The Assault on Liberal Values in Hong Kong. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Michael C. Davis, formerly a professor at Hong Kong University, helps us understand the further decline in Hong Kong these days, as discussed by the Editorial Board of the Washington Post, in a piece […]
4th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Movement (Global Connections)
Taking Stock of What Has Happened Since. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Michael Davis of the Hong Kong Democracy Council (HKDC) helps us recognize the significance of the 4th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Movement, the advent and effects of the Security Law that followed, and […]
HK Business Integrity and Transparency Act (Global Connections)
What will this Bill Do for Hong Kong. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guests are Michael Davis and Samuel Chu. Our panel discuss the Hong Kong Business Integrity and Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress in late August, 2022, and what effects it will have on Hong Kong. Our […]
John Lee, Pro-Beijing Hardliner in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
Another Troubling Inflection Point. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Professor Michael Davis, who spent many years living in Hong Kong and teaching at Hong Kong University, helps us understand the implications and effects of the ‘election’ of John Lee, pro-Beijing hardliner, as the new chief executive of […]
Update on Civil Liberties in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
It’s Getting Worse all the Time. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Michael Davis helps us understand three major developments in Hong Kong: (1) the “election” of John Lee, (2) the cancellation of the Human Rights Press awards, and (3) the arrests of 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund Trustees […]
Hong Kong: How Beijing Perfected Repression (Global Connections)
Where Can Hong Kong Go Now. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. Beijing has brutally advanced the 2047 return of Hong Kong to China, and it has changed the open character of the city to full-tilt repression in the space of only a few years. Civil liberties and […]
It’s Getting Worse in Hong Kong (Transitional Justice)
Prosecutions, Imprisonment and Exile. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Michael Davis. This episode covers the prosecutions under both the National Security Law (NSL) and the existing public order laws of Hong Kong, with the reality that nearly all the pan-democratic forces in Hong Kong have been locked up or […]
Update on the attack on Hong Kong (Global Connections)
China is systematically undermining democracy. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Michael Davis. Michael Davis, who taught for some years at Hong Kong University, and who is senior fellow at the Wood Wilson International Center and Jindal University, and an expert on democracy and freedom of speech […]
The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong (Global Connections)
Making Hong Kong China, a new book by Michael Davis. The host for this episode is Jay Fidell. The guest for this episode is Michael Davis. Author and educator Michael Davis will discuss his new book, Making Hong Kong China, and how it captures. The regrettable events in Hong Kong, and the continuing rollback of […]
Catching up on Hong Kong (Global Connections)
ThinkTech is a Hawaii 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Please support us by making a donation. http://www.thinktechhawaii.com Where are we going now? Michael Davis, Hong Kong expert, will bring us current on the autonomy and democracy protests in Hong Kong. What position and action has China taken? What will it do going forward to 2047? Have the protesters […]