Keith Richburg

Can a song endanger the national security of China and threaten to subvert the power of the ruling Communist Party? You read that correctly —…

Indonesia was in chaos and in danger of splitting apart. When President Suharto stepped down on May 22, 1998, after more than three decades in…

A funny thing has happened here in the two weeks since the government finally lifted its covid-era rule ordering everyone ages 2 and older to…

Say hello to the new Hong Kong. This former freewheeling British colony, now subjugated to Communist mainland China, has become a city of contradictions. Consider:…

The people of Hong Kong are greeting New Year’s Eve with a mixture of excitement, relief and a fair degree of uncertainty. The government is…

For a snapshot of Hong Kong’s economic malaise, walk through the once-heaving entertainment district of Lan Kwai Fong and count the number of boarded-up restaurants…

It has long been a truism that if you want to know how people feel about a government and its policies, just open the borders.…

Now that the House Jan. 6 select committee has laid out extensive evidence of Donald Trump’s malfeasance in spreading the “big lie” and inciting his…

Hong Kong was not supposed to look like this, 25 years after the end of British colonial rule and midway through China’s promised 50 years…

In the 25 years since China assumed sovereignty over Hong Kong, Beijing’s track record in appointing the city’s top leader has been pretty abysmal. None…