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The betrayal of Hong Kong

Twenty-five years since the city passed from British to Chinese rule, it’s once vibrant civil society has been crushed.

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CDT Editors Picks: The Best of 2021 - China Digital Times (CDT)

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Book review: Ritual humiliation - Taipei Times

Few historical revisionists can have been as audacious as Grace C. Huang in comparing Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) to Mahatma Gandhi. Yet, not only does Huang attempt the parallel, she makes rather a good case for it. Previous studies of leadership, Huang writes, have “tended to portray Gandhi as moral, visionary leader and Chiang as a problematic, power hungry one.” While Gandhi’s leadership was “transformative,” Chiang was at best a victim of circumstance. More recent scholarship, Huang notes, has attempted to rehabilitate Chiang while highlighting the unsavory aspects of Gandhi’s character. Rather than any personality trait, though, Huang examines an element

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Netflix transforms London s West End into Hong Kong to film The Crown

Netflix have transformed London s West End into Hong Kong as they shot scenes for the highly anticipated fifth season of their royal drama The Crown which will return in November next year.

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Ten Anniversaries to Note in 2022

As two thousand twenty-one comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in two thousand twenty-two.

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