Hongkongers, ask not what China has done to you – ask what it has failed to do  

Hong Kong’s security law exhumed: Beijing hotshot misses the path to peace  

One Country, One System: As Hong Kong faces another summer of unrest, the world must make up its mind on Beijing  

An open letter to China’s new officials in Hong Kong: climb that wall!

The child and the well: can ancient wisdom show Hong Kong a way through an uncertain future?

The legacy of Hong Kong’s protest movement will be hard to erase  

Our landlord’s brainwave: Hong Kong people are revolting, so replace the people

No whitewash and no witch hunt; Hong Kong needs a truth and reconciliation commission

Brainwashed? Indoctrinated? Both pro-Beijing and pro-democracy supporters act in rational self-interest

James Tam, in this rant, says that the underlying cause of Hong Kong’s current almost-but-not-quite civil war is extreme capitalism. This post is not a response to his, and nor is it about that civil almost-war, but is an acknowledgement that he’s supplied a point of entry for a post I’ve been trying to write for… Read more »