Kate Whitehead

The Southern District councilllor and co-founder of Hong Kong’s Civic Party tells Kate Whitehead about his activist childhood, arriving in the city in 1984 and June 4’s significance for him

China could do with an image makeover, judging by the increasingly negative perceptions of the country revealed in a global public opinion poll

You have to be “a bit crazy” to want to go to the weird and wonderful places that excite the Lonely Planet founder

The travel industry wants to cash in on the rise of short-haul travellers in Asia. One company has launched a new campaign around the ‘Holiday Quickie’

Parag Khanna, the well-travelled author of new book Connectography, can change the way you see the world, writes Kate Whitehead

‘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…