Humphrey Hawksley

London

Editorial Director at Asian Affairs UK

Editorial director Asian Affairs, Host Democracy Forum & Goldster Book Club Inside Story. Author, Asian Waters, Dragon Strike series & Rake Ozenna thrillers.

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Articles

How tiny Bhutan deals with its demons

Jan 9, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Humphrey Hawksley

The track climbed skyward in the thinning autumn Himalayan air, through low-hanging clouds and around hairpin bends with sweeping views over a valley of fields and rivers. So high we went that it seemed there could be nothing more except mountain wilderness. Then, came twangs of music from rustic instruments and around a corner we drove onto a plateau lined with four-wheel-drive vehicles outside a gold-roofed Buddhist temple.
Hong Kong's Tai O village offers political lessons

Sep 5, 2023 | asia.nikkei.com | Humphrey Hawksley

Passing through Indonesia back in 2019, I asked a longtime friend why Southeast Asians were so quiet when it came to supporting pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. Once an anti-Suharto activist, now a businessman, he rolled his eyes at my naivete. "Hong Kong has had it too good for too long," he said. "The rest of us in Asia put up with jackboot stuff every day. We learn to work around it."