Here is my response to being struck off from the roll of Hong Kong Solicitors, which was made public today in the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
(Link to Gazette entry: gld.gov.hk/egazette/engli…)
I usually call bulls**t on talk of cultural differences to explain bad things in the world (eg authoritarianism, bad corporate governance, human rights abuses). But having met and acted for my share of Asian self-made tycoons (including someone on the Forbes Taiwan Rich List), I
An example of the disconnect between “Asian Americans” and Asians who actually live in or spent extensive time living in Asia.
The former, using rhetoric passed to them from self-flagellating white academics in elite US universities, tend to see the latest Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang’s resignation has left many Asian Americans feeling unsettled by the haunting notion that they’ve denied all their lives:
That no matter how successful, an Asian face and surname will be picked apart under harsher scrutiny and never stay in leadership for very long.
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Jensen Huang led NVIDIA for 33 years before resigning on November 12, 2026, contradicting the suggestion that he could not remain in leadership for long. NVIDIA’s announcement explicitly recognizes his 33-year contribution.
investor.nvidia.com/news/press-rel…
On its face, this seems to be nothing more than the act of a stereotypical morally conservative Asian city. But it’s actually another sign of One Country, Two Systems in Hong Kong being stripped away (no pun intended):
1. As part of the Sino-British Joint Declaration
US’ claims of Alice Huang being a Chinese spy and China’s denials of the same can actually both be true at the same time.
Much depends on what is meant by the word “spy”.
It can be taken broadly to mean any person who obtains information from or has influence over a target on