Hongkong

Hong Kong

China's President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after arriving for the upcoming handover anniversary by train in Hong Kong, Thursday, June 30, 2022.

25 years after the handover, Xi and Lee demonstrate Beijing’s iron grip on Hong Kong

Katja Drinhausen

Short analysis

Jun 30, 2022

Research

More bad news for what’s left of Hong Kong’s rule of law

Sophie Reiß

Short analysis

Feb 03, 2023

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaking during a press conference on January 31, 2023 in Hong Kong, China.

NATO Summit + Hong Kong + Labor market

MERICS Briefs

Jun 30, 2022

Pan-democratic opposition in Hong Kong’s city parliament resigns in protest

Short analysis

Nov 12, 2020

Transforming Hong Kong, one day at a time

Katja Drinhausen

Short analysis

Oct 09, 2020

One country, two national days

MERICS Briefs

Oct 08, 2020

Mainland China celebrations contrast sharply with heavy policing in Hong Kong

Short analysis

Oct 08, 2020

Below the surface, Hong Kong’s position as a global financial hub is shifting

Max J. Zenglein

Short analysis

Oct 07, 2020

China resorts to drastic measures while the EU is lost for words

MERICS Briefs

Jul 16, 2020

National Security Law closes Hong Kong’s window on the world

MERICS Briefs

Jul 02, 2020

MERICS Web Seminar: The Future of Hong Kong

National security, decoupling and the international financial hub

Video

Jun 11, 2020

EU at odds with UK and US in response to new Hong Kong security law

MERICS Briefs

Jun 04, 2020

China cannot (yet) do without Hong Kong

Max J. Zenglein

Short analysis

Jan 27, 2020

Financial hub at risk

How China's reaction to protests jeopardizes Hong Kong's status

Max J. Zenglein

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Report

Jan 22, 2020

As Hong Kong rebels, why is Macau so quiet?

Thomas des Garets Geddes

Short analysis

Jan 21, 2020

Hong Kong: What’s next?

Frank N. Pieke

Short analysis

Dec 06, 2019

No end in sight to escalating violence in Hong Kong

China Update 16/2019

Nov 14, 2019

Standoff in Hong Kong: a domestic crisis affecting international actors

Benjamin Haas

Mareike Ohlberg

Claudia Wessling

Report

Sep 26, 2019

Insights

Hong Kong's new Chief Executive, with Eric Lai and Valarie Tan

Podcast

May 13, 2022

Hong Kong: In the worst case, Europeans will vote with their feet

Interview

May 28, 2020

Beijing's controversial security law for Hong Kong (ZDF)

Katja Drinhausen

May 28, 2020

A closer look at protests in Hong Kong (KCRW)

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

May 06, 2020

"China miscalculated its threatening gestures against Taiwan"

Podcast

Jan 08, 2020

MERICS Experts 101 - Mareike Ohlberg_Taiwan.MP3

MERICS Lunch Talk on the future of Hong Kong

Podcast

Dec 20, 2019

Merics Experts 100 - Lunch Talk on the future of Hong Kong.mp3

Max Zenglein: "The Hong Kong financial center was irreparably damaged"

Podcast

Aug 23, 2019

Merics Experts 87 - Max Zenglein Finanzplatz Hongkong.MP3

"Hong Kong is extremely important for Chinese companies" (Deutschlandfunk)

Max J. Zenglein

Aug 20, 2019

Hong Kong protests: "It looks like Beijing isn't willing to compromise" (Deutschlandfunk)

Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Aug 14, 2019

Events

MERICS Lunch Talk on current developments in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

MERICS Lunch Talk on current developments in Hong Kong

Nov. 28, 2019

Experts on Hong Kong

KatjaDrinhausen

Katja Drinhausen

Head of Program

NisGrünberg

Nis Grünberg

Lead Analyst

MaxZenglein

Max J. Zenglein

Chief Economist

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