China is China, and Hong Kong is Hong Kong, and never the twain shall meet. The past decade saw a civilizational clash between China and Hong Kong in terms of core values like democracy, civil liberty, and rule of law. The gulf, and the source of conflict, beween China and Hong Kong is cultural rather than economic or political. The "One Country, Two Systems" policy proves inadequate, if not ineffective, because, as the thousands of years of imperial China experience demonstrates, ideology, such as nationalism and patriotism, is a weak glue to hold together people otherwise lacking cultural sources of community.
The city that cannot sleep July 4, 2007
Hong Kong anxious about future July 2, 2007
A Reflection of Power July 2, 2007
'I Was Scared to Death' July 2, 2007
Reinventing Hong Kong July 2, 2007
Hong Kong gets mixed reviews ten years after annexation July 1, 2007
Hong Kong's Future: Sunshine, with Clouds June 30, 2007
Ten Years after the Handover June 29, 2007
One country, no democracy June 28, 2007
Still On the Front Line June 27, 2007
My regrets over Hong Kong by Lady Thatcher June 10, 2007
Does China Still Need Hong Kong? June 7, 2007
The Hong Kong yuan? April 8, 2007