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
Beijing needs to change tack in wake of Hong Kong elections
By keith / December 2, 2019
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beijing-needs-to-change-tack-in-wake-of-hong-kong-elections/ THE STRATEGIST - Make no mistake about it; Hongkongers’ overwhelming vote on 24 November was a clear and unequivocal...
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Too important or too irrelevant? Why Beijing hesitates to intervene in Hong Kong
By keith / November 12, 2019
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/too-important-or-too-irrelevant-why-beijing-hesitates-to-intervene-in-hong-kong/ THE STRATEGIST - Two competing narratives might explain why China’s authoritarian communist rulers have so far displayed a relatively...
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Monthly Newsletter: November 2019
By keith / 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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Bringing Hong Kong back from the brink
By keith / September 2, 2019
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bringing-hong-kong-back-from-the-brink/ THE STRATEGIST - After 13 straight weekends of unrelenting protests and an increasingly harsh police response, Hong Kong’s worst...
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Five myths about Hong Kong
By keith / June 21, 2019
THE WASHINGTON POST - The massive protests in Hong Kong caught officials there by surprise and startled the mainland. Even...
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The fight for Hong Kong
By keith / June 20, 2019
THE STRATEGIST - The proximate cause of the recent public protests in Hong Kong, which culminated on 16 June with...
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