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Nury Vittachi

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‘2D sex isn’t 3D sex’ so doesn’t count as unfaithful

IT'S NOT CHEATING if you are using a screen, because "2D sex isn't 3D sex," a Hong Kong man told his partner. That's just one eyebrow-raising example of the new minefields of modern relationships. We'll get back to that guy. First, let's meet Spreadsheet Superwoman. A ruthless female Asian executive created a secret spreadsheet…

January 23, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

New ‘Academy of Innovation’ offers students a step into the tech biz

LET’S MAKE STUFF - and sell it! City University of Hong Kong is establishing a school focusing on creating real-world inventions, rather than sticking to traditional academic traditions. The new CityU Academy of Innovation is designed to produce innovators and entrepreneurs, its leadership says. “The Academy will offer a series of innovative academic programmes at…

January 18, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Chinese history News

When Giganto walked the earth – and why he disappeared

A GIANT PRIMATE called Giganto walked the earth for millions of years, but died out when its food source became scarce, scientists said this week. The massive creature was twice the height of humans, at three meters tall, and weighed as much as three or four people, at 200 to 300 kilograms. Details emerged from…

January 11, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese history Culture News

Business cards found, 18 centuries old

ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOUND wooden business cards 18 centuries old, it was revealed this week. Searching in ruins and abandoned wells in Chenzhou, Hunan province, they located nearly 10,000 thin wooden strips. These would have been ordinary throwaway documents at the time they were written—but today provide a priceless window into how people lived 1,800 years ago,…

December 28, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

New study shows what really happened in Hong Kong in 2019

The world is told a simplistic black and white tale about Hong Kong’s troubles in 2019, with heroic “pro-democracy” activists crushed by Beijing. What really happened was very different and far more complex, says a detailed new book by top Hong Kong academic Daniel F. Vukovich. A DAILY HAIL of petrol bombs, scores of destroyed…

September 25, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese medicine Culture

Ancient Asian remedy found to cure constipation, weight issues

AN ANCIENT ASIAN remedy is becoming popular worldwide – just do a web search on “Psyllium Husks” to see how much it is being talked about. In medical dispensaries around the world, it can be found formed into a pill called Metamucil, but more than 200 new psyllium husk products have been launched in the…

September 14, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

Muralists work to beautify the city, but also calm its soul

A TRIO OF HONG KONG friends thought about the best way to heal Hong Kong as a community after the traumas of recent times and came up with a simple but transformative idea. What if people just set aside politics and other concerns for a while and did something creative, which would be good for…

August 15, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news

Chinese train engineers challenge pilots to a race

CHINESE ENGINEERS SET a new record for the fastest train in the world, and are eyeing their ultimate target—to create railway transport that’s faster than commercial aircraft. The country’s next-generation high-speed train recently set a record of 453 kmh (281 mph) during a test run along a section of the railway from Fuqing to Qianzhou…

August 10, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

In a village above the clouds

IN A SNOWY VILLAGE high above cloud level, two fur-clad young girls travel to a frozen mountain top lake and stand on the surface, surrounded by elders. They smash through the ice to take a ceremonial ladleful of sacred water, and then everyone sings and dances. It is the most ancient of rituals in a…

July 18, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

China set to lead world to cashless society: UK professor

CHINA CAME FROM nowhere to become a leader in cash-free purchasing, a top London professor said this week. It is now on track to becoming the world's top country for cash-free transactions, said Kent Matthews, professor of banking and finance at Cardiff University. In China, the proportion of the total amount of money in circulation…

July 6, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi

‘2D sex isn’t 3D sex’ so doesn’t count as unfaithful

New ‘Academy of Innovation’ offers students a step into the tech biz

When Giganto walked the earth – and why he disappeared

Business cards found, 18 centuries old

New study shows what really happened in Hong Kong in 2019

Ancient Asian remedy found to cure constipation, weight issues

Muralists work to beautify the city, but also calm its soul

Chinese train engineers challenge pilots to a race

In a village above the clouds

China set to lead world to cashless society: UK professor

Extraordinary program gently turns arrested ‘insurgents’ into citizens who don’t re-offend

The first wizard’s first invention

China says NO to US ‘orders’ to stop buying Iranian oil