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 –…
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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…
(Caption: The Jumbo Floating Restaurant started taking on water and sank in the South China Seas. Image above is an artist’s impression)
THE JUMBO FLOATING RESTAURANT sank into the waters of the South China Seas near the Xisha Islands on Saturday, causing an outpouring of affection for the grandiose old dame of Hong Kong’s tourism…
Western press says textbooks are rewriting Hong Kong history, but the truth is they are simply giving both sides
Even the British admitted that Westerners were "occupying" Hong Kong in January 1841, when they arrived and planted their flag
Mao Zedong made it clear in 1949 that ALL unequal treaties were cancelled in full
Under…
Tabe Wong took a huge risk, but it paid off, and now he's an esports star
Esports is now a legitimate career, and even offers academic options
Hong Kong has the largest esports stadium in Asia, the HK$30 million Cyber Games Arena in Mong Kok
IT WAS EXAM DAY. Thousands of Hong Kong students checked…
THIS WRITER HAD a nostalgic lunch yesterday with Martin Lee Chu-ming, Liu Kinming and others to celebrate a new book by top Hong Kong photographer Liu Heung Shing, known as H.S.
H.S., who is now 70 years old, was born in Hong Kong, and educated in the United States but became a top photographer for…
DURING THE 1989 protests in Beijing, student Kong Qingdong came across two undergraduates using a mimeograph machine to makes copies of personal documents.
One of them looked up. “Kong, have you nabbed a passport yet?” he asked.
“What passport?”
“Feng Congde, Chai Ling—they’ve both got American passports.”
As he listened, Kong found himself…