How Pearls and Irritations rectifies distortion

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Pearls and Irritations has played a fundamental role in providing an internationally recognised and widely read platform where serious arguments can now challenge the shallow, rancorous Hong Kong denigration agenda advanced by the MWM.

John Menadue reads exceptionally widely and with great understanding. By early 2021, he was inviting a range of writers from Hong Kong to submit their views to Pearls and Irritations.

Pearls and Irritations has played a fundamental role in providing an internationally recognised and widely read platform where serious arguments can now challenge the shallow, rancorous Hong Kong denigration agenda advanced by the MWM. This extensive fresh commentary adds real balance were before there was far too little. Hong Kong owes a significant debt to Pearls and Irritations.

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Richard Cullen is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He was previously a Professor in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.