On Friday's Backchat, Chinese medicine. Researchers at CUHK are building a database on just how effective Chinese medicine is in different situations. Meanwhile the Hospital Authority moves ahead with plans to build, but not operate, a Chinese medi...

On Thursday's Backchat - China has been installing what's described as "the world's biggest camera surveillance network", backed by artificial intelligence and facial recognition technology. Already 170 million CCTV cameras have been set up across ...

On Wednesday's Backchat, cutting waste at events. The EPD and the Business Environment Council are targetting major community events such as the Standard Chartered Marathon, the Victoria Park Flower Market and the Wine and Dine Festival suggesting ...

On Tuesday's Backchat, the Basic Law, China's Constitution and the Party. Beijing officials have said that that the Constitution was the foundation for "One Country, Two Systems" and had a "mother-son" relationship with the Basic Law. The Liaison O...

On Monday's Backchat, an unhealthy city. The latest large scale study by the Department of Health shows more than half of adults are overweight or obese, we don't eat enough vegetables and have too much salt. 28% have high blood pressure.  Where on...

On Friday's Backchat, changing the rules at Legco. Pro-establishment legislators are taking advantage of the disqualification of pan-dems to seek to change the Rules of Procedure. They say they want to increase the efficiency of Legco, and to avoid...

On Thursday's Backchat, we're looking towards the Middle East. As President Donald Trump announces that the United States is recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, we discuss the possible reasons behind the move and the response in the reg...

On Wednesday's Backchat, we will talk about Beijing's low-end population and urban development in China. Last month a fire broke out in the southern suburbs of Beijing resulting in substantial loss of life. While questions were being raised about t...

On Tuesday's Backchat, one-way permits. 150 people a day are allowed to move permanently from the Mainland to Hong Kong, and last year this quota was actually exceeded. 57,387 arrived last year on ­one-way permits, up from 38,338 in 2015. As number...

On Monday's Backchat, sexual harassment and assault. The revelation by a local athlete that she was she was sexually assaulted by a coach around a decade ago has made big waves in Hong Kong. There are concerns that safeguards and guidelines on coac...