Yi Hui is the South China Morning Post's Asia desk editor. His team produces online content as well as the print publication This Week in Asia, an award-winning Sunday current affairs magazine. He was previously Chief Production Editor for the SCMP's Hong Kong desk.
Yi Hui is the South China Morning Post's Asia desk editor. His team produces online content as well as the print publication This Week in Asia, an award-winning Sunday current affairs magazine. He was previously Chief Production Editor for the SCMP's Hong Kong desk.
In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we explore the focus on Hong Kong in China's development plans as the annual Lianghui closes, while closer to home, tourism numbers are on the rise but yet another violent crime haunts the city.
In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we follow the city's earthquake rescue team in Turkey, while also tracking the moves of political bigwigs closer to home.
In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the legacy of late ex-president Jiang Zemin, while a political storm centred on Jimmy Lai’s national security trial brews in the courts.
In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at how the city is further easing Covid curbs as it hosts more key events, while a tragic concert accident in July returns to the spotlight as police detain suspects.
In this issue of Hong Kong Update, we look at the implications for the city following the Communist Party’s congress, and the financial hub’s tricky path to reopening its borders.
Most hail the new Buddhist Art Museum, the only one of its kind in the city, as a milestone for the religion locally, as more Hongkongers seek spirituality amid the breakneck pace of life.