Kate Whitehead

Australian former journalist Kerry McGlynn, the man behind Hong Kong’s branding as Asia’s World City, recalls the last British governor’s ‘amazing’ sense of humour and how the ‘heavens wept’ when Chinese rule resumed

If it sounds more like a bar than a hotel, that’s because it was. For a long time, Café Royal was a place to see and be seen for the people of London.

A study by a communications agency finds that the women of Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland have vastly different outlooks on their lives and expectations

‘My mother was a typical Asian parent. She lost her dream because of the Cultural Revolution,’ says Yu Dan Shi. ‘I became the product of high expectations’ In 2008, Yu Dan Shi was 32 and a successful marketing officer for a global tech company. She had left her native Shanghai over a decade previously to…

Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Carmen Yau is a sex rights advocate for people with disabilities ‘I talk about sexuality and sex rights for people with disabilities. I also talk about body positivism and how disabled women can be more independent’ Late diagnosis: I was born in 1981. My parents were working as managers at a…

Former BBC reporter Andrew Shaw gave up his career in journalism and life in England to become the only foreign master jade carver in China Former BBC reporter Andrew Shaw is the only foreigner to have learned how to carve jade in China. Born and raised in north London, the 62-year-old’s passion for jade was…