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US solar industry in sudden crisis, as China accusations fly

THE US SOLAR POWER industry's activities have ground to a sudden halt as the US Commerce Department started looking for possible China links. More than 300 large scale solar panel implementations across America have been frozen—and this includes some forest-sized projects. “Tens of billions of dollars, and tens of thousands of jobs are at risk,”…

May 6, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Historians find toothbrush, eleven centuries old

SMILE PLEASE! Archeologists have found toothbrushes more than a thousand years old – and they are remarkably similar to modern ones. They had the same shape, although were made of bone, not plastic. And instead of the nylon brushes of today’s equivalents, the ancient ones had hog bristles. There were different varieties, just like today.…

May 4, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Opinion

Why has the government disappeared?

The fragmentization of the media means that it is no longer easy for citizens and authorities to talk to each other. The government needs to look at new channels and new voices to fix communication issues, argues Kevin Lau Chung-hang U.S. PRESIDENTS' “Address to the Nation” speeches often appear in documentaries. Lyndon Johnson’s speech on…

May 4, 20220Comments ByKevin Lau

Opinion

‘Rules-based order’ means U.S. supremacy, no more and no less

THE PHRASE “rule-based order” (RBO) is one of the most hackneyed in the West’s political lexicon, although “international” is increasingly included these days. It sounds good, can mean different things, and may be easily weaponized. It recalls Humpty Dumpty, who, in Lewis Carroll’sThrough the Looking-Glass, told Alice that “when I use a word, it means…

May 3, 20220Comments ByGrenville Cross

Culture

Chinese had pet manicures a thousand years ago: historians

TEMPTED TO CHUCKLE at Hong Kong women who have pampered dogs which they hand-carry to expensive grooming and manicure services? Historians have discovered that such activities have a long history—and in ancient times there were even centers where Chinese noblewomen could get their pets’ fur trimmed and their claws dyed. How do we know this?…

April 28, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Opinion

The strange headline that appears every decade

A NEWS REPORT, widely reprinted today, indicates that Iran is almost ready to complete its first nuclear weapon. But the problem is that the same story has been printed many times over the past 38 years, and has always been wrong -- so far. Why does the media not print the background? It's hard to…

April 27, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

China’s Solomon Islands link: A meme to share

April 27, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

The pandemic is not over

THE FIFTH WAVE OF COVID-19 in Hong Kong has been largely contained, with daily cases down to daily three-digit figures for more than a week now. The debate between “dynamic zero-covid” and “living with the virus” seems to be irrelevant to Hong Kong now. Most Covid outbreaks appear to have a natural upward and…

April 26, 20220Comments ByLinda Xi Tianqi

Opinion

It’s not John Lee’s job to fix Hong Kong, it’ll take all of us

HONG KONG'S FORMER Chief Secretary of Administration John Lee Ka-chiu is most likely to become the next chief executive of the special administrative region. As expected, the Hong Kong public is abuzz with expectations for the new government. But what about the government’s expectations for the public? As John F. Kennedy famously said, “Ask not…

April 25, 20220Comments ByChow Pak-chin

News

Three systemic issues are harming journalism

(Image above: No western mainstream outlet has examined any possible relationship between their anti-Chinese coverage and attacks on Chinese-looking people in the west. Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash) JOURNALISM IS IN TROUBLE. CNN spent a third of a billion US dollars to start a news channel they admitted they would close just…

April 25, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

US solar industry in sudden crisis, as China accusations fly

Historians find toothbrush, eleven centuries old

Why has the government disappeared?

‘Rules-based order’ means U.S. supremacy, no more and no less

Chinese had pet manicures a thousand years ago: historians

The strange headline that appears every decade

China’s Solomon Islands link: A meme to share

The pandemic is not over

It’s not John Lee’s job to fix Hong Kong, it’ll take all of us

Three systemic issues are harming journalism

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?