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Doing business in North Korea — April 1, 2014 North Korea has barely been out of the news since Kim Jong-un took control of the regime following the Continue Reading ...
Model of inspiration — November 17, 2018 Chinese orphan takes on Hong Kong role at her adoptive mother’s childcare foundation. Jenny Bowen
Risks that could annihilate mankind — March 16, 2014 Research group focuses on synthetic biology, artificial intelligence and environmental threats
She put Bhutan on the cultural tourism map — January 4, 2019 A chance invitation to French ethno-historian Françoise Pommaret to visit the Himalayan kingdom in 1981
Palladio’s Protege — October 1, 2014 It’s a long way from his native Italy, but Federico Masin has brought Venetian drama and sensibility
Father Franco Mella helping the downtrodden — September 27, 2015 The Italian priest tells Kate Whitehead how became fascinated by China, was eventually barred, and how
WWF’s Andy Cornish is trying to save endangered shark species, before it is too late — October 22, 2020 Hong Kong is the epicentre of the global shark fin trade and accounts for about 40 per cent of the market