Wilfred Chan
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The Workers Who Sued Uber and Won
The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Uber drivers, declaring them workers and not independent contractors. But to beat the platform capitalists, it is urgent that we start to treat digital rights as worker rights. → Read More
Why Hong Kongers Fight
After weathering decades of disappointment, Hong Kongers understand that there is no tomorrow waiting. The future is not guaranteed, but must be won. → Read More
The Left’s Role in the Hong Kong Uprising
An interview with Avery Ng, chairman of the League of Social Democrats in Hong Kong. → Read More
Hong Kong's Fight for Life
Hong Kong has justified its existence as an interface between Western neoliberal globalism and China’s statist authoritarian capitalism. China no longer needs the city to play that role; Hong Kongers desperately need an alternative. → Read More
Who put this here?
Filippo Minelli uses an unusual medium to spotlight political and social issues. → Read More
Filippo Minelli's 'smoke bombs' spotlight political and social issues
Filippo Minelli uses an unusual medium to spotlight political and social issues. → Read More
How photo series reflect power and prejudice
Whether in a web search or our social media feeds, we now encounter photo series daily, and interpret their social meanings as second nature. → Read More
'My Home': An intimate look inside the lives of New York's Chinese immigrants
Carefully documenting the rooms of Chinese American immigrants in NYC, Louis Chan's photographs invite you to become an investigator, to piece together the lives of unseen strangers in the sum of the objects they collect. → Read More
How do you breathe in Hong Kong?
In a new exhibition at the Asia Society, local artists respond to the city's cramped living spaces. → Read More
Ren Hang: Photographer stirs controversy with erotic images
Beijing-based photographer Ren Hang has won international fame for his erotic images but in China he has been arrested for his art, which is regularly censored. → Read More
Wing Shya: The photographer who immortalized Hong Kong's cool
Few artists are lucky enough to work for legendary Hong Kong film director Wong Kar Wai. Even fewer are brave enough to defy him. → Read More
The dreamy, intimate portraits of Shen Wei
Chen Man is China's go-to fashion photographer. CNN Style meets with Chen in her studio, as she shoots spreads of actresses Fan Bingbing and Shu Qi. → Read More
These unexpected family photos will make you rethink relationships
A new exhibition explores how family photos -- from the ordinary to the absurd -- determine how we think about our own relationships. → Read More
Police fire warning shots during Hong Kong 'riot'
Fires were still burning in the Hong Kong district of Mong Kok Tuesday morning after a night of violence between riot police and protesters. → Read More
Thai beauty ad: 'Just being white, you will win'
It's hard to imagine anything more blatant than this. A new Thai beauty ad claiming white skin is the key to success has unleashed a storm of criticism in Thailand, especially online, where people complain the ad perpetuates damaging, racist ideas. "Ju... → Read More
Thai beauty ad: 'Just being white, you will win'
It's hard to imagine anything more blatant than this. → Read More
Thai beauty ad: 'Just being white, you will win'
It's hard to imagine anything more blatant than this. → Read More
Oregon occupation? Call it a 'Y'all Qaeda' attack, say Internet users
What should journalists call the armed group that has taken over a wildlife refuge in Oregon? Brian Stelter speaks with Dan Abrams, Art Roderick and Ian Kullgren. → Read More
Hong Kongers protest 'breast assault' ruling
Forget umbrellas: The newest symbol of protest in Hong Kong is the bra. That's what dozens of angry citizens wore Sunday in a demonstration against what they say is an absurd and sexist ruling: The sentencing of a female protester to three and a half ... → Read More
'Breasts are not weapons,' say Hong Kong protesters
To mainland Chinese, parallel trading is business as usual, but to Hong Kongers, it's an invasion. CNN's Andrew Stevens explains the economic divide. → Read More