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Frank Ching
Frank Ching opened The Wall Street Journal’s Bureau in China in 1979. He is now a Hong Kong-based writer on Chinese affairs.
Massive, peaceful march is win-win for protesters, police
Frank Ching
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Dec 9, 2019 5:21pm
Evidently stung by the passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act by the United States, the Hong Kong government has made a multi-barreled response: denied that human rights have been eroded, granted permission...
Government paralysis continues after electoral debacle
Frank Ching
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Dec 2, 2019 3:26pm
After a peaceful two-week hiatus during which Hong Kong held District Council elections that saw pro-democracy candidates win a stunning victory by capturing 87 percent of the seats and 17 of the 18 councils, violence returned...
Hong Kong Act in US reflects failure of China hardline strategy
Frank Ching
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Nov 28, 2019 8:00am
Passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act by both houses of the US congress is a humiliating blow for China and a triumph for the Hong Kong protesters and their message to the...
Hong Kong: People act while govt dithers
Frank Ching
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Nov 18, 2019 12:48pm
The social unrest gripping Hong Kong, now in its sixth month, worsened last week as violence reached new heights, universities were taken over by students, protests spread to the heart of the business district and traffic...
China and the US: Deep-seated differences
Frank Ching
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Nov 14, 2019 8:30am
While China and the United States once again appear to be close to a trade agreement, the fact that it is a “first phase” accord makes it clear that intractable issues have been left for a...
China: Time for vision in Hong Kong
Frank Ching
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Nov 5, 2019 10:31am
As violent anti-China protests in Hong Kong continue, the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee, meeting last week in Beijing for the first time in 20 months, issued a communiqué in which it pledged to take...
China and Japan make progress on cordiality track
Frank Ching
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Oct 31, 2019 8:00am
Four months ago, the leaders of China and Japan met on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka and agreed to normalize their relationship. President Xi Jinping accepted Premier Shinzo Abe’s invitation to visit Japan...
Taiwan in mind, Beijing channels overseas Chinese influence
Frank Ching
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Oct 21, 2019 3:32pm
As Taiwan’s January presidential election approaches, Beijing is stepping up its effort to undermine incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and boost the opposition Kuomintang’s candidate Han Kuo-yu, who is generally viewed...
HK autonomy: A long leash, but one that Beijing won’t let go
Frank Ching
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Oct 15, 2019 10:30am
China’s intense anticorruption campaign has generated a flood of fugitives who have fled abroad and Beijing in turn has launched a global drive to seek their return, leading to the arrest of more than 5,000 suspects...
Time for HK protesters to sit back and think
Frank Ching
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Oct 8, 2019 10:54am
This week marks the beginning of the fifth straight month of protests in Hong Kong. A million-person march on June 9 was focused on opposing the government’s extradition bill and that goal was finally achieved on...
China’s 70th birthday: A nurtured narrative
Frank Ching
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Oct 3, 2019 8:00am
The People’s Republic of China celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding this week with fireworks, a huge parade showing off its latest military hardware and a vast outpouring of facts and figures to show the...
China revs up efforts to isolate Taiwan on global stage
Frank Ching
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Sep 23, 2019 11:55am
In the run-up to Taiwan’s January presidential election, China is taking economic, political, military and diplomatic steps in an effort to prevent President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from winning a second term....
Why China is taking a critical look at Hong Kong’s tycoons
Frank Ching
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Sep 17, 2019 11:46am
More than three decades ago when China set up a special committee to draft Hong Kong’s Basic Law, its attitude toward the business elite was unmistakable, as 12 of the 23 Hong Kong members that it...
China: The challenges of Hong Kong and Taiwan
Frank Ching
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Sep 9, 2019 2:28pm
Twenty-two years ago, when Hong Kong became part of China, the former British colony’s relationship with Taiwan became part of China’s cross-straits relationship. Thus, when the pro-independence politician Chen Shui-bian became president of Taiwan in 2000,...
China: Is ‘Asia for Asians’ security strategy working?
Frank Ching
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Aug 26, 2019 2:15pm
Five years ago, in May 2014, President Xi Jinping took the United States aback when, at a regional conference held in Shanghai, he proposed the idea of “Asia for Asians” where security matters were concerned. Calling...
Can China play conflict mediator for neighbors?
Frank Ching
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Aug 22, 2019 9:00am
As world attention focused on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, India all of a sudden moved to strip the special region of Jammu and Kashmir of the autonomy guaranteed to it in India’s constitution since independence...
China’s bogeyman: ‘black hands’ and ‘foreign forces’
Frank Ching
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Aug 12, 2019 2:49pm
For some time now, China has been blaming “black hands” working for “foreign forces” for the massive anti-extradition protests in Hong Kong, now in their third month. More recently, Chinese officials have been openly saying that...
HK-China conflict: The national identity gap
Frank Ching
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Aug 5, 2019 1:19pm
As the anti-extradition protests – ostensibly directed at the Hong Kong administration but very much aimed also at the Chinese government — extend into their third month, repercussions are being felt around the world, with Hong...
China-Russia air patrol shows Japan and South Korea in disarray
Frank Ching
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Jul 29, 2019 4:58pm
China and Russia conducted their first-ever joint air patrol last week by sending bombers along the South Korean coast, intruding into its air defense identification zone as well as that of Japan, with Seoul charging that...
Hong Kong: The crisis deepens
Frank Ching
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Jul 25, 2019 8:01am
The Hong Kong administration is facing a deepening governance crisis as mass protests continue over the extradition issue and violence escalates. While the bill allowing extradition to mainland China has been suspended, the government refuses to...
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