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Hong Kong and Shenzhen North are learning from each other

SHENZHEN NORTH HAS become a popular place for Hong Kong people, who head there by high-speed rail for food, shopping and entertainment. The journey takes just 18 minutes, and about 30 trains travel between Hong Kong and Shenzhen North every day. But at the moment, the station itself (below, image by Gareth Jones/ Wikimedia Commons)…

September 21, 20230Comments ByFriday Writers

The cooking accident that started a global empire

FEEL LIKE ASIAN FOOD for dinner tonight? Chances are that one Hong Kong family will play a key role in flavoring your meal—and that’s true, whether you live in the US, Asia, Australia, or anywhere else. A Hong Kong firm has quietly become the global king of sauces—and made the family behind it remarkably wealthy.…

September 21, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Here’s what the U.S. is doing to prepare for war in Asia

PREPARATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES to launch a war against China are far more advanced than many people realize. And when you look at just how much work has been done, it no longer looks like a matter of “if”, but more of a question of “when”. Quietly, the United States has gone through a…

September 12, 20230Comments ByPhill Hynes

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Soong sister artifacts to be shown in Hong Kong

AN EXHIBITION OF ARTIFACTS from the life of Madam Soong Ching-ling (宋慶齡), the wife of Dr Sun Yat-sen (孫中山), open in Hong Kong next week, with items put on display in the city for the first time. A qipao (Chinese dress) she wore, historical photos with leaders, news clippings and other items will be on…

September 7, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Muralists work to beautify the city, but also calm its soul

A TRIO OF HONG KONG friends thought about the best way to heal Hong Kong as a community after the traumas of recent times and came up with a simple but transformative idea. What if people just set aside politics and other concerns for a while and did something creative, which would be good for…

August 15, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Zodiac relics from destroyed Summer Palace now in Hong Kong

SURVIVING ZODIAC HEAD STATUES from a glorious imperial garden destroyed by British and French soldiers in the Opium War in 1860 are on show at City University of Hong Kong. The Old Summer Palace, known as Yuanmingyuan (圓明園), was a huge area, covering more than 3.5 square kilometres of land in Beijing. Historians say it…

August 10, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Chinese train engineers challenge pilots to a race

CHINESE ENGINEERS SET a new record for the fastest train in the world, and are eyeing their ultimate target—to create railway transport that’s faster than commercial aircraft. The country’s next-generation high-speed train recently set a record of 453 kmh (281 mph) during a test run along a section of the railway from Fuqing to Qianzhou…

August 10, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Forbidden City cats become celebrities in their own right

CATS AT THE FORBIDDEN CITY in Beijing have become celebrities. They now regularly appear in TV programs and on social media. They also count as part of the historical tale of the complex. In ancient times, emperors and other royal family members owned cats which they pampered, just like modern cat-lovers. In the Ming…

August 1, 20230Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Hong Kong’s fugitives and Canberra’s remarkable response

The Hong Kong authorities recently issued arrest warrants for eight individuals living offshore who are alleged to have breached the National Security Law. Canberra has swiftly jumped to express concern for the two fugitives who live in Australia. It is hard to avoid the conclusion that this rash response reflects, in part, a felt-need in…

July 18, 20230Comments ByRichard Cullen

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China set to lead world to cashless society: UK professor

CHINA CAME FROM nowhere to become a leader in cash-free purchasing, a top London professor said this week. It is now on track to becoming the world's top country for cash-free transactions, said Kent Matthews, professor of banking and finance at Cardiff University. In China, the proportion of the total amount of money in circulation…

July 6, 20230Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hong Kong and Shenzhen North are learning from each other

The cooking accident that started a global empire

Here’s what the U.S. is doing to prepare for war in Asia

Soong sister artifacts to be shown in Hong Kong

Muralists work to beautify the city, but also calm its soul

Zodiac relics from destroyed Summer Palace now in Hong Kong

Chinese train engineers challenge pilots to a race

Forbidden City cats become celebrities in their own right

Hong Kong’s fugitives and Canberra’s remarkable response

China set to lead world to cashless society: UK professor

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

In Xinjiang, I stepped into a different world

City of the future: Hong Kong is just about to go through a transformation