House of Dancing Water
— October 30, 2013Macau’s $250 million “House of Dancing Water” is famous for magical special effects. But the underwater action you don’t see is even more astounding
Continue Reading ...Macau’s $250 million “House of Dancing Water” is famous for magical special effects. But the underwater action you don’t see is even more astounding
Continue Reading ...Thoughts of North Korea and its citizens’ wardrobes are likely to conjure up images of drab dresses or military uniforms.
Continue Reading ...North Korea isn’t known for its beauty industry, but the isolated state does produce its own beauty brand — Pomhyanggi Cosmetics — and even exports some goods overseas.
Continue Reading ...The secret to enjoying Macau is figuring out which house is best for you
Continue Reading ...There’s no room for egos at Shanghai-based island6 gallery, where artists work as a team
Continue Reading ...The Hong Kong International Literary Festival has had a shake-up – it has a new manager, new faces on the board and a good line-up secured for the festival, which takes place November 1-10.
Continue Reading ...China could do with an image makeover, judging by the increasingly negative perceptions of the country revealed in a global public opinion poll
Continue Reading ...How do Burmese punks keep their mohawks standing tall?
Continue Reading ...Jung Chang’s biography casts a forgiving light on the life and reign of the woman who dominated China’s history during a period of upheaval
Continue Reading ...It’s been six years — 2007, if you’re into counting numbers — since the once sleepy fishing port of Macau surpassed Las Vegas as the world leader in gambling revenue.
Continue Reading ...Change is happening fast in Myanmar. For 50 years the country stagnated under the thumb of the ruling military junta, weighed down by tough economic sanctions, but the window to the world blew open in March 2011 when a new government took office and with it came sweeping reforms.
Continue Reading ...Enter a flotation tank and you can separate your mind from your senses in complete safety and come out with silky smooth skin.
A hot sauna and a cool pavilion are the starting points for an architectural dialogue about public space and social connection in Hong Kong
The North Koreans know how to put on a show and this year — the 60th anniversary of the end of hostilities in the Korean War — they’ve gone all out for the Mass Games.
With its restored Ming and Qing dynasty villas, and peaceful contemplation gardens, luxurious Amanyangyun delivers ancient culture as well as 21st-century pampering
Lawrence Osborne writer tells Kate Whitehead how a middle-class boy from Sussex became one of Britain’s most accomplished novelists.
The Eyes of Darkness, a 1981 thriller by bestselling suspense author Dean Koontz, tells of a Chinese military lab that creates a virus as part of its biological weapons programme. The lab is located in Wuhan, which lends the virus its name, Wuhan-400. A chilling literary coincidence or a case of writer as unwitting prophet?In The…