Vivienne Chow
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Biography
Publications
Vivienne Chow is a Hong Kong-based journalist and critic specialising in arts, culture and cultural politics. She is the founding director of non-profit educational initiative Cultural Journalism Campus.
![How people power has flattened the Covid curve in Hong Kong](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1207324006-min.jpg?itok=oaa14wUX)
How people power has flattened the Covid curve in Hong Kong
Quick adaptation has kept down the spread of coronavirus, but it’s no time to relax.
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As Hong Kong wards off coronavirus, authorities struggle to win trust
The government's refusal to close the border has set off a public panic. Is it overreaction – or justified?
![What lies ahead for Hong Kong in 2020](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1191917317.jpg?itok=ke8NDhAo)
What lies ahead for Hong Kong in 2020
Tear gas instead of fireworks greeted New Year crowds on the streets in Hong Kong amid a shake-up of a political kind.
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Hong Kong: The people’s voice
The District Council election was seen as a de facto referendum on the protests – and the pro-democracy camp won.
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Hong Kong: popular protests, live-streamed
Public backing for the demonstrations is bolstered by their propaganda-puncturing uses of social media.
![Umbrella Movement 2.0 exposes flaws in “one country, two systems”](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1048259522-min.jpg?itok=f57lqdRI)
Umbrella Movement 2.0 exposes flaws in “one country, two systems”
Even more than the last pro-democracy demonstrations, at stake is Hong Kong’s future with common law at its heart.
![Hong Kong: when rich dreams interrupt fortunate life](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2348203096_999dac0008_o.jpg?itok=c5Uc6qHI)
Hong Kong: when rich dreams interrupt fortunate life
Heritage and culture is cast aside in a society where it is sinful to block another person’s pathway to wealth.
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How China changed its language on speech
Language helps preserve a unique culture but Cantonese is marginalised by authorities in southern China.
![Shifting sands in Hong Kong](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-856067234%20copy.jpg?itok=IuYmpBso)
Shifting sands in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is being drained of it’s language, freedom of speech, and now it’s surrounding seas. Is a brain-drain next?
Pagination