China’s frontiers: Is there anything left to explore? — June 11, 2014 Exploration is challenging. If it’s too easy, then it’s not real exploration. So says Wong Continue Reading ...
What can tourists expect when visiting North Korea? — December 2, 2013 The tour bus bounces along one of North Korea’s potholed roads, pop music blasting out over the Continue Reading ...
Malaysian novelist wins Man Asian Literary Prize — March 15, 2013 Malaysian author Tan Tweng Eng has won this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize for “The Garden Continue Reading ...
Hong Kong’s giant rubber duck — May 2, 2013 Hong Kong’s busy harbor is never short of action, but the great big yellow duck that floated into Continue Reading ...
History in the faking — May 3, 2017 British history professor and author Robert Bickers laments China’s redacting of historical documents,
The North Korean Fashion Customer — October 28, 2013 Thoughts of North Korea and its citizens’ wardrobes are likely to conjure up images of drab dresses
Plastic pollution — November 7, 2019 The Race For Water Odyssey vessel uses solar energy and hydrogen technologies and is midway through a
The life and times of a Mossad agent — December 13, 2018 Yossi Alpher talks about why he has two passports – American and Israeli – and says that he believes
Bairro Alto Hotel — December 1, 2019 Portugal’s capital is one of Europe’s hottest hotspots and now it has a high-end hotel to match What
Rob Wagemans — June 28, 2017 Founder Rob Wagemans’ designs are changing perceptions of how hotels, shops and now a Hong Kong residential