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Nury Vittachi

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China and Africa media voices call for truthful coverage

IT MAY BE GOOD politics for the west to spend big money badmouthing China, but the process ultimately harms the poor, said speakers at an Africa-China communications forum yesterday. The negative news prevents Africans from taking advantage of the way China uses its skills in creating large scale infrastructure projects to boost trade within and…

August 22, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese medicine Culture

Scientists find Chinese mushroom fights common form of cancer

A MUSHROOM USED in ancient Chinese remedies successfully battles colorectal cancer, the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths across the world, scientists at a traditional Chinese medicine conference in Hong Kong said this week. It has long been believed that a Chinese mushroom with the scientific name of Amauroderma rugosum has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective,…

August 16, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Features Hong Kong News News

US weaponized ‘human rights’ against China: new study

THE U.S. WEAPONIZED the concept of human rights to hurt China, using it for decades to harm attempts by Chinese organizations and individuals to create relationships with people outside its borders, a new study says. It painted China as the motherlode of human rights violations, although this was not remotely true. Yet it was hard…

August 15, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news News

Criminal probe shines light on anti-China group’s wide links

AS INVESTIGATORS probe the links of arrested Epoch Times finance chief Bill Guan, the spotlight is spreading to include other individuals and organizations. Anti-China campaigner John Zhong Zhang, Epoch Times founder and CEO, resigned. He and Guan have been replaced by a temporary board. Li Hongzhi, leader of the Falun Gong religious cult behind the…

June 18, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

Speedboat fugitive “heading to USA”, court hears

THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUTH about 12 people arrested on a boat in Chinese waters in 2020 came out in recent days with two people involved in that case appearing at the trial of publisher Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. One of the men involved admitted that he was expected to land in Taiwan first—but then he…

June 6, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

Remarkable family has kept HK’s buses running for a century

SEE THIS GUY? His company probably paid your bus fare at least once. Seriously. Hong Kong is famous for its cheap and efficient public transport, moving millions of people a day. But few people realize that the owner of the biggest bus fleet in the city, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, is a private firm…

June 6, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture Hong Kong News

Finance-mad Hong Kong has a surprisingly strong spiritual side

PEOPLE ARE OFTEN surprised to discover that Hong Kong is a spiritual place. Although one might be forgiven for assuming this global finance center would be hardnosed and irreligious business city, this is not the case. About half of the population belong to organized belief groups, such as Buddhism, Taoism or Christianity. Are the other…

June 6, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news News

UK set to announce biggest-ever listing: China’s fashion giant Shein

Members of the UK parliament’s Labour Party greenlit the country’s biggest ever stock market listing: the Chinese fashion firm Shein, it was revealed yesterday. London’s win will be New York’s loss, brokers said. The amount of cash to be raised was estimated by analysts as 50 billion GBP, a record breaker. The astonishingly fast-growing Chinese…

June 4, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News News

Hong Kong subversion case: What you’re not being told

THE BIZARRE TALE of a 10-step plot to escalate chaos in Hong Kong until there was blood on the streets and destruction of the economy came to an end today. And the care taken by the judges shone a positive light on the Hong Kong judiciary - as did their openness in releasing their paperwork…

May 30, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese food Features Hong Kong News

Hong Kong food sector facing Shenzen challenge

HONG KONG'S FOOD KING revealed that he started out working at McDonald’s, the US fast food giant. Tommy Cheung, who represents the food industry at the Legislative Council, Hong Kong’s parliament, revealed that his first job was making burgers while studying in the United States. “I bought my first used car with my first paycheck…

May 24, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Nury Vittachi

China and Africa media voices call for truthful coverage

Scientists find Chinese mushroom fights common form of cancer

US weaponized ‘human rights’ against China: new study

Criminal probe shines light on anti-China group’s wide links

Speedboat fugitive “heading to USA”, court hears

Remarkable family has kept HK’s buses running for a century

Finance-mad Hong Kong has a surprisingly strong spiritual side

UK set to announce biggest-ever listing: China’s fashion giant Shein

Hong Kong subversion case: What you’re not being told

Hong Kong food sector facing Shenzen challenge

Starmer meets Xi today, hopes to rebuild UK’s relationship

Treasures from 800-year-old sunken vessel exhibited in Hong Kong

At the Great Wall, I learned how the Chinese dealt with their enemies