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In Xinjiang, I stepped into a different world

"One physical step took me across an international border; one mental step helped me transcend my own preconceived stereotypes," says Wu Pei Yee, a Hong Kong form five student who writes about a visit to Xinjiang -- and the step that took her from China into Kazahkstan. BEFORE I LEFT HONG KONG for our school…

5 days ago0Comments ByWu Pei Yee

City of the future: Hong Kong is just about to go through a transformation

Almost a third of Hong Kong's land will be blended into an extraordinary plan for a new super-city. It's huge: the size of the UK's Birmingham, or Kansas City in the US. Prof Herman Hu says that Hong Kong's Northern Metropolis can take inspiration from Xiong'an, the "city of the future" being built south…

July 30, 20260Comments ByHerman Hu

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Art and science of Chinese calligraphy

SCIENTISTS WARN that the dramatic disappearance of handwriting in the modern world will have a negative effect on the human brain—but not in China. For the Chinese, the art and science of handwriting is alive and well--and not just as a way of communicating information, but as a standard skill that every young person learns—and…

July 16, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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A shipwreck, a massacre and an excuse to invade Taiwan island

FOR CENTURIES, Asian and Western sailors shipwrecked in Chinese waters got a nice surprise. The Chinese government had a rescue policy. Sailors would be given free food and clothing. They would be helped with ship repairs, or even transported home. This applied to everyone in China’s coastal waters and around Chinese islands such as Taiwan—but…

July 7, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Latest attempt to revive ‘Uyghur genocide’ hoax fails in the face of the facts

The people of Xinjiang are growing in number, and in health and wealth: the opposite of a genocide. Hong Kong's Herman Hu visited recently - one of 300 million people who visited the region in the past year. FOREIGN MEDIA OUTLETS have recently once again repeated false allegations of so-called "genocide" in Xinjiang. There is…

June 18, 20260Comments ByHerman Hu

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The first wizard’s first invention

“HUNGRY? I HAVE SOMETHING to show you,” the white-haired man says to the young fellow hunter he is training. “Come.” They walk into a deep cave in a cliff wall jutting out of the forest and sit on the floor. The older man opens the leather pouch he uses as a bag and pulls out…

May 13, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Harm caused by the ‘western lens’ interpretation of China

Richard Cullen looks at a fascinating new book: Understanding China: Governance, Socio-Economics, Global Influence (by Chandran Nair and others, Routledge, Abingdon, 2026). Strongly recommended: Richard's Substack Newsletter: https://substack.com/@richardcullen376919 Routledge in the UK recently published an important new book, authored by Chandran Nair, Jorgen Randers, Jinfeng Zhou and Frederick Charles Dubee, entitled: “Understanding China: Governance, Socio-Economics,…

April 13, 20260Comments ByRichard Cullen

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A lawyer’s journey: from 1980s China to a top spot at the United Nations

SOME POSITIVE NEWS! While the news is full of war, a nice story of international bridge-building just emerged, unnoticed. A girl called Lingling was born to the Zhang family in Beijing in 1981. She grew up and went into the law. In 2011, she went to study in Hong Kong, which has a reputation as…

March 16, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Chinese legal system growing fast, with continuous refinements

THE LEGAL SYSTEM in China is maturing fast. Although the law in the country has a very long history, the system has recently been evolving rapidly in many ways, such as in dealing with international cases, using digital technology, and fostering the rise of women judges. The Supreme Court of China this week celebrated female…

March 12, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Japan election: Recycling the past to ruin the future

Nostalgia for your country's past military adventures is a common tool used by politicians. But when those adventures included the killing of tens of millions of people in neighboring countries and the use of rape as a weapon, that's different. And when you propose reviving that army, that's a serious concern for the world. A…

March 7, 20260Comments ByRichard Cullen