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Regional Editor for Northeast Asia · Joined 25 May 2006 · 5622 posts

A media activist, researcher and educator currently based in Hong Kong. My Twitter account is @oiwan and personal views are published on: patreon.com/oiwan

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Latest posts by Oiwan Lam

After 30 years of cultural revival, the Siraya reclaim their Indigenous status in Taiwan

It has taken more than 30 years for the Siraya to rediscover and revive their language and culture

Written by Oiwan Lam

12 August 2026

Beyond the binary: Global traditions of gender fluidity

Gender diversity is a timeless and undeniable part of the human experience

Written by Oiwan Lam, Rezwan, Janine Mendes-Franco, Adéṣínà Ọmọ Yoòbá, Carlos E. Flores, Sydney Allen, Nurbek Bekmurzaev

1 July 2026

Hong Kong’s LGBTQ+ communities struggle to survive amid shrinking civic spaces

Hong Kong authorities allow the LGBTQ+ community to exist, but prefer them not to come out

Written by Oiwan Lam

22 June 2026

Hong Kong NGOs call for policy interventions to help vulnerable groups withstand heat hazards

HK's climate change approach is technical and investment-based, failing to recognise the need to redistribute resources

Written by Oiwan Lam

25 May 2026

How Tibetans became eco-guards of Asia’s water tower

Tibetans pioneered the now-institutionalized co-management model for ecological conservation in China’s Sanjiangyuan region

Written by Oiwan Lam

6 May 2026

The Chinese lesson on the human rights approach to AI

China's AI development strategy serves as a case study on balancing the state, the machine, and people’s power

Written by Oiwan Lam

30 April 2026

China catches ‘lobster fever’ as cloud companies embrace OpenClaw

Ordinary Chinese face the harsh reality about the cost of “raising a lobster”

Written by Oiwan Lam

6 April 2026

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai receives a 20-year jail sentence

For the 78-year-old publisher, 20 years of imprisonment is effectively a death sentence.

Written by Oiwan Lam

10 February 2026

Viral app ‘Are You Dead Yet?’ unveils the anxiety and pain of single Chinese youths

Most empty-nest youths have to endure high-pressure study or workloads without social support or family companionship.

Written by Oiwan Lam

30 January 2026

Critics say Hong Kong fire was due to negligence, not scaffolding

The fire has already claimed 156 lives and the city needs an independent investigation into the cause

Written by Oiwan Lam

2 December 2025

Hong Kong exhausts all means to boost the legislative council voter turnout rate

‘A voter turnout with no significant increase will be embarrassing’

Written by Oiwan Lam

27 November 2025

China’s Cyberspace Administration is suppressing ‘pessimistic and negative sentiments’ online

Online influencers, lying-flatists, fans, and trolls are being targeted by an ‘anti-negativity’ campaign

Written by Oiwan Lam

6 October 2025

Anonymous threats force owner of a controversial license plate to depart Hong Kong

The plate number, US8964, is a reference to the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre in China

Written by Oiwan Lam

16 August 2025

Taiwan ponders why the mass recall of pro-China lawmakers failed

All 24 KMT lawmakers survived the public recall voting

Written by Oiwan Lam, Yanne C.

2 August 2025

What the explosive story of ‘Sister Hong’ reveals about sexual repression in China

Hundreds of men were filmed during intercourse without their consent

Written by Oiwan Lam, Jingjing Shueh

21 July 2025

What does the disappearance of ‘Nut Brother’ reveal about the plight of performance artists in China?

The artist and his collaborator are in detention for ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’

Written by Oiwan Lam

11 July 2025

Hundreds of women writers arrested as China extends crackdown on ‘Boys’ Love’ fantasies

Hosted in Taiwan, Haitang Literature City was founded in 2015 amid China's Crackdown on online sexual content

Written by Oiwan Lam

25 June 2025

Hong Kong workers strike against the exploitation of Keeta, a food delivery platform

Soon after Deliveroo was squeezed out of the HK market, Keeta has started cutting costs to maximize its profit.

Written by Oiwan Lam

14 June 2025

Jailed Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong faces new foreign collusion charges

Wong's latest charge was viewed as a disturbing sign of Hong Kong’s deteriorating human rights

Written by Oiwan Lam

9 June 2025

China’s warning against cross-border marriage scams reveals the pitfalls of human trafficking

Crimes related to cross-border marriage scams usually involve human trafficking and sexual exploitation

Written by Rezwan, Oiwan Lam

6 June 2025

Hong Kong’s independent media sector is being penalised with unreasonable backdated tax demands

The Committee to Protect Journalists called the practice ‘a weaponization of financial and tax measures against the press’

Written by Oiwan Lam

28 May 2025

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