Posing a colonial mystery
— June 16, 2013Christopher New revisits his beloved Hong Kong for a period tale
Continue Reading ...Christopher New revisits his beloved Hong Kong for a period tale
Continue Reading ...As the country is wracked by power shortages, some of the fences are live and some aren’t. Good luck figuring out which is which
Continue Reading ...Multitasking, adventure-loving, billionaire Jim Rogers on his latest big thing
Continue Reading ...Mindfulness meditation, a form of the Buddhist practice developed in the West and now available in Hong Kong, can restructure the brain
Continue Reading ...At incubator company Nest, budding entrepreneurs get 15 minutes to wow investors into funding their dreams
Continue Reading ...Hong Kong’s busy harbor is never short of action, but the great big yellow duck that floated into town on Thursday captured the city’s attention.
Continue Reading ...Taiwanese bookstore Eslite is expanding at a time when bookstores around the world are folding.
Continue Reading ...Born to Hong Kong parents, Nathanael Wei is the youngest member of Britain’s House of Lords.
Continue Reading ...The winner of this year’s Pritzker Prize, Toyo Ito tells Kate Whitehead that the 2011 Tohoku earthquake taught him a great lesson and explains why architecture must be felt with your entire body
Continue Reading ...Although closed off from the world for 50 years, the reclusive Myanmar still developed a punk rock scene
Continue Reading ...Incidents of rage on flights between the city and the mainland are on the rise, as witness tells of passenger who punches stewardess
Continue Reading ...Harvard’s Dr John Park tells Hong Kong audience intelligence shows sanctions against North Korea have provided opportunities for Chinese companies to deal with Pyongyang, helping the Kim regime develop its missile programme
Places such as Hong Kong that accepted refugees benefited from admitting highly motivated people who pushed their children to serve, author Helen Zia says What do American writer Amy Tan, Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first head of government under Chinese rule, and former Hong Kong chief secretaries for administration Henry Tang Ying-yen and Anson Chan…
Recently confirmed as the global birthplace of chocolate, Ecuador is also seeking to regain its laurels as the world’s finest producer.
Neurologist Charles Krebs, left paralysed after a diving accident, got back on his feet thanks to kinesiology, a mix of Chinese acupressure and Western medicine. He’s since spent his life exploring the science behind it and perfecting the therapy.
Multifaceted Chinese-American author describes his unique path to a career that has brought professional acclaim and personal fulfilment
The roaring success of the 1994 film was followed by years of bad luck that included a near-fatal skiing accident for its director. As the musical based on the cult classic wows Hong Kong audiences, the filmmaker shows an unusual degree of restraint