A penniless man asked a small restaurateur if there were leftovers he could have. Yes, the owner said. Word spread about this generous act, and the needy began lining up for free meals. Then the local Rotary Club saw what was happening, and stepped in to make a spontaneous act of generosity into a model…

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The actions of certain lawyers were a key reason why the months-long 2019 violent insurgency in Hong Kong hit the community so hard. But while a worrying number of barristers became hyper-politicized, the city's body of solicitors worked hard to keep the boat steady. Their professionalism deserves to be recognized, says Grenville Cross. …
Plans exist to integrate Asia's financial capital, Hong Kong, with Asia's tech capital, Shenzhen. Time to accelerate that operation for the benefits it will bring, argues Herman Hu, writing from the Two Sessions meeting in Beijing.
ASIA'S FINANCIAL CAPITAL and tech capital are teaming up.
The dynamism of Hong Kong and Shenzhen are set to…
In Hong Kong's nightmarish 2019 insurgency, the once-respected Hong Kong Bar Association became a powerful anti-China group, thanks to politicized leaders - and connections with a notorious CIA front organization called the NED. Finally the group has returned to doing what it used to do so well: world class law. Grenville Cross reports.
THE HONG…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
