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One country wins top 31 spots in global science survey

RESEARCHERS WHO gathered data on the fastest-rising science schools in the world found that the top 31 all came from just one country: China. “Out of the top 50 fastest-rising institutions, just 10 were from other countries or regions,” said the researchers at Nature, the world’s top academic science journal. The new study was…

June 22, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

The untold story of Hong Kong’s floating restaurant

(Caption: The Jumbo Floating Restaurant started taking on water and sank in the South China Seas. Image above is an artist’s impression) THE JUMBO FLOATING RESTAURANT sank into the waters of the South China Seas near the Xisha Islands on Saturday, causing an outpouring of affection for the grandiose old dame of Hong Kong’s tourism…

June 21, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Hong Kongers are queuing to buy flats again

(Baker Circle is a large development in Hung Hom with modern shopping precincts at ground level. Image: artist's impression by KPF.) LOOKS LIKE THE old Hong Kong is back to some extent. Three developments of swanky but tiny apartments were put up for sale at the weekend—and long queues of people pounced, battling with outstretched…

June 20, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Students wear classic Chinese costume for graduation

SCHOLARSHIP HAS BEEN valued in China for thousands of years – so why don’t scholars dress in local style? On graduation day at Jiangsu Normal University, thousands of students wore classical Chinese costumes instead of standard western suits, reports Olala, a popular Chinese-Vietnamese voice on Twitter. This has become a tradition at that university in…

June 18, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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U.S. will stop being a democracy, most Americans say

MOST Republicans and Democrats believe that the United States will cease to be a democracy, according to a new poll by Yahoo News and YouGov. Democrats (55%) and Republicans (53%) now believe it is “likely” that America will “cease to be a democracy in the future”. When people who fit into neither of those two…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Top Canada judge gives vote of confidence to Hong Kong

THE FORMER TOP JUDGE of Canada is standing strong with Hong Kong’s legal sector. Staying in place is “what Hong Kong needs”, said Beverley McLachlin, who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2000 to 2017, and now works in the city on the southern coast of China. Hong Kong has long had…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Europeans follow China’s lead in staying neutral over Russia: study

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS people around the world, including Europeans, are following China’s lead in staying neutral over the war in Eastern Europe, a new study shows. While 45 British firms have left Russia, only ten French and two Italian companies have followed suit, Yale researchers said. No Spanish firms have left. The west’s call for withdrawal…

June 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

Media embarrassingly show their poor grasp of Hong Kong history

Western press says textbooks are rewriting Hong Kong history, but the truth is they are simply giving both sides Even the British admitted that Westerners were "occupying" Hong Kong in January 1841, when they arrived and planted their flag Mao Zedong made it clear in 1949 that ALL unequal treaties were cancelled in full Under…

June 16, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Unbelievably, US trade act targets China poverty rescue program

Farmers from Qapqal Xibe in Xinjiang have bumper crops after poverty alleviation programs enabled them to develop thriving orchards. (Photo by Hua Yanming/People’s Daily Online) Heads up: new trade legislation will cause widespread business problems from next week Xinjiang Act applies across China and will hit third countries too Law cynically takes aim at China’s…

June 14, 20220Comments ByPhill Hynes

Features

Student skipped his exam to fly to a video game meeting

Tabe Wong took a huge risk, but it paid off, and now he's an esports star Esports is now a legitimate career, and even offers academic options Hong Kong has the largest esports stadium in Asia, the HK$30 million Cyber Games Arena in Mong Kok IT WAS EXAM DAY. Thousands of Hong Kong students checked…

June 14, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

One country wins top 31 spots in global science survey

The untold story of Hong Kong’s floating restaurant

Hong Kongers are queuing to buy flats again

Students wear classic Chinese costume for graduation

U.S. will stop being a democracy, most Americans say

Top Canada judge gives vote of confidence to Hong Kong

Europeans follow China’s lead in staying neutral over Russia: study

Media embarrassingly show their poor grasp of Hong Kong history

Unbelievably, US trade act targets China poverty rescue program

Student skipped his exam to fly to a video game meeting

Hong Kong quietly becomes major tennis hub for the world

3-parent baby case led to one of the oddest reviews in HK legal history

This child has three parents: so who is his mother?