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A denounced ‘red’ Zen Master dies a quiet hero for the world

GREAT ZEN MASTER Thich Nhat Hanh has just passed away at the age of 95. The news media is summing him up as “the father of mindfulness”, a spiritual exercise widely adopted in the secular world. But in Asia, and to those of us with long memories, he was much more than that. Thich Nhat…

January 22, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Under the surface, a very different Hong Kong story

The widely reported narrative that Beijing tried to impose a law to snatch dissidents from Hong Kong in 2019 was never true Peaceful demonstrators quickly fled the protests as they realized something dark, violent, and well-organized lay just below the surface The media simply relayed stories and numbers they were given by one side,…

January 20, 20220Comments ByMichael Edesess

Opinion

No ‘Little Lamb Diplomacy’ from China

FOR 109 YEARS, since the Opium War in 1840, China has suffered foreign invasions, semi-colonialisation, extreme poverty, and demonisation. We toughed them out. With the founding of the new China in 1949, we drove out the last colonialists from our land. Since then no country has ever dared to invade us again. Rising from the…

January 19, 20220Comments ByC. K. Yeung

News

Media and govt credibility plummeting: global survey

MEDIA CREDIBILITY IS dying at high speed—and trust in liberal governments is following in tandem, according to a new major global survey. Half of all respondents now view governments and media as “divisive forces in society”, said the huge study, which collected data from 36,000 respondents in 28 countries. But public confidence in executive-led governments…

January 19, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture Videos

The General, the priest, and the young woman

A real-life mystery story from our podcast-style series of tales of ancient Asia Above is a two-minute video telling an amazing true story from the Shang Dynasty period of China's growth, more than 30 centuries ago. Click here to go to our YouTube channel

January 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

‘West should breed babies, build new Hong Kong’

UK RIGHTWINGERS WANT to generate thirty million new British babies to stop any forthcoming global leadership by Chinese people—and convert British seaside towns into “new Hong Kongs” to house them. The British campaigners are joining a US campaign to “breed” their way into maintaining Western dominance on the planet. “Save the West,” said Tom Harwood,…

January 17, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

Prankster scores big with fake “propaganda” card

A YOUNG BRITISH filmmaker in China is being celebrated today after playing a spectacular trick on the anti-China lobby. Curt McArdle, 27, is one of many people who have been labelled “wumao” (meaning “paid propaganda agent”) for daring to have said something positive about China: considered a terrible crime in much of today’s social media/…

January 16, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News

US flights banned as HK sacrifices CNY fairs

OMICRON IS AIRBORNE now, forcing scientists in one of the world’s most Covid-proof cities to scramble for new measures. Hong Kong has banned all flights from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France and the Philippines until February 4. Lunar New Year Fairs are all cancelled—a major sacrifice in a community for which the annual…

January 15, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

News Videos

Time to stop the demonization

Too many news outlets, large and small, are portraying China as Nazi Germany. This report can read below or viewed as a video. A New York Times writer today said Chinese efforts to fight Covid in Xi’an were reminiscent of the spirit of evil that led to the Holocaust. Seriously? Yes. From the…

January 14, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features

All change at Legco

A new regular feature, Friday Numbers, highlights data in Hong Kong and mainland China TODAY IS THE first session of Legislative Council under the new electoral arrangements. As the first in series of Friday Numbers, we walk you through important figures which you may not be aware of in other media. Image…

January 12, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

A denounced ‘red’ Zen Master dies a quiet hero for the world

Under the surface, a very different Hong Kong story

No ‘Little Lamb Diplomacy’ from China

Media and govt credibility plummeting: global survey

The General, the priest, and the young woman

‘West should breed babies, build new Hong Kong’

Prankster scores big with fake “propaganda” card

US flights banned as HK sacrifices CNY fairs

Time to stop the demonization

All change at Legco

Saving what’s left of Western liberalism

Scientists in China create chip that bridges optic and wireless systems

Scientists find treasure trove of antibodies in paediatricians’ blood