Hong Kong Protests Pinch Retailers
— October 31, 2014The pro-democracy demonstrations that have lasted here for just over a month show no sign of coming to an end
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Hong Kong’s literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers
— October 25, 2014Hong Kong’s literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers. Kate Whitehead takes her pick
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Stand up and be counted
— October 23, 2014Living in Hong Kong gives comedians plenty of material
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HK’s protests swell again after ‘insulting’ government snub
— October 10, 2014Thousands of protesters returned to the streets to demand free elections in Hong Kong Friday
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Hobby turns into career for lesbian erotica writer
— October 7, 2014Former civil servant becomes Hong Kong’s only dedicated author of adult genre
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Teen offered HK$500 to stir up trouble
— October 5, 2014Young people in Tin Shui Wai say they have been offered cash to stir up trouble at the Mong Kok protest site
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Getting Surreal
— October 1, 2014The design world can’t seem to get enough of Joyce Wang. Her aesthetics are so familiar yet so strange, coming from neither the future nor the past.
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Palladio’s Protege
— October 1, 2014It’s a long way from his native Italy, but Federico Masin has brought Venetian drama and sensibility to the magical spaces he has conjured across Asia.
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