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Suhanya Raffel: Hong Kong’s visual art revolution

An Englishman's visit to a Guangdong village brickmaker led to the creation of a piece of art about China's people and the future of the world For years considered a cultural desert, Hong Kong now aims to be a world leader in appreciation of the arts Having overtaken London as an art investment hub, the…

March 28, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Videos

China’s reinvention of money

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE EXPERT Martin Chorzempa this week sent his new book off to the printer. Called "The Cashless Revolution" it deals with China's reinvention of money and examines the coming end of America's domination of finance and technology. In the video below, Friday's editor Nury Vittachi looks at the subject of how China has been…

March 25, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Taste slow-cooked lamb in the Altay Mountains to rise up to heaven

Image above shows Kazakh horse meat sausage. Image by Marco Verch/ ccnull YOU THINK YOU KNOW Chinese food? Adventurous young Chinese foodies are heading into the cold, remote highlands of the western region to find delicious new flavors. The bad news is that sometimes you have to decide which of your four-legged friends is…

March 24, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Features

Hong Kong is world’s second biggest biotech funding hub

TINY HONG KONG is now the second largest biotech fundraising hub in the world. By far the largest in Asia, it is second only to New York in raising funds for health-related companies. The southern Chinese city has been moving up the scale since a dramatic stock market reform in 2018 allowed biotech firms…

March 24, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Videos

Video: Chinese-style giant 3D ads are spreading

The eye-catching new 3D ads which went viral from Chongqing and Chengdu are now spreading around the world. Companies in China and South Korea have developed technology that can be easily applied to buildings which have screens on two sides or a curved screen. Fridayeveryday editor Nury Vittachi reports.

March 23, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

Sunny Chai: When the god of scales weighed his options

ONE OF THE MOST positive moments in Sunny Chai Ngai-chiu’s life was, in a way, also one of the most negative. And that proved a turning point for him. He was in his 30s when he stood before a panel of experts. He was a finalist for the prestigious title of Young Industrialist Award of…

March 22, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Death-defying risks for a cup of tea

When the civil war of China ended in 1949, Tibetans carried bags of silver dollars on a long journey along a thousand-year old path through the mountains on an important mission: to ensure their tea supply. Emily Zhou reports THE PEOPLE OF TIBET and the surrounding high-plateau lands had a problem. They needed tea.…

March 21, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Culture

Sorry, cafe society, tea-drinkers are still ahead

CHINA’S NATIONAL DRINK, tea, is the most popular drink in the world. More of it consumed than all the cappuccinos, lattes and espressos in the world. At least one study says more tea is drunk than all other drinks put together -- coffee, fizzy drinks, wine, beer, juice and everything else. The daily number of…

March 21, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

News

How Emperor Ketchup and pals made a billion $ this week

ApeCoin is cryptocurrency but the money it creates is real enough Emperor Tomato Ketchup and friends suddenly made it big Coins were “airdropped”, with some people becoming instant millionaires Americans and Hong Kongers played key roles in the launch A NEW CRYPTOCURRENCY token has been an instant hit, with US$9 billion worth being traded in…

March 20, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

China’s extraordinary Digital Courts: future of the law?

A SERIES OF QUIET innovations has led to the creation of an extraordinary milestone: the world’s first true Digital Court system. You file a lawsuit, fill in the forms, present evidence, and get the legal ball rolling – and then get out of bed, because you are still in your pyjamas. Anxious to do away…

March 18, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Suhanya Raffel: Hong Kong’s visual art revolution

China’s reinvention of money

Taste slow-cooked lamb in the Altay Mountains to rise up to heaven

Hong Kong is world’s second biggest biotech funding hub

Video: Chinese-style giant 3D ads are spreading

Sunny Chai: When the god of scales weighed his options

Death-defying risks for a cup of tea

Sorry, cafe society, tea-drinkers are still ahead

How Emperor Ketchup and pals made a billion $ this week

China’s extraordinary Digital Courts: future of the law?

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