Commentaries

Commentaries

Authored commentaries by Professor Wang on current affairs, international law, economic relations, and Hong Kong. Chinese originals use concise English translations for orientation.

2025-11-08 Commentary Chinese

The international-order significance of U.S.-China trade negotiations

Ming Pao

Ming Pao 'Legal and Political Essays' commentary on the 2025 U.S.-China trade talks, great-power bargaining and implications for the international order.

International Economic Law and RelationsChina, International Law and International Order
2025-09-06 Commentary Chinese

Trump's tariff policy

Ming Pao

Ming Pao 'Legal and Political Essays' commentary on Trump 2.0 tariff policy, its treatment of allies and its geopolitical and trade-law consequences.

International Economic Law and RelationsChina, International Law and International Order
2025-07-12 Commentary Chinese

Ma Ying-jeou's values and value

Ming Pao

Ming Pao 'Legal and Political Essays' commentary on Ma Ying-jeou's political values, cross-strait positioning and the public meaning of political legacy.

China, International Law and International OrderHong Kong's International Position and New Role
2025-05-17 Commentary Chinese

New-era gentry

Ming Pao

Ming Pao 'Legal and Political Essays' commentary on elite formation, institutional privilege and the social structure of power in a new political era.

China's Foreign-Related Rule of Law ProjectHong Kong's International Position and New Role
2025-04-13 Commentary Chinese

IPP interview: How should we understand America's reciprocal tariffs?

IPP, South China University of Technology

Text interview with IPP on U.S. reciprocal tariffs, trade-war logic and the international legal-political consequences of tariff escalation.

International Economic Law and RelationsChina, International Law and International Order
2024-11-30 Commentary Chinese

U.S.-China relations in Trump's second term

Lianhe Zaobao

Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao commentary on Trump 2.0, bargaining strategy and China's approach to U.S.-China relations.

China, International Law and International OrderInternational Economic Law and RelationsSanctions and Anti-Sanctions
2024-10-05 Commentary Chinese

Talking about China-U.S. relations

Ming Pao

Ming Pao commentary using China-U.S. relations to reflect on strategic competition, discourse and the structure of international order.

China, International Law and International OrderInternational Economic Law and Relations
2024-04-09 Commentary Chinese

U.S.-China WTO subsidy dispute and power politics

Lianhe Zaobao

Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao commentary on China's WTO case against U.S. electric-vehicle subsidy measures and the weakening of trade rules in great-power rivalry.

International Economic Law and RelationsChina, International Law and International Order
2022-12-24 Commentary Chinese

Power and authority

Ming Pao

Ming Pao Daily commentary recorded in the CityU CCCL newsletter, reflecting on power, authority and the political foundations of public legitimacy.

China's Foreign-Related Rule of Law ProjectChina, International Law and International Order
2022-11-05 Commentary Chinese

Hong Kong's status as the world's premier international financial centre

Ming Pao

Ming Pao Daily commentary recorded in the CityU CCCL newsletter on Hong Kong's international financial-centre status and the institutional conditions behind it.

Hong Kong's International Position and New RoleInternational Economic Law and Relations
2022-09-10 Commentary Chinese

The 'Singapore way' of handling homosexuality

Ming Pao

Ming Pao commentary noted by CityU CCCL on Singapore's legal-political approach to sexuality, social compromise and institutional governance.

China's Foreign-Related Rule of Law Project
2022-06-18 Commentary Chinese

Guns in the hands of the American people

Ming Pao

Ming Pao commentary noted by CityU CCCL on gun politics, constitutional culture and the social roots of public safety conflict in the United States.

China's Foreign-Related Rule of Law ProjectChina, International Law and International Order
2022-05-07 Commentary Chinese

International commercial centres and foreign judges

Ming Pao

Ming Pao commentary noted by CityU CCCL on foreign judges, judicial confidence and the institutional foundations of an international commercial centre.

Hong Kong's International Position and New RoleChina's Foreign-Related Rule of Law Project
2022-02-13 Commentary Chinese

Eileen Gu's nationality and China's Nationality Law

Lianhe Zaobao

Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao commentary on Eileen Gu's nationality, China's Nationality Law and selective recognition of nationality status.

China's Foreign-Related Rule of Law Project
2021-08-13 Commentary Chinese

The Biden administration's China-containment policy and its limits

Lianhe Zaobao

Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao commentary on the Biden administration's China policy, strategic containment and the limits of alliance-based pressure.

China, International Law and International OrderSanctions and Anti-Sanctions
2015-06-29 Commentary Chinese

International reform faces U.S.-led new-rule challenges

The Beijing News

Chinese-language commentary on rule-making competition and U.S.-led institutional initiatives in global economic governance.

International Economic Law and RelationsChina, International Law and International Order
2015-05-20 Commentary Chinese

Why are opinion leaders stigmatized?

The Beijing News

Chinese-language commentary on public discourse, expert commentary and the political climate around opinion leadership.

China's Foreign-Related Rule of Law Project
2015-05-09 Commentary Chinese

Is beauty before one's eyes unspeakable?

Lianhe Zaobao

Chinese-language Lianhe Zaobao commentary on political perception, discourse and international comparison.

China, International Law and International Order