Posing a colonial mystery
— June 16, 2013Christopher New revisits his beloved Hong Kong for a period tale
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North Korea Has a Thing for High-Voltage Fences
— June 12, 2013As the country is wracked by power shortages, some of the fences are live and some aren’t. Good luck figuring out which is which
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Healthy, wealthy and wise
— June 9, 2013Multitasking, adventure-loving, billionaire Jim Rogers on his latest big thing
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Mindfulness meditation adapted for city life
— June 9, 2013Mindfulness meditation, a form of the Buddhist practice developed in the West and now available in Hong Kong, can restructure the brain
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Nest gives budding entrepreneurs their big chance
— May 17, 2013At incubator company Nest, budding entrepreneurs get 15 minutes to wow investors into funding their dreams
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Hong Kong’s giant rubber duck
— May 2, 2013Hong 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.
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Eslite Expands Aggressively into China
— April 30, 2013Taiwanese bookstore Eslite is expanding at a time when bookstores around the world are folding.
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The rising son
— April 28, 2013Born to Hong Kong parents, Nathanael Wei is the youngest member of Britain’s House of Lords.
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Building expectations
— April 21, 2013The 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
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Mohawks in Myanmar
— April 7, 2013Although closed off from the world for 50 years, the reclusive Myanmar still developed a punk rock scene
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Cheers as passenger attacks air crew
— March 26, 2013Incidents of rage on flights between the city and the mainland are on the rise, as witness tells of passenger who punches stewardess
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