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Friday Beyond Spotlights returns for in-depth conversations

NO! HONG KONG IS NOT a cultural desert. On the contrary, it has a world-class range of museums, orchestras, and arts events, says Winnie Tam, chairperson of the amazing new Palace Museum, which has received rave reviews from visitors. Ms Tam will be the featured guest in the inaugural episode of season two of Friday…

December 1, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

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Strange tale of Baroness Bra and the Hong Kong deal

A SUPER-RICH COUPLE in the UK are under a spotlight after a series of revelations involving a mysterious Hong Kong connection. Scotswoman Michelle Mone rose to fame after re-inventing the brassiere, with a product line called Ultimo that was an international hit with millions of women. Her rags-to-riches story enchanted the press, as did her…

November 29, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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10 Ways China is behind the scenes in Qatar

THE WORLD CUP, an annual soccer tournament that takes place very four years, is running Qatar as we speak. The attention is most on the sports, except for the Western media, which is focusing mainly on the politics. But there's another story too -- the work that China has done in helping build the facilities.…

November 24, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Uni graduate? Here’s a free pass to billionaire city

WANT A WELL-PAID JOB? With a free work visa? In a low-crime city? With the world’s highest health score? In a community with more super-rich people than anywhere else on earth? And with a huge pot of money waiting to invest in whatever business you’re doing? The answer has got to be YES. And so…

November 22, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Hong Kong firm beams ‘tech helper’ into classrooms

IMAGINE THE SCENE. A teacher is in a classroom in Europe or Africa or Asia teaching computer coding skills to children. Then there’s a problem. A tough query or technical issue brings the lesson to a halt. What to do? The educator quickly types a request on his keyboard. Ping! Answers arrive. The ability to…

November 14, 20220Comments ByFriday Writers

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Taobao sold twice as much as Amazon

Chinese shopkeepers are quietly conquering the world. A new survey shows three of the planet’s top four internet shops globally are Chinese, and Alibaba's Taobao did twice as much business as Amazon.com. (Sorry, Jeff.) Graph from Insider Intelligence.com How did they get so big so quickly? One factor is home location – there are A…

November 14, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Voices rising to tell a broader, deeper, fairer story

AN INCREASING NUMBER of people are speaking out to tell the truth about Hong Kong and Mainland China, top Hong Kong business leader Herman Hu Shao-ming said. “Today, many voices are trying to tell a broader, deeper, fairer story of what is happening our city and our country,” he told a conference. “Many of us…

November 9, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hong Kong stepping up intelligence ops: John Lee

THE STRUGGLE TO KEEP Hong Kong safe is not over, the city’s leader John Lee Ka-chiu said. “There are still underlying national security threats from different fronts,” he warned. In response, the city is putting more resources into intelligence gathering, the Chief Executive told a conference. “We will step up efforts in gathering and…

November 9, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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U.S. has launched ‘economic warfare’ against Chinese: FT

THE PRESENT U.S. administration’s determination to stop the world selling vital semiconductors to China “is an act of economic warfare”, top Financial Times columnist Martin Wolfe wrote on Friday. The move “is far more threatening to Beijing than anything Donald Trump did,” he added. “The aim is clearly to slow China’s economic development. That is…

November 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Hong Kong setting up forex market for virtual assets

BITCOIN BROS, SALVATION is coming. Hong Kong is quietly creating retail markets for virtual assets. The city is using its considerable financial clout to create special share markets where people can buy and sell crypto currencies, NFTs and so on. It’ll be just like buying and selling regular currencies—but with new age assets, which you…

November 7, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

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Friday Beyond Spotlights returns for in-depth conversations

Strange tale of Baroness Bra and the Hong Kong deal

10 Ways China is behind the scenes in Qatar

Uni graduate? Here’s a free pass to billionaire city

Hong Kong firm beams ‘tech helper’ into classrooms

Taobao sold twice as much as Amazon

Voices rising to tell a broader, deeper, fairer story

Hong Kong stepping up intelligence ops: John Lee

U.S. has launched ‘economic warfare’ against Chinese: FT

Hong Kong setting up forex market for virtual assets

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