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Hainan decides to phase out petrol cars

WELCOME TO Electric Island! The people of Hainan are set to be among the world leaders in fighting climate change, with a total ban on government purchases of petrol cars by 2025 and public purchases of petrol cars by 2030. [Scroll down to read a text version of this report, or see a video version…

ByNury VittachiSeptember 1, 20220Comments

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1967: When western pop discovered Chinese culture

GARY BROOKER DIED RECENTLY. Most people won’t know that name. But huge numbers of people around the world would recognize the 1967 tune he wrote with his bandmate Matthew Fisher: which became a worldwide hit song called A Whiter Shade of Pale. Scroll down to read the rest of the text version of this report,…

ByNury VittachiApril 19, 20220Comments

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Despite obituaries, Hong Kong’s legal system healthier than ever

In at least one aspect, Hong Kong only fully gained the rule of law after the handover, says top barrister Grenville Cross Before 1997, his work took him to many places, including on a rather scary journey to Downing Street to see an ancient body of Law Lords The National Security Law in Hong Kong…

ByNury VittachiApril 11, 20220Comments

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The boy who had to see for himself: Allan Zeman

At 16, he was earning more than his teachers At 19, he flew across the world to look for his fortune In a noisy factory in Kowloon, he found it IT WAS 1968, Hey Jude was on every radio, and a tall thin teenager disembarked from a Panam flight at Kai Tak airport in Hong…

ByNury VittachiApril 4, 20220Comments

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Suhanya Raffel: Hong Kong’s visual art revolution

An Englishman's visit to a Guangdong village brickmaker led to the creation of a piece of art about China's people and the future of the world For years considered a cultural desert, Hong Kong now aims to be a world leader in appreciation of the arts Having overtaken London as an art investment hub, the…

ByNury VittachiMarch 28, 20220Comments

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China’s reinvention of money

INTERNATIONAL FINANCE EXPERT Martin Chorzempa this week sent his new book off to the printer. Called "The Cashless Revolution" it deals with China's reinvention of money and examines the coming end of America's domination of finance and technology. In the video below, Friday's editor Nury Vittachi looks at the subject of how China has been…

ByNury VittachiMarch 25, 20220Comments

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Video: Chinese-style giant 3D ads are spreading

The eye-catching new 3D ads which went viral from Chongqing and Chengdu are now spreading around the world. Companies in China and South Korea have developed technology that can be easily applied to buildings which have screens on two sides or a curved screen. Fridayeveryday editor Nury Vittachi reports.

ByNury VittachiMarch 23, 20220Comments

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Top doctor Tony Mok reveals family’s rags-to-riches past

ONE OF HONG KONG'S best-known doctors revealed that his family came from a rags-to-riches background. Oncologist Tony Mok Shu-kam, also known as a TV host and magazine columnist, revealed the extraordinary early life of his father. When Mok Senior was just eleven, living in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation, he lost his own…

BySeth MallickMarch 15, 20220Comments

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‘One country two systems’ was for Taiwan: Maria Tam

The "one country, two systems" formula was originally designed for Taiwan, rather than Hong Kong, top lawyer Maria Tam said. It was not China but Britain who didn’t want Hong Kong people to have universal suffrage, the Basic Law drafter added. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s political system has a surprise “expat-friendly” element which makes it uniquely…

BySeth MallickMarch 8, 20220Comments

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How NYT helps Biden team shape public opinion

AS COVID DEATHS in the US approach one million, the Biden administration, helped by the New York Times, is working on "conditioning Americas" to move on from the pandemic for political, strategic reasons. See the video report below, or click here to go to a text report. A

ByNury VittachiFebruary 7, 20220Comments

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Hainan decides to phase out petrol cars

1967: When western pop discovered Chinese culture

Despite obituaries, Hong Kong’s legal system healthier than ever

The boy who had to see for himself: Allan Zeman

Suhanya Raffel: Hong Kong’s visual art revolution

China’s reinvention of money

Video: Chinese-style giant 3D ads are spreading

Top doctor Tony Mok reveals family’s rags-to-riches past

‘One country two systems’ was for Taiwan: Maria Tam

How NYT helps Biden team shape public opinion

Here’s what needs to be done to boost Hong Kong’s nightlife

New study shows what really happened in Hong Kong in 2019

Hong Kong and Shenzhen North are learning from each other