The Diplomat | Author

Jason Hung
Jason Hung is a Ph.D. in Sociology candidate at the University of Cambridge.
He holds an MSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics (LSE); an MA in Education, Gender and International Development from University College London (UCL); and a PG Cert in Human Rights and Development Management at the Open University (UK). He previously held research affiliations at Stanford University (2019), King’s College, London (2018-19), University of California, Berkeley (2018), and the University of Warwick (2017, 2016). He works as a freelance columnist at Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post. In addition, Jason works as a co-founder of a social initiative known as Book4Kids, which secures second-hand English kid books donated by Asia’s bookstore owners and ships these learning materials to Tanzania for orphans to learn English.

February 26, 2021
China’s Soft Power Grows in the Philippines
By Jason Hung

January 27, 2021
Hong Kongers Are Still Reluctant to Move to the Mainland
By Jason Hung

December 12, 2020
How Can Shenzhen Replace Hong Kong?
By Jason Hung

October 23, 2020
A Trickle of Chinese Tourists Return to Thailand, With Hopes of More to Come
By Jason Hung

October 02, 2020
How Can Hong Kong Weather the Storm of Plunging Property Prices?
By Jason Hung

September 25, 2020
Hong Kong-Indonesian Couples Caught in the Middle Amid COVID-19 Travel Restrictions
By Jason Hung

September 25, 2020
Is Press Freedom Dying in Hong Kong?
By Jason Hung

April 24, 2020
Casino-Heavy Macau Looks to End COVID-Induced Slowdown
By Jason Hung

April 14, 2020
China Has a New Target in Its COVID-19 Battle: Africans
By Jason Hung

April 03, 2020
Hong Kong’s Refugees in the Time of Coronavirus
By Jason Hung

April 01, 2020
Delivery People Are Risking Their Lives to Keep Asia Running. Here’s What People Are Doing to Say Thank You.
By Jason Hung
