HenryLitton

Hongkongers! Look on the bright side of totalitarian rule

Fed up with the stream of depressing news as Hong Kong is slipped into a new set of chains? So am I. Therefore let us, for a change, consider the bright side of totalitarian rule. The future is not all gloomy.Living with dictatorship does have a bright side, difficult though it may be to appreciate it under present circumstances. So here is a rough list of the pleasures we can look forward to:Cool uniforms: let’s face it, dictators do tend to have strikingly well-dressed minions. The gold standard for uniform design, by general if slightly embarrassed consent, was set by Hitler’s fashion team....

No stone left unturned: The Basic Law Hongkongers thought they knew is being demolished

“No stone left unturned” should be the hallmark for Hong Kong’s new life under national security rule which began almost five months ago on July 1, the anniversary of the city’s 1997 return to China.The new order began with the central government’s promulgation of a mainland-style national security law late on June 30. It is being enforced in multiple ways, including formal court proceedings and the decisions of officials both here and in Beijing.Their reach is all-encompassing. Nothing seems to be off limits, not Hong Kong’s heretofore independent judiciary and certainly not its legislature, ...