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Nury Vittachi

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‘What made you stop trusting the international media?”

Top cause was coverage of Hong Kong, followed by the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, say respondents to a social media tweet that quickly turned into a fast-growing discussion FASCINATING DISCUSSION HAPPENING on social media at the moment. It started yesterday with Twitter user Leon Lu posing a question: “When did you lose trust…

July 20, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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First Americans came from Asia—but one group went home

New data tells the story of how Asians spread to the Americas A GROUP OF ASIANS travelled to Siberia, crossed to Alaska and became the first humans to settle in America – but some of their descendants decided to make the long and perilous journey back to the area which is now China and Russia.…

July 18, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Graphic: If only the world focused less on weapons

July 13, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Sri Lanka: What you are not being told

THE CURRENT SRI LANKA narrative goes like this. The ruling party made a series of bad decisions about fertilizer, petrol, and a “debt trap” (yes, from a certain country with a red flag), and, as a result, they have been chased out of office by angry citizens. New leaders will have to be found. Many…

July 11, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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‘Crimes’ of Julian Assange: infographic

July 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Lecturing Hong Kong: cartoon

July 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hong Kong people now wealthier than British: Humor spot

July 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Boris Johnson’s travails: humor spot

July 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hu Fa-kuang: The man who changed the face of Hong Kong

Image shows Hu Fa-kuang as a teenager, when he decided to become an engineer, a 1950s world map, and a ship from the Blue Funnel Line, which would take him across the world. Hu Fa-kuang, who passed away recently, literally changed the face of Hong Kong. He was "the elevator king" of a city which…

July 5, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Statistically, tiny Hong Kong at 25 is top of the world

MOVE OVER, London and New York. The little community of Hong Kong SAR is celebrating its 25th birthday having reached world-class heights in a number of fields, as one of the healthiest, wealthiest, safest places on earth. There's no such thing as a perfect city, so we make no claim of being Utopia --…

June 30, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi

‘What made you stop trusting the international media?”

First Americans came from Asia—but one group went home

Graphic: If only the world focused less on weapons

Sri Lanka: What you are not being told

‘Crimes’ of Julian Assange: infographic

Lecturing Hong Kong: cartoon

Hong Kong people now wealthier than British: Humor spot

Boris Johnson’s travails: humor spot

Hu Fa-kuang: The man who changed the face of Hong Kong

Statistically, tiny Hong Kong at 25 is top of the world

Truth at last: Yes, Chinese Uyghurs ARE treated badly

Record-breaking number of deals clinched at China import expo

Mainland China, HK, now helping other nations make clean energy transition