Keith B. Richburg, Director of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong, spent more than 20 years overseas for The Washington Post. Now a Professor of Practice in Hong Kong, he teaches courses on Feature Writing, Covering China and Covering Global Affairs, while continuing his career as a freelance writer and an author.
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Recent Articles
The Slow Death of Hong Kong
By Keith Richburg
/ May 29, 2020
ASIALINK - Hong Kong has long been Asia’s great entrepot, home to hundreds of thousands of foreigners, including more than...
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Hong Kong’s autonomy, dying in full view
By Keith Richburg
/ April 28, 2020
THE STRATEGIST - It may have gone unnoticed as the world continued to deal with the coronavirus pandemic that the...
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Covid-19 will permanently alter China’s relations with the world
By Keith Richburg
/ April 24, 2020
THE STRATEGIST - As the novel coronavirus has spread from its original epicentre of Wuhan into a global pandemic, China’s...
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Monthly newsletter: April 2020
By Keith Richburg
/ April 16, 2020
Greetings, and I hope you are all staying healthy and safe. Much has changed since my last message to you,...
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Monthly newsletter: February 2020
By Keith Richburg
/ February 18, 2020
Greetings. and apologies for the delay in getting you this newsletter. We normally come back from the semester break with...
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Bird flu, Sars, China coronavirus. Is history repeating itself?
By Keith Richburg
/ January 27, 2020
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST - The government did not warn the public for months, allowing people carrying the virus to...
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Monthly Newsletter: December 2019
By Keith Richburg
/ December 7, 2019
Should journalists rely on anonymous sources? There has been much recent talk among media analysts, critics and journalism educators about reporters...
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Beijing needs to change tack in wake of Hong Kong elections
By Keith Richburg
/ December 2, 2019
THE STRATEGIST - Make no mistake about it; Hongkongers’ overwhelming vote on 24 November was a clear and unequivocal repudiation...
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Too important or too irrelevant? Why Beijing hesitates to intervene in Hong Kong
By Keith Richburg
/ November 12, 2019
THE STRATEGIST - Two competing narratives might explain why China’s authoritarian communist rulers have so far displayed a relatively hands-off...
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Monthly Newsletter: November 2019
By Keith Richburg
/ November 8, 2019
Should the Hong Kong government register journalists and issue them an official press card? This question of journalist accreditation was...
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