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Tung Chee-hwa: Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader served his people well

Hong Kong is mourning the loss of Tung Chee-hwa, the bridge-building first post-colonial leader of the city. Prof Herman Hu recalls the man and his achievements, which were many THE LATE TUNG CHEE-HWA and my late father, Mr. Hu Fa-kwong, were lifelong friends bound by their shared Shanghainese heritage. Our families gathered regularly, giving me…

10 hours ago0Comments ByHerman Hu

Hong Kong News

South China cluster again beats Silicon Valley to be world’s top science hub

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou science cluster again last night beat Silicon Valley to be declared the world’s top innovation hub. Scientists in the south China cities filed 2,259 patent applications, published 4,060 scientific articles and had 138 venture capital deals per 1 million inhabitants over the last five years, said the World Intellectual Property Organization, a…

September 8, 20260Comments ByNury Vittachi

China news Features News

Incredible story of how a farming province in China beat London, L.A. and Chicago in science rankings

There have been hundreds of reports about China's breakthroughs, including EV battery technology and chip-makers such as Changxin Memory Technologies, but few mention that they come from a landlocked province once famed for farming. The agricultural province of Anhui took a dramatically different turn after an entire university was transported 1,000 miles. Herman Hu…

August 16, 20260Comments ByHerman Hu

China news Culture

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…

July 31, 20260Comments ByWu Pei Yee

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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

China news Opinion

Yes, China needs an inheritance tax; and what’s the deal with ‘limited term’ property ownership?

There's a worrying hole in China's tax system What's the deal with 'limited-term' property ownership? Practical solutions to solve asset transfer problems A debate has sprung up concerning assets owned by individuals in China. In this essay, Richard Cullen guides us through the issues and looks at intriguing solutions that could move the country forwards…

July 6, 20260Comments ByRichard Cullen

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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

Hong Kong News Opinion

Extraordinary program gently turns arrested ‘insurgents’ into citizens who don’t re-offend

More than 1,000 young people lured into violence in the 2019 civil unrest have joined a rehabilitation program involving visits to the Chinese mainland - and the results are extraordinary. The program has an incredibly low re-offending rate of just 0.4 per cent, compared to Hong Kong’s overall 22.4 per cent rate. James Ockenden reports…

May 19, 20260Comments ByJames Ockenden

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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