Ed-tech star rises from Hong Kong minority

A young Hong Kong firm has found a way to teach computer coding skills to children and adults in more than 20 countries around the world. To read about the company, BSD Education, click here. Or scroll down for an essay profiling Nickey Khemchandani, one of the firm's co-founders. Meno Mentier reports. HONG KONG IS…

November 14, 20220Comments ByMeno Monteir

Features

The garden-maker of Kowloon

Violent death arrived in Hong Kong on December 8, 1941. Japanese troops took just four days to chase most British forces out of Kowloon. But one old European horticulturalist, who lived in a house in Ho Man Tin, turned his home into a sanctuary for hundreds of westerners—and defended it with guns. Meno Monteir tells…

July 19, 20220Comments ByMeno Monteir

Culture

The betrayal of China’s super-soldier: General Yue Fei

Every military man is trained to charge into battle brandishing weapons. But one real life soldier became famous for his willingness to put his weapons down when his family needed him. At a young age, Yue Fei won the admiration of his country for his incredible feats in battle against a terrifying enemy - but…

June 9, 20220Comments ByMeno Monteir

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Taxi drivers taught me to stop putting people in boxes

"Jik-hoi, mm-goi." That request - "Straight ahead, please" - is one of the few "taxi Cantonese" phrases most foreigners know. But writer Meno Monteir took the trouble to learn to speak the language and found that dialogues with taxi drivers were a good reminder to avoid the labelling processes that polarize us LIKE…

May 26, 20220Comments ByMeno Monteir

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Ed-tech star rises from Hong Kong minority

The garden-maker of Kowloon

The betrayal of China’s super-soldier: General Yue Fei

Taxi drivers taught me to stop putting people in boxes

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