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Better clarity of expression will help

As I searched the net on the subject of human rights in China, the same claim caught my eyes again and again. A London Times commentator proclaimed that "China must improve its human rights record before the Beijing Oly…
葡萄政治

看！英國的西敏寺政客，每一位都能言善辯，深謀遠慮，詞鋒銳利，運籌帷幄。當年彭定康空降香港，我們不是已領教過嗎？　　英國首相白高敦每逢週三正午到議會出席的"首相答問會"，已成為我每週必看的節目。除了能聽到悅耳的英語，過程有時亦相當有趣。答問會是英國議會眾議院的傳統，在憲法裡有明文規定。看白高敦被反對黨罵得狗血淋頭，依然能把工黨執政以來的政績一一道來，簡直少一點EQ也不行。聽各黨的backbenchers (相當於足球隊後備) 吶喊助威，亦…
It's Time to Talk

In his last Q&A session in the Legislative Council on May 15, Chief Executive Donald Tsang gave a rather boring and unsatisfactory performance. His responses to the better part of the grilling were often vague or eva…
Love China, but not at the Expense of Human Rights

Ask me whether I support Tibetan independence, and I'll tell you, irrevocably, "yes".How can that be so? As a Chinese who loves and takes pride in his country and its culture, I did of course struggle a lot. Yet no one c…
My Lai Revisited

You may not have thought of it, but even the United States of America had some appalling pages in its history. The My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War is one such example. In the incident, hundreds of unarmed Vietnam…
英雄所見略同

上星期六，曾蔭權在香港電台發表香港家書，坦言經歷過今年的選舉工程後，明白到自己必須放棄以往精英管治的信念。現年六十二歲的他，仍然勇於反省改進，態度很值得欣賞。有趣的是，梁家傑亦曾在一個訪問中提到經歷過類似的頓悟。兩人都是透過選舉經歷(梁所指的是04年立法會選舉)認識到精英主義的弊病、明白到人民參與社會事項的重要性。 "Mr. Tsang stands for 40 years of administrative experienc…
The more you delve into philosophy in search of the picture of your soul and the meaning of life, the more you get lost. It's this simple: everyone's life is unique, and, hence, everyone is supposed to have their unique…
The Economics of Global Warming

Enjoying extensive coverage in the press, and causing widespread fear because of its potential dire consequence on the entire world, global warming is the biggest challenge humanity faces in the 21st century. And if the …
「念本宜從衍　家修在守時」這是我家族族譜輩序詩的其中兩句，我屬於「衍」字的那一代。全詩共有廿五字，根據這首詩命名的，在我之後還有十五代呢，我會盡我努力維護它的傳承。　中國歷史課不教不談的東西近代中國自共產黨執政以來的時代問題，既敏感又缺乏共識，因此有關的討論並不多見於華文媒體(或者我孤陋寡聞)。明報月刊最近的專題<<「中國崛起」的反思>>，請來有關學者從多方面析述中國近代時代問題，總算擴闊了我…