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.…
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…
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…
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 --…
PAUL MCCARTNEY, by far the most acclaimed of all pop musicians, recently turned 80.
Eight facts of local interest:
1) Paul, John and George (Ringo was ill) visited Hong Kong on June 8, 1964.
2) In their suite at the President hotel, Kowloon, they found a smiling lady, said to be a mistress of the…
