Recently, Dennis Kwok, an ex-Hong Kong legislator, now self-exiled in the US, wrote an article berating Beijing for suppressing freedom in the city.

It is sickening how timid our officials are in unloading baggage from the colonial government. I refer to the Geneva Convention Against Torture it signed on our behalf. A quarter of a century after the handover, Hong Kong is still handcuffed to the same stupid policy, despite decades of abuse.

Jeremy Corbyn, the former British Labor Party leader, may be many things, but he is no fool. Lately, he seriously questions whether military alliances, such as NATO, are an effective deterrent against aggression.

Finally, the other shoe has dropped. Carrie Lam has ruled herself out of a second term. The city is heaving a collective sigh of relief. After five horrible years that will haunt Hong Kong for eternity, she will be remembered as the 21st century captain of the Titanic who tried to evade two icebergs.

The West sees China through America's jaundiced eyes. This optical misalignment could spell another geopolitical disaster.

Every fifteen years or so, the world is treated to a new war, courtesy of major powers. The Vietnam War saw mighty America defeated by "farmers in pyjamas", the Iraqi War was waged over non-existent weapons of mass destruction, then the 20-year Afghan War, and now in Ukraine, a proxy war between Russia and the West.

Russia's war against Ukraine is full of uncertainties. But one thing is crystal-clear: the US is trying to kill two birds with one stone---the Russian hawk and the Chinese dove.

In the chess game of geopolitics, one wrong move can leave one outplayed. That's what happens in Ukraine.

If there is any undisputed super-star basking in the brilliance of the Beijing Winter Olympics, it is Eileen Gu.

How I wish Law had attended the infamous birthday party! His four and a half years in government is a blank, unless you count his crazy bureaucratization of supermarket subsidies an achievement. He is useless to Lam and a curse to the poor. His Gold Bauhinia Star should be repossessed, his IQ rechecked and his job removed.

The West has crucified China for quelling the unrest in Hong Kong. Joining the chorus of criticism, President Biden has condemned China for failure to keep its promise to give Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy.

Is God on Johnson's side or will Britain go down with Boris this time? We will soon find out.

It's a topsy-turvy world out there. The world cries out for leaders who can steady the ship of state. Instead, we have a parade of fools like Boris Johnson, Scott Morrison and Justin Trudeau.

After 1997, Hong Kong has lost two decades to poor governance and the rest to toxic politics. How far this city has fallen from its fabled heights! Even little Macau now walks taller and talks louder.

Suddenly, everywhere in the West, China is seen as a supervillain. China stands accused of crimes against humanity. The West has already pronounced it guilty. The latest to join the condemnation is the UK-based Uyghur Tribunal, supposedly unofficial and unbiased. But it has behaved no better than a kangaroo court, losing no time in jumping to its foregone conclusion: China is guilty as charged.