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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

Life

Humor spot: Solomon Islands

June 7, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

News

Clever pay-out scheme has China oldsters getting vaxxed

MEDICAL SCIENTISTS ACROSS China have launched a creative win-win-win scheme which is finally getting older generation hold-outs to take the Covid vaccine. Health officials are buying insurance for oldsters, who get up to 500,000 rmb from insurance companies if the vaccine harms them. Traditionally, elderly people in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other places…

June 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Life

Thought-provoker: If you went back to 1955 Asia…

June 6, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

Graphics

Humor spot: Tell me what country you’re from in two words

June 6, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

Culture

In love with a ghost: classic Chinese painting to appear at new Hong Kong museum

EIGHTEEN CENTURIES AGO, two princes fell in love with the same woman, Zhen Mi. But only one could have her. Circumstances led Zhen Mi to marry the older one, although she preferred the younger, who had been sent into temporary exile during the chaotic Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history. When the exiled brother finally…

June 6, 20220Comments BySeth Mallick

Opinion

A list of songs used by torturers

A HUGE NIGHTMARE has descended on Hong Kong. Yes, a new Y.U.U. song. Last year, the first song promoting the Y.U.U. shoppers’ loyalty card was played on a loop in thousands of shops for months, causing utter misery for shoppers and, surely, a major retail crisis. The new Y.U.U. song ("YUU to me") is 80…

June 6, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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

Humor spot: Solomon Islands

Clever pay-out scheme has China oldsters getting vaxxed

Thought-provoker: If you went back to 1955 Asia…

Humor spot: Tell me what country you’re from in two words

In love with a ghost: classic Chinese painting to appear at new Hong Kong museum

A list of songs used by torturers

As Hong Kong people mourn, western journalists rush to politicize tragedy

West’s hybrid warfare team using Tai Po tragedy to destabilize Hong Kong

I worked at a law firm on the Chinese mainland – here’s what I learned