Sacred ground
— August 1, 2013With thousands of ancient monuments to explore, the city of Bagan offers a seemingly endless journey into Myanmar’s fascinating past
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Meditation leads to an effective use of the brain
— July 29, 2013Are you always rushing from one place to the next? Do you often eat without really tasting the food?
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The pressures faced by Hong Kong women
— July 22, 2013A 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
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As luck would have it
— July 21, 2013Jonathan Spence – historian, intellectual and eminent China scholar – is not one for a snappy answer.
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Physicist dreams of sending his pocket craft into space
— July 14, 2013Physicist Michael Johnson is drumming up support and funding for his project, to launch tiny spacecraft into space and to the moon
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Gallery – North Korea
— July 9, 2013Getting to North Korea is the easy part – the real dilemma is whether or not to go. By visiting one of the world’s most isolated regimes are you condoning what goes on there, does it mean you’re ok with throwing political prisoners in labor camps – for three generations? It’s one of the few places…
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Christopher Doyle
— July 7, 2013Christopher Doyle is fresh off the plane from Toronto and says he’s sipping his first Bloody Mary of the day, but is it really? You have to wonder.
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Hong Kong Book Fair gets professional, goes global
— July 7, 2013The Hong Kong Book Fair, now in its 25th year, remains firmly focused on the Chinese-language titles, but has begun to add professional elements and global authors. The Hong Kong Book Fair celebrates its 25 anniversary this year and organizers hope that it will finally see one million visitors pass through the doors. The fair,…
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Hong Kong Book Fair pulls in crowds but needs to attract bigger-name authors
— July 6, 2013Hong Kong’s own book fair celebrates 25 years with rising attendances, but the line-up of visiting authors leaves room for improvement
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Hachette UK’s Tim Hely Hutchinson Sees Big Potential In Asia
— July 2, 2013HONG KONG: Asia is an important growth market for Britain’s second-largest publisher, Hachette UK. Sales in the region have grown faster than European markets and Group Chief Executive Officer Tim Hely Hutchinson sees no sign of slowing.
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Psychoactive drugs may be effective treatments for some disorders
— June 23, 2013Sacked British adviser fights lonely battle to prove psychoactive drugs may be effective in treating depression and post-traumatic stress
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Anne Frank’s stepsister
— January 27, 2020The peace activist and international speaker recounts how she was torn from her happy childhood in Vienna and ‘saved’ from the concentration camp’s angel of death, Josef Mengele, by a hat Nazi invasion: I was born in Vienna, into a young family. My father was 21 when he married my mother, who was 18. They had…
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