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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

News

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

Culture

The strange true story of the hostage prince who fell in love

PRINCE YIREN OF QIN had a horrible job. He was a hostage. He had been assigned to that role by his own parents. That may sound strange, but that was often the case in China during the Warring States period, more than 2,200 years ago. The young man was a member of the royal family…

June 14, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

News

China eases sex change rules, but stays wary

DOCTORS IN CHINA are taking steps to establish a middle ground in the “trans” debate that has divided western nations. New rules make it easier and faster to change sex in China. But people who are entirely male in a physical sense will continue to not have access to women’s safe spaces or sports competitions.…

June 13, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

When every picture did tell a story

THIS WRITER HAD a nostalgic lunch yesterday with Martin Lee Chu-ming, Liu Kinming and others to celebrate a new book by top Hong Kong photographer Liu Heung Shing, known as H.S. H.S., who is now 70 years old, was born in Hong Kong, and educated in the United States but became a top photographer for…

June 10, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

The betrayal of China’s super-soldier: General Yue Fei

Every military man is trained to charge into battle brandishing weapons. But one real life soldier became famous for his willingness to put his weapons down when his family needed him. At a young age, Yue Fei won the admiration of his country for his incredible feats in battle against a terrifying enemy - but…

June 9, 20220Comments ByMeno Monteir

Culture

Film captures China’s 1979 entry to capitalism

A SURPRISE HIT movie in China tells the true story of the first man who decided to try making a TV advertisement in that country, more than 40 years ago. It may sound like a trivial thing, but in another way it was huge – his success or failure would signify the transition of China…

June 8, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Features

Kong Qingdong gives insight into protest of 1989

DURING THE 1989 protests in Beijing, student Kong Qingdong came across two undergraduates using a mimeograph machine to makes copies of personal documents. One of them looked up. “Kong, have you nabbed a passport yet?” he asked. “What passport?” “Feng Congde, Chai Ling—they’ve both got American passports.” As he listened, Kong found himself…

June 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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

The strange true story of the hostage prince who fell in love

China eases sex change rules, but stays wary

When every picture did tell a story

The betrayal of China’s super-soldier: General Yue Fei

Film captures China’s 1979 entry to capitalism

Kong Qingdong gives insight into protest of 1989

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