and distribution of wildlife products in Hong Kong Join us at booth # 1B-B35 at the Hong […]
As an American-Hongkonger living in Hong Kong, I am embarrassed being repeatedly asked why Americans are being so stupidly stubborn about face masks and social distancing. This includes conversations with Chinese-Americans and black and white American brothers and sisters in Hong Kong and America. Bottom line, I feel safer living in Hong Kong with its […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has poisoned the U.S.-China relationship and turned it into a Kung Flu blame-game slugfest. Both Presidents Trump and Xi are flexing their negotiating muscles for their own political benefit and survival, playing up to their respective home audience by blaming each other for the pandemic that has infected more than 9 million […]
Link to article How Hong Kong got its coronavirus response right – by taking care of business Although the handling of the national anthem and national security laws has been disappointing, Hong Kong has done an admirable job of coping with the economic crisis from the Covid-19 pandemic, as it struggles to contain a political […]
Beijing — not Covid-19 — killed the Hong Kong goose laying golden eggs for China. The new Hong Kong Article 23 national security law tabled May 22, that was adopted May 28, to be passed into law by the Standing Committee of the National people’s Congress (“NPC”), probably sometime in July-August, before the Legislative Council […]
Presidents Trump and Xi are facing political headwinds at home, both within their respective political parties — and domestic front with the public at large. To distract their political constituencies from their trade war, domestic economic recessions and unemployment brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, they are flexing their military muscles in the South China […]