Yonden Lhatoo
Lionel Messi in Hong Kong

WHY HONG KONG HATES MESSI

Post managing editor Yonden Lhatoo calls out Lionel Messi for letting down his fans and leaving Hong Kong disgusted during his much-vaunted visit.

February 6, 2024
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Lionel Messi in Hong Kong
Messi breaks his silence over Hong Kong football furore
February 6, 2024
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Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami team travelled to Hong Kong for a highly anticipated football match on February 4, 2024. But the game ended with boos and demands for refunds after the player often...18:53
Lionel Messi in Hong Kong
A Messi affair in Hong Kong
February 6, 2024
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Hong Kong lawmakers and a sports industry leader have demanded authorities recover funds they provided for a high-profile football match that disappointed tens of thousands of fans and undermined...05:29
Lionel Messi in Hong Kong
Why was Messi booed in Hong Kong?
February 5, 2024
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Messi denies Hong Kong sit-out was politically motivated
February 20, 2024
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Lionel Messi in Hong Kong
Messi plays in Japan, fuelling Hong Kong fans’ anger
February 8, 2024
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SCMP Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo calls out Australian authorities for using travel warnings to play politics rather than protect citizens.  03:24
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January 29, 2025
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“If this is not terrorism, I don’t know what is,” says the Post’s managing editor of content, Yonden Lhatoo, about the carnage in Lebanon caused by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies.03:04
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September 19, 2024
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In this monologue, the Post’s managing editor of content, Yonden Lhatoo takes aim at the US presidential race and what it means for the rest of the world.03:10
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July 12, 2024
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How does a country deepen its relationship and do business with China without risking retaliation by the US and its allies? How can a nation protect its territorial claims in the South China Sea...27:37
Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo
Anwar’s China-US balancing act
June 14, 2024
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The Post’s managing editor of content, Yonden Lhatoo, pays tribute to US students protesting against Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, and condemns the hypocrisy of authorities stopping...04:23
Israel-Gaza war
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May 10, 2024
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Post managing editor Yonden Lhatoo highlights the horrors of the Israel-Gaza war and the sheer scale of death and destruction among defenceless Palestinian civilians in particular.04:18
Israel-Gaza war
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October 20, 2023
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Washington’s plan to ban Hong Kong’s leader from the Apec summit is a textbook case of bullying by the US under the pretext of human rights, argues Post managing editor Yonden Lhatoo.04:15
John Lee
How the mighty US bullies little Hong Kong
August 9, 2023
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Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo
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June 29, 2023
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The Post’s chief news editor, Yonden Lhatoo, accuses the International Criminal Court of cowardice and double standards after it issued an arrest warrant only for Russian President Vladimir Putin...04:33
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ONLY PUTIN IS A WAR CRIMINAL?
March 31, 2023
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China recently wrapped up the “two sessions'' of its national legislature and top political advisory body. Beyond the confirmation of an unprecedented third term for President Xi Jinping and the...30:39
Talking Post with Yonden Lhatoo
What to expect from China under third-term President Xi Jinping
March 21, 2023
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Chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo at the Post does not like being a wet blanket, but has his reasons for pouring cold water on the global celebration of Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022.03:24
Fifa World Cup 2022
Why I did not watch the World Cup
December 23, 2022
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Chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo at the Post sets aside geopolitics, nuclear war and world peace to talk about what is really bothering him.02:59
Just Saying
Your mobile phone is killing me
December 5, 2022
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SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo unpacks what he sees as Britain’s metamorphosis from Hong Kong’s former colonial master to meddlesome critic and now open enemy.04:14
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Stalking and sabotage: UK’s HK policy
May 17, 2022
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In his New Year’s message, SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo demands Western governments free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before preaching press freedom to everyone else. 04:19
SCMP Originals
Killing Assange while preaching press freedom
January 1, 2022
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JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon makes fun of China, then apologises. What does it mean? SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo looks at the lesson to be learned.   04:07
SCMP Originals
Show me the money
December 3, 2021
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SCMP chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo says blame the system, not the Hollywood star, for inequality.03:41
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