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So was it the most-watched or least-watched Winter Olympics?

THERE WERE GLOBAL campaigns from the United States to make the Beijing Winter Olympics the “least-watched” Winter Olympic Games in history. Yet the International Olympic Committee indicated these were the most-watched such games—a line happily echoed by Chinese people on social media and China's state media. What’s the real story? As usual, simplification is misleading,…

February 20, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Wave of pledges as Hong Kong people pull together

YOUNG PEOPLE, property tycoons, pop stars and truck drivers are pulling together to fight the Omicron wave in Hong Kong. There was a wave of pledges yesterday. Here are 12 things that people are doing. Hong Kong youth groups said they’d co-ordinate a free transportation service to move nurses, doctors, and medical goods Property tycoon Peter Lee Ka-kit…

February 19, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

Features

Mainland anti-Covid plan could work in Hong Kong

SOME PEOPLE ARE saying that the “test the whole population” system that worked so well in China could not be implemented in a non-mainland city like Hong Kong, which leans towards Western individualism rather than Chinese cohesiveness. That may not be true. The same Chinese “universal testing” program was tried in Macao, which has…

February 19, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

News

New strain of Covid is stalking, killing people in this town

Forty-six sudden deaths leave community in shock New BA.2 strain producing worrying results in trials Health officials’ worst fears have emerged in densely populated city A KILLER HAS COME TO TOWN. In Hong Kong, 46 lives have been snatched at high speed by a strain of Covid in a shocked city which has been astonishingly free of…

February 18, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Recycled stadiums helped Olympics keep tight budget

SPEND LESS, ACHIEVE MORE – that was the aim of the financial controllers of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and so far it looks like they’ve done it. The total budget has come in at US$3.07 billion, making it usually good value, since the 2018 games cost US$12.2 billion. How did they do it? To answer…

February 18, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

Opinion

Urgent need for UK to return to positive China relationship

It may have been wise for the UK to part from the European Union for a more global stance But the country's long friendship with China has been unfortunately soured by US hawks and UK Sinophobes It’s crucial that Britain’s next task is to defy US orders and rebuild its relationship with the country…

February 17, 20220Comments ByGrenville Cross

Culture

Tiny Hong Kong becomes giantkiller in global art market

STEP ASIDE, LONDON. Tiny Hong Kong has overtaken Europe to became the second largest art market in the world: and has its eyes on claiming the top spot from the United States. America has a big lead, for now, and is staging something of a recovery. Yet in the long run, Asia will surely…

February 15, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Culture

Streets are empty, but lantern festival goes on

Sadly this year's lantern festival in Hong Kong will be very subdued, with the arrival of Omicron in the city. But while people are unlikely to be parading in the streets with their children holding lights, there are red lamps on show in shops and homes, and the traditions are still remembered, reports Aleesha Naqvi…

February 15, 20220Comments ByAleesha Naqvi

Opinion

Hong Kong lacks the healthcare facilities to ‘live with the virus’

The city doesn’t have enough hospital beds to follow UK model Numbers will hit 10,000 within days at current rates of growth China’s 2-4-24 strategy to protect citizens has been shown to work Mainland techniques such as universal testing can be implemented here HONG KONG IS NOW reporting the highest number of Covid-19 infections since…

February 14, 20220Comments ByChow Pak-chin

Culture

When a woman ruled the world

THE VAST, VAST majority of people listed as leaders in human history have been men. But did you know that a woman once commanded the top superpower in the world? Yet her story has been forgotten. Here at Fridayeveryday, we regularly celebrate amazing true stories from Asian culture, and particularly like to share tales which…

February 14, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

So was it the most-watched or least-watched Winter Olympics?

Wave of pledges as Hong Kong people pull together

Mainland anti-Covid plan could work in Hong Kong

New strain of Covid is stalking, killing people in this town

Recycled stadiums helped Olympics keep tight budget

Urgent need for UK to return to positive China relationship

Tiny Hong Kong becomes giantkiller in global art market

Streets are empty, but lantern festival goes on

Hong Kong lacks the healthcare facilities to ‘live with the virus’

When a woman ruled the world

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