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USAID: ‘Sterilize your women or you get nothing this year’

Writers at The New York Times, the Guardian, and other mainstream press are this week working really hard to mislead their readers into thinking USAID was purely an aid organization, nothing more. But Elon Musk says it is a "criminal organization" which was "beyond repair". What’s the real story? A study of its accounts reveals…

February 6, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture Hong Kong News

Hong Kong comic book artists take wing to show off their art

Hong Kong comic book artists flew to a global graphic story convention in Europe last week—and drew their images live in front of audiences to get attention. The city's comic book artists have got their buzz back, with a series of community support programs keeping them afloat in their home town, and active attendance at…

February 4, 20250Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Gutsy UK finance chief Reeve faces down the anti-China mob

When new British finance chief Rachel Reeves said she was going to rebuild the friendship between China and the UK, a multi-pronged operation was launched to spoil her mission. It failed. Grenville Cross reports. In 1986, then-US president Ronald Reagan said, “The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.” As the…

January 17, 20250Comments ByGrenville Cross

Hong Kong News Opinion

Golf controversy leaves the law stranded in the bunker

A decision to use a section of Hong Kong's best-known golf course for much-needed public housing became a major controversy. The necessary environmental impact assessment was misunderstood as a referendum on the public housing project, leading to widespread confusion, reports retired judge Henry Litton. The government’s proposal to take over a portion of the Fanling…

January 16, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

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In Hong Kong and mainland China, we’re hooked on aircons

HONG KONG IS COOL. And not just in the metaphorical sense. Fully 99% of homes in the southern Chinese city are well-chilled thanks to technology. With hot, humid summers, and mild winters, air-conditioners are ubiquitous, and most residents use them for much of the year. Fortunately, energy bills are relatively low, with about 20% of…

January 16, 20250Comments BySimon Renshaw

Hong Kong News Opinion

When Hong Kong’s leader was wrongfully jailed as a criminal

It was a shocking turn of affairs. A respected former leader of Hong Kong was relentlessly pursued by lawyers and eventually thrown in jail as a criminal – before further examination established that he was not guilty of anything and had been wrongly imprisoned. It was a long nightmare for Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, a popular…

January 10, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

Culture Hong Kong News

How Hong Kong’s Mong Kok became a jam-packed shopping paradise

Hong Kong's Mong Kok (旺角) district is crowded. At one point, it was ranked the most crowded place on earth. While other places today carry that dubious accolade, the Kowloon district remains packed with malls, shops, restaurants and street food stalls - plus vast amounts of human traffic, both locals and tourists. But people…

January 6, 20250Comments ByH.C. Lu

Hong Kong News Opinion

When lawyers decided to bring down Hong Kong’s Chief Executive

One of the signs that Hong Kong has a world-class legal system is the way judiciary and government often disagree on outcomes. That shows healthy independence. But there have been cases in which people in the city's legal sector, using taxpayer legal aid money, attack the Chief Executive to create political theatre and hurt our…

January 2, 20250Comments ByHenry Litton

Culture Hong Kong News

Origins of Chinese civilisation display at Hong Kong Palace Museum

The Hong Kong Palace Museum has featured the image of a jade dragon as the poster for its latest exhibition, 'The Origins of Chinese Civilisation'. A jade dragon exhibited in the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Jade dragons are the most representative finds at Inner Mongolia and Liaoning Province, which is the origin of Hongshan Culture.…

December 30, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

Hong Kong News

Hong Kong teacher finds job in UK – at one tenth of her pay

THE ONLY JOB a Hong Kong teacher who moved to the UK on the BNO scheme could find was as an assistant in a nursing home—at one tenth of her usual pay. And she's not alone. Three years later, most Hong Kongers who went to UK are still looking for jobs—they are also struggling with…

December 29, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Hong Kong News

USAID: ‘Sterilize your women or you get nothing this year’

Hong Kong comic book artists take wing to show off their art

Gutsy UK finance chief Reeve faces down the anti-China mob

Golf controversy leaves the law stranded in the bunker

In Hong Kong and mainland China, we’re hooked on aircons

When Hong Kong’s leader was wrongfully jailed as a criminal

How Hong Kong’s Mong Kok became a jam-packed shopping paradise

When lawyers decided to bring down Hong Kong’s Chief Executive

Origins of Chinese civilisation display at Hong Kong Palace Museum

Hong Kong teacher finds job in UK – at one tenth of her pay

The U.S. openly threatens judges around the world: sorry, but you just can’t do that

David Webb and the Quiet Power of an Unbought Voice

China, Brazil, Germany, become Guardians of the High Seas