Teacup in a Storm () is a popular radio show in
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, and previously broadcast in
Commercial Radio Hong Kong
Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK, , aka Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong along with Metro Radio Hong Kong. CRHK provides an array of entertainment, includ ...
and
Digital Broadcasting Corporation Hong Kong. It was modeled after
CNN
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's
Crossfire (TV series). This show discussed and aired grievances by callers about the government.
The name is a play on the English idiom "
storm in a teacup
Tempest in a teapot (American English), or storm in a teacup (British English), is an idiom meaning a small event that has been exaggerated out of proportion. There are also lesser known or earlier variants, such as ''tempest in a teacup'', ''stor ...
".
It has been called one of the most influential radio talk shows in Hong Kong.
Past hosts included
Allen Lee
Allen Lee Peng-fei, CBE, JP (; 24 April 194015 May 2020) was a Hong Kong industrialist, politician and political commentator. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, serving from 1978 to 1997 and was the Senior Member of th ...
and
Albert Cheng.
Further reading
*
At the Epicentre: Hong Kong and the SARS Outbreak' by Christine Loh, Hong Kong University Press (2004)
*
Journalism and Democracy in Asia' edited by Michael Bromley & Angela Romano, Routledge (2009)
*
Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-colonial Hong Kong' by Francis L. F. Lee & Joseph M. Chan, Taylor & Francis (2010)
*
Media in Hong Kong: Press Freedom and Political Change, 1967-2005' by Carol P. Lai, Taylor & Francis (2007)
*
Attacks on the Press in 2004' by the committee to Protect Journalists, University of Michigan (2005)
*
Freedom of the Press: A Global Survey of Media Independence', Rowman & Littlefield (2005)
References
Mass media in Hong Kong
Hong Kong radio programs
Current affairs shows
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