On Thursday's Backchat we're talking about the unrest in Admiralty, after thousands of protesters gathered outside the Legco complex, blocking the roads in the area. Police fired tear gas and bean bag rounds in a confrontation with demonstrators callin...

On Wednesday's Backchat, Calls for a protest strike as the Legislative Council begins its debate on the controversial extradition bill. Chief Executive Carrie Lam denounces what she describes as "radical action". But how many are likely to take part in...

On Tuesday's Backchat, Chief Executive Carrie Lam refuses to back down over the extradition bill despite Hong Kong’s biggest street protest in decades. But how much damage has the controversy done to her ability to govern? Are potential successors alre...

On Monday's Backchat, the extradition bill and the march. Will history repeat itself after yesterday’s huge public protest against the extradition bill? The organisers—and just about anyone who witnessed yesterday’s protest—say far more people took t...

On Thursday's Backchat, the extradition bill. The Law Society is urging the government not to rush into introducing new legislation, calling for a comprehensive review of the relevant laws instead, and a bigger role for the SAR's courts in handling req...

On Wednesday's Backchat, the last vigil? The candlelight ceremony in Victoria Park has for thirty years been a commemoration, and at the same time a call for action; to make China democratic and for one-party rule to end. Last year Tam Yiu-chung, a del...

On Tuesday's Backchat, it's the 30th anniversary of the military crackdown on the student-led democracy movement in Beijing. Large crowds are expected to gather on Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil, as they have done every year since 1989, wit...

On Monday's Backchat, walking the walk. the Government is looking at plans to remove traffic from some streets in Central and Shamshiupo as part of its 'Walk in HK' initative. This would include part time pedestrian areas in Soho including Hollywoo...

On Friday's Backchat, more on the extradition bill. Three senior judges and 12 leading commercial and criminal lawyers, who seldom comment on political or legislative matters publicly, have said the extradition changes mark one of the starkest cha...

On Thursday's Backchat, LGBT inclusion in Asia. Although Taiwan has legalised same sex marriage, there are still mixed feelings there, and in many parts of Asia, over equalising rights. What sort of changes are happening in 2019 then? Nepal is believed...