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Legacy schools in Ghana are over subscribed. Wikimedia Commons

May 16, 2022

Ghana’s high school system sets many students up for failure: it needs a rethink

David Baidoo-Anu, Queen's University, Ontario; Kenneth Gyamerah, Queen's University, Ontario, and Timothy Chanimbe, Hong Kong Baptist University

Grouping of high schools in Ghana into categories perpetuates inequalities.

March 17, 2020

Comment l’épidémie permet à l’État chinois d’étendre son contrôle sur la population

Dionysios Stivas, Hong Kong Baptist University and Nicholas Ross Smith, University of Nottingham

Le gouvernement chinois s’est accordé des prérogatives extraordinaires appuyées sur une technologie de surveillance avancée.

March 11, 2020

Coronavirus: China’s attempts to contain the outbreak has given it new levels of state power

Dionysios Stivas, Hong Kong Baptist University and Nicholas Ross Smith, University of Nottingham

The Chinese government has granted itself extraordinary new levels of control backed by advanced surveillance technology.

Joshua Wong (left), Alex Chow (centre) and Nathan Law (right) speak to the press outside the Court of Final Appeal after the first hearing in their bid to appeal their jail sentences in Hong Kong on November 7, 2017. ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP

November 15, 2017

How Hong Kong Umbrella movement was crushed and pro-democracy activists gradually silenced

Edmund W. Cheng, Hong Kong Baptist University and Samson Yuen, Lingnan University

In Hong Kong, challenges for the new generation of activists are not how to mobilise mass protests, but how to wrestle with the state’s innovative strategy to manage society.

Beijing International Book Fair, August 2017. The international community was outraged when Cambridge University Press (CUP) temporarily agreed to withdraw some of its publications, as the Chinese government demanded. Greg Baker/AFP

October 17, 2017

China: zero tolerance for academic freedom

Emilie Tran, Hong Kong Baptist University

As the Communist Party gathers, Xi’s harsh control strategies have already hit universities and academic freedom, way beyond Chinese borders.

Foire internationale du livre, Beijing, août 2017. La communauté internationale a crié au scandale quand les CUP ont accepté temporairement de retirer des publications à la demande du gouvernement chinois. Greg Baker/AFP

September 27, 2017

Chine : tolérance zéro pour la liberté académique

Emilie Tran, Hong Kong Baptist University

La stratégie visant à contrôler l’université ne s’applique pas qu’aux établissements chinois, mais se diffuse désormais par-delà ses frontières.

The story of Chan Yeun-ting’s success is widely framed as a major step for women who take on managerial roles in male-dominated sports. Ed Sykes/Reuters

December 8, 2016

Hong Kong coach Chan Yuen-ting’s success highlights football’s huge gender divide

Tobias Zuser, Hong Kong Baptist University

For most women, coaching a men’s team is still off-limits, barring them from the opportunity to pursue professional careers as football managers.

China’s latest energy plan would see coal power increase by 200 gigawatts. Coal image from www.shutterstock.com

November 27, 2016

China’s plan to increase coal power by 20% is not the climate disaster it seems

Kevin Lo, Hong Kong Baptist University and Alex Lo, University of Hong Kong

China has pledged to peak carbon emissions before 2030, but is planning a 20% increase in coal power by 2020.

Protestants hold a Sunday service in the open air in Jakarta. Their efforts to erect their own church buildings have been blocked by hardline Muslim groups. Cherian George

October 24, 2016

The curious power of hate propaganda in open societies

Cherian George, Hong Kong Baptist University

Truth’s victory over hate propaganda is neither automatic nor preordained. It requires a commitment to equal rights and norms of tolerance.

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