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A troubled escapee from the People’s Liberation Army was smuggled to Hong Kong and eventually became a celebrated author
WRITER NI KUANG is being mourned in Hong Kong and across much of the Chinese-speaking world. To readers of Chinese, he was the bestselling author of huge numbers of genre books with sci-fi, martial arts and…
Image shows Hu Fa-kuang as a teenager, when he decided to become an engineer, a 1950s world map, and a ship from the Blue Funnel Line, which would take him across the world.
Hu Fa-kuang, who passed away recently, literally changed the face of Hong Kong. He was "the elevator king" of a city which…
Most young people in East Asia wear glasses, as has been widely noticed. They become a constant companion from a young age, and we end up having a love-hate relationship with them, reports Anna Tang, who has worn them for most of her 15 years
NO, BRUSHING MY TEETH is not the first thing I…
Major figures are making provocative public statements which appear to be demonstrably wrong, increasing the possibility of conflict in Asia. But who is pointing this out and setting the record straight? Sadly, the media isn't, laments Richard Cullen.
THE RECENT ASIAN Security Summit in Singapore convened by the International Institute for Strategic Affairs –…
The world's media reported that at exactly midnight on 30 June 1997, the British Hong Kong flag was replaced with China’s flag as the sovereignty of Hong Kong moved from British colonial rule to Chinese rule. But that’s not actually what happened. Emily Zhou reports.
IN THE WINTER of 1994, 925 days before July 1,…
AS ASIA'S WORLD CITY, Hong Kong is famous for its restaurants. Visitors and expats often quote the food as one of the attractions of the city.
But what is authentic Hong Kong cuisine?
Some might say yum cha (a dim sum and tea meal) or cha chaan teng food (traditional tea shop cooking) but in…
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, Hong Kong was the finance center of China. Today, it is the finance center of Asia, says Joe Ngai of McKinsey, the international corporate analysis firm.
The city’s story is just beginning. “The best years of Hong Kong are ahead of us, rather than behind us,” he said.
He recalls being in…