China’s frontiers: Is there anything left to explore? — June 11, 2014 Exploration is challenging. If it’s too easy, then it’s not real exploration. So says Wong Continue Reading ...
What can tourists expect when visiting North Korea? — December 2, 2013 The tour bus bounces along one of North Korea’s potholed roads, pop music blasting out over the Continue Reading ...
Malaysian novelist wins Man Asian Literary Prize — March 15, 2013 Malaysian author Tan Tweng Eng has won this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize for “The Garden Continue Reading ...
Hong Kong’s giant rubber duck — May 2, 2013 Hong Kong’s busy harbor is never short of action, but the great big yellow duck that floated into Continue Reading ...
Repression, psychopaths and the class system — April 21, 2016 Lawrence Osborne writer tells Kate Whitehead how a middle-class boy from Sussex became one of Britain’s
Generation Hex — December 11, 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner ponders the burden for only children of caring for their elderly parents, and talks
Friendship and fabulous parties with Douglas Adams — April 4, 2019 Robbie Stamp recalls a brutal period of his life when he lost his firm, his father and his friend, and
Hong Kong International Literary Festival revamp — October 20, 2013 The Hong Kong International Literary Festival has had a shake-up – it has a new manager, new faces
UNICEF medication for sale in N. Korean store — December 4, 2013 Diversion of medicine from neediest still apparently plagues humanitarian aid