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China revives sky lantern tradition, after making them safe and non-polluting

THE BEAUTIFUL TRADITION of flying lanterns has been revived in China. To avoid pollution and fire hazards, the lanterns contain LED "candles" and are tied to the users. This 27 Dec 2025 video (below) is from Gexian Village in Jiangxi province, home of a mountain immortal from the Taoist faith. China developed the first hot…

2 days ago0Comments ByNury Vittachi

Yes, you’re half of a couple, but the law says that isn’t your spouse

While gay couples are welcome in Hong Kong, the city’s legal statues define “marriage” as the union of a man and a woman (as is true in communities which cover 80 per cent of humanity). So when one gay couple married overseas asked for legal “spousal rights” in Hong Kong, the answer could have been…

December 19, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

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First Chinese medicine hospital launched in Hong Kong

ACTOR SELENA GOMEZ and five million other people are getting some good news from Hong Kong. Scientists in the city found that a root widely used in Chinese medicine can be combined with a western drug to enable it fight the incurable disease known as lupus. But that’s just one of about 200 Chinese medicine…

December 12, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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

A young law student from Hong Kong took a working journey deep into mainland China’s Shanxi province. Tang Chun-man found extraordinary reminders of the country’s dramatic history – but he also found himself taking an internal journey to gain an appreciation of two legal systems, different in many ways, but both grounded in the universal…

December 10, 20250Comments ByTang Chun-man

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Being open-minded about China cost me friendships

Long-term Hong Kong resident Richard Cullen reflects on politics, friendships and the Tai Po fire. I first arrived to live and work in Hong Kong over 30 years ago. More recently I began to reflect on the way expressing my own political views on Hong Kong and China has reshaped some long-standing friendships. The recent…

December 10, 20250Comments ByRichard Cullen

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FAQ: Is Hong Kong’s ‘Friday’ news project a commie plot from Beijing?

1. Hong Kong’s “Friday” news project is a commie plot from Beijing, right? Actually, no. It’s a project set up by Hong Kong people who think our city and our country deserve fairer news coverage. 2. But it’s bankrolled by the commies in Beijing, right? No. 3. So go on, then, we dare you to…

December 4, 20250Comments ByFriday Writers

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Hong Kong quietly becomes major tennis hub for the world

HONG KONG HAS QUIETLY become a top global hub for tennis, one of the world’s biggest sports. Many of the number one players in the various categories of the game are in the city right now—and hundreds of participants came with families, giving the city a tourism boost. A recent series of major tennis…

November 7, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Scientists find ‘feminist paradise’ existed more than 4 millennia ago

SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED a female-led society that was so successful that it lasted for more than 10 generations in ancient China. Women-led clans existed for 250 years at a place called Fujia more than four millennia ago, DNA evidence showed. The late stone age community lived in Shandong province from 2750 BC onwards, a study in…

October 13, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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How to see the rabbit on the moon: and 7 other ways to mark mid-autumn festival

CHINESE PEOPLE OFTEN celebrate the west’s Christmas traditions—so it’s nice if foreigners join in with Chinese holiday rituals too. Here are eight ways anyone can mark the Mid-Autumn Festival—and our image shows how to “see” the rabbit on the moon (details below). If you're a purest eat an salted egg yolk mooncake -- but other…

October 6, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China’s No.2 leader brings moon samples and message of peace to United Nations

CHINA BROUGHT A GIFT to the United Nations’ 80th General Assembly session yesterday: soil and rocks from "the dark side of the moon”. It was powerfully symbolic. The country was as poor as the least developed African nations in the 1960s, when the super-rich US was making its pioneering voyages to the moon—but China has…

October 3, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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China revives sky lantern tradition, after making them safe and non-polluting

Yes, you’re half of a couple, but the law says that isn’t your spouse

First Chinese medicine hospital launched in Hong Kong

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

Being open-minded about China cost me friendships

FAQ: Is Hong Kong’s ‘Friday’ news project a commie plot from Beijing?

Hong Kong quietly becomes major tennis hub for the world

Scientists find ‘feminist paradise’ existed more than 4 millennia ago

How to see the rabbit on the moon: and 7 other ways to mark mid-autumn festival

China’s No.2 leader brings moon samples and message of peace to United Nations

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China revives sky lantern tradition, after making them safe and non-polluting

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