I don’t have much to say about Xi Jinping’s US visit and his meeting with Donald Trump. As expected, we shouldn’t expect much from Donald Trump as he himself also doesn’t respect human rights and alwa...

Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho Chun-yan should have never been detained. They only exercised their right to freedom of peaceful assembly. This case has again proved that the national sec...

All leaders and members of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China should have never been detained and charged for their beliefs

Authoritarian regime might be able to detain her but her free mind is always with us

No more hallucination of the existence of the rule of law in Hong Kong

Casual form of exchange and solidarity

Went to see my doctors yesterday morning. It's great to hear that they said my condition has improved a lot. No sign of pneumonia anymore. I nearly died in hospital in November as the virus related to...

Letter to all my fellow Substackers: I am a Hong Konger living in Tokyo, Japan, and a former China researcher of Amnesty International and a former Visiting Scholar of the University of St. Andrews ....

John Lee's new national security powers cast fresh doubt on courts delivering independent justice

As the 11th anniversary of the 709 Crackdown on Chinese human rights lawyers is approaching on 9 July, we take Xie Yang’s case as an example of the peculiarity of criminal cases against human rights l...

As the 11th anniversary of the 709 Crackdown on Chinese human rights lawyers is approaching on 9 July, we take Xie Yang’s case as an example of the peculiarity of criminal cases against human rights l...

China and Hong Kong’s Human Rights Performance are Among the Worst in East Asia, Drop in Major Democracies are Alarming

Thanks Asia Democracy Chronicles for publishing my article. Thanks a lot to the editors for editing and polishing it. 🙏 Analysis #JimmyLai: What price freedom? The billionaire tycoon’s life mirrors...

The three versions are posted on my new Patreon:

The three versions are posted on my new Patreon:

hydrangea. so beautiful.

💙🩵hydrangyeas are just so beautiful. Every year, we enjoy looking at these beautiful flowers. Fleurs Bleues🪻. We are so privileged to have this view opposite our small cafe Tsukikage Coffee : https://...

Have written this article which was published on the website of Tokyo-based Asian Lawyers Network - “Petitioners’ Face Severe Repression — Yang Caiying’s Desperate Calls for Her Dying Mother and Siste...

I have moved to Japan for four years. I was hospitalised for two months in October-December 2025 due to serious pneumonia. During my stay in the hospital, I had a lot of hallucinations, including imag...

I have moved to Japan for four years. I was hospitalised for two months in October-December 2025 due to serious pneumonia. During my stay in the hospital, I had a lot of hallucinations, including imag...

A legendary tycoon who loses his freedom for running a pro-democracy media outlet

擇善固執選擇良知而非為一己之利識時務

Second part of the thesis:

www.asianlawyers.net/statements/2... Criminal injustice — Hong Kong adopting Communist China’s legal tyranny ….

I first came to know Jimmy Lai when I was a journalist for English media in Hong Kong, including being a reporter covering China for the Union of Catholic Asian News (UCAN).

Lavender It seems that calmness is what I need the most this week. When I was a small kid, I was among the quiet and calm, kinda timid and shy. As I started kindergarten, I remembered I was alread...

Lily After a long time, I couldn’t figure out how I should use my Substack. English is my second language. I can only write essays based on my life experiences. When I was born, it was the start of ...