Hong Kong has changed since the turmoil of 2019-20. Few people would dispute this. The more important question is what kind of city it is becoming. It is evolving into a more nationally integrated yet still distinctive city. The emerging model seeks to combine market dynamism and international connectivity with clearer alignment to national development….
The recent resignation of Keir Starmer as Britain’s prime minister has reignited a debate over the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit identity – and talk of rejoining the European Union. Over the past decade, has Britain’s decision to exit the EU returned the UK to its splendid isolation – or merely a splendid squalor? It may seem…
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NIGEL Farage will embark on a “double or quits” £5 million spending spree to win over voters in the build-up to May’s local elections. The Reform UK leader has so far sent out five million leaflets to outer London and every home in Scotland and Wales in a major push for support. Sign up for…
LONDON — Matt Gass has worked on secret Brexit preparations, was part of the first trade negotiations led by the U.K. in decades and is now a senior lawyer investigating allegations of unfair practices. Fifteen years after graduating from Northeastern University, Gass is employed in a job — working for the Trade Remedies Authorities, an…
This year marks half a century of formal diplomatic relations between China and the European Union as well as the 25th anniversary of the founding of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Here, Shi Jiangtao looks at how the relationship has been affected by Trump 2.0 and accompanying ups and downs of US-China…
An anonymous post to the popular Hong Kong YouTube news channel Bastille Post may be considered culturally illuminating. The news report, to which the post responded, said the UK Home Office disclosed that applications and arrivals from Hong Kong people under the BN(O) migration scheme have continued to decline since its introduction in 2021. “Some…
HOW TO LIVE with the giant on its doorstep is always a conundrum for post-Brexit Britain. Since Brexit took effect in January 2021, goods exports to the EU have fallen sharply because of new non-tariff barriers. One way to avoid these would be closer alignment with EU rules, as was proposed for food and energy…
By 2021, Brexit was finally done. And so was Farage. “This has taken away the better part of my adult life,” he said as he announced he was quitting as leader of his anti-immigration party Reform UK. “I’m done.” Now Farage is back—and Reform UK is currently leading in the polls—largely thanks to an unexpected…
The problem, however, is dissolving parliament is exactly how French politics ended up in this mess in the first place. The political landscape hasn’t much changed since last summer, so elections could very well just deliver another hung parliament. Before Monday, Macron looked unlikely to send voters back to the polls. He has repeatedly, including…