It also called on the territory's judiciary to recognise that it has a duty to "be patriotic"—ie, mindful of China's national interests—a contradiction of Hong Kong's common-law English system and a threat to judicial independence.A right royal welcomeThe week after the white paper was issued, China's prime minister, Li Keqiang, was being feted on a state visit to Britain.
With any group as large and as geographically dispersed as the FAI, conflicting interests and contradictions are going to crop up every so often.
With any group as large and geographically dispersed as the FAI, conflicting interests and contradictions are going to crop up every so often.
But Taylor and Bowker display far more interest in the contradictions in Orwell's personality and private life.
Ostermeier was interested in the contradiction between these two men's stories: What were the conditions that made different choices possible for Willi Hoss, who turned left, and for Eribon's father, who turned right?
This has made present-day evangelicals more vulnerable to political movements that appeal to their self-interest, even in contradiction to Biblical teachings, for example, about welcoming the immigrant and lifting up the poor.
But "Lovelace" is a coldly compelling look at the surface of a woman, with little interest in the contradictions under the skin.
Some creative people show an interest in apparent disorder, contradiction, and imbalance perhaps because they are challenged by asymmetry and chaos.
OMA's usual themes – complexity, contradiction, an interest in conflict and (sometimes) its resolution, a certain playful waywardness – are lacking, or at least muted.
Frustratingly, Taylor doesn't seem remotely interested in unravelling this contradiction.
