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Cal Wong

Cal Wong is an award winning multimedia journalist based in Hong Kong.

Cal Wong is the Hong Kong Correspondent for The Diplomat’s China Power blog and an award winning multimedia journalist based in Hong Kong. His work has been featured on the BBC, Australia’s ABC, and Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. In 2015 he won a Human Rights Press Award for a documentary he made on the universal suffrage movement in Hong Kong. Prior to writing, he worked as a banker and was a qualified Chartered Accountant in Australia before moving to Hong Kong.

Cal has always had an interest in the interaction of people, time and space and majored in Human Geography from Macquarie University as well as earning a master’s degree in Journalism from the JMSC at University of Hong Kong. Follow him on twitter @CallyFona

Posts by Cal Wong
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June 09, 2016

Lancôme Becomes Collateral Damage in China-Hong Kong Row

By Cal Wong
The company faces outrage in Hong Kong after seemingly giving in to criticism from Chinese media.
June 03, 2016

Hong Kong Students to Boycott Tiananmen Commemoration

By Cal Wong
With localism on the rise in Hong Kong, student groups see little in common with the 1989 protests on the mainland.

May 31, 2016

Why China Fears Christianity

By Cal Wong
China's government is cracking down on the religion in a bid for control.

May 26, 2016

China’s Increasing Numbers of Fake Universities

By Cal Wong
As China's university enrollments skyrocket, so too are scams involving fake tertiary institutions.

May 25, 2016

China and the Mekong: The Floodgates of Power

By Cal Wong
China now has a chokehold on the Mekong River, the lifeline for the Indochina peninsula.
May 23, 2016

China and the US Court Vietnam

By Cal Wong
"Both the U.S. and Vietnam expect greater levels of military cooperation, to the chagrin of China."

May 17, 2016

All Eyes on China’s Enforcer in Hong Kong

By Cal Wong
Zhang Dejiang will be the first Chinese state leader to visit Hong Kong since President Hu Jintao in 2012.
May 11, 2016

As China's Economy Slows, Workers' Anger Soars

By Cal Wong
As workers face layoffs and unpaid wages, they are increasingly taking to the streets.

May 09, 2016

China to Plow $11.9 Billion Into Civil Aviation

By Cal Wong
China's latest target for investment: civil aviation.

May 07, 2016

Hong Kong's Tax Revenue Decline Has a Silver Lining

By Cal Wong
Hong Kong's overheated property market may finally be cooling off.

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