Defying the Dragon: Stephen Vines examines two turbulent years in Hong Kong and China’s standing in the world
Book Review: "Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World’s Largest Dictatorship" by Stephen Vines
Antony Dapiran
Antony Dapiran is a Hong Kong-based writer and lawyer, and the author of the book City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New Statesman, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, Quartz and elsewhere. He is a regular commentator on television and radio, including BBC, CNN, CNBC and Australia's ABC.
New & Notable
How international events emboldened China’s latest Hong Kong crackdown
Beijing's new round of mass arrests in the territory is a bid to end opposition politics.
Losing hope
Personal reflections on mass arrests in Hong Kong, and the aftermath of a moment of hope.
Hong Kong’s Protest of Enchantment
How the soft power of Hong Kong's democracy movement is still alive. Based on extracts from City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong.
Hong Kong: Shock Therapy
Review of "Aftershock: Essays from Hong Kong", edited by Holmes Chan.
The takeover
Review of "Making Hong Kong China: The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law" by Michael C. Davis
Hong Kong, PRC: The world needs to come to terms with Hong Kong’s new reality
Hong Kong has a new ‘Party Secretary’, a new all-powerful government agency, and a new basis to charge the opposition as terrorists. The National Security Law effectively replicates in Hong Kong the same Party and government structure that exists in the rest of China – and the implications are profound.
Is Business About to Get Harder in Hong Kong?
Uncertainty about the implications a new law could undermine the city’s hard-won status as an international legal center.
Hong Kong's own leaders have sacrificed its autonomy
If Hong Kong has become a pawn between the US and China, it is because Carrie Lam and her government have allowed it.
No place for Tiananmen vigil in China's new Hong Kong
Days after China moved to enact new security laws, Hong Kong’s police refused permission for an annual vigil honoring the victims of the Tiananmen Square protests.
‘The End of Hong Kong as We Know It’
Previous demonstrations in the city were colorful, hopeful, and exuberant. Rallies this summer have been more forlorn.
Singin' About A Revolution
The soundtrack of this year's Hong Kong protests marks a somber turn from the Umbrella Movement
