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Media embarrassingly show their poor grasp of Hong Kong history

Western press says textbooks are rewriting Hong Kong history, but the truth is they are simply giving both sides Even the British admitted that Westerners were "occupying" Hong Kong in January 1841, when they arrived and planted their flag Mao Zedong made it clear in 1949 that ALL unequal treaties were cancelled in full Under…

ByNury VittachiJune 16, 20220Comments

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Student skipped his exam to fly to a video game meeting

Tabe Wong took a huge risk, but it paid off, and now he's an esports star Esports is now a legitimate career, and even offers academic options Hong Kong has the largest esports stadium in Asia, the HK$30 million Cyber Games Arena in Mong Kok IT WAS EXAM DAY. Thousands of Hong Kong students checked…

ByH.C. LuJune 14, 20220Comments

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When every picture did tell a story

THIS WRITER HAD a nostalgic lunch yesterday with Martin Lee Chu-ming, Liu Kinming and others to celebrate a new book by top Hong Kong photographer Liu Heung Shing, known as H.S. H.S., who is now 70 years old, was born in Hong Kong, and educated in the United States but became a top photographer for…

ByNury VittachiJune 10, 20220Comments

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Kong Qingdong gives insight into protest of 1989

DURING THE 1989 protests in Beijing, student Kong Qingdong came across two undergraduates using a mimeograph machine to makes copies of personal documents. One of them looked up. “Kong, have you nabbed a passport yet?” he asked. “What passport?” “Feng Congde, Chai Ling—they’ve both got American passports.” As he listened, Kong found himself…

ByNury VittachiJune 7, 20220Comments

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How psy-ops warriors fooled me about Tiananmen Square: a warning

THE MYTH OF THE “Tiananmen Square massacre” is arguably the most successful disinformation campaign of modern times, according to western and eastern sources—so much so that proud psychological warfare specialists recently used it to ADVERTISE their news manipulation skills. We’ll get to that below. As everyone knows by now, there have always been two dramatically…

ByNury VittachiJune 4, 20220Comments

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Taxi drivers taught me to stop putting people in boxes

"Jik-hoi, mm-goi." That request - "Straight ahead, please" - is one of the few "taxi Cantonese" phrases most foreigners know. But writer Meno Monteir took the trouble to learn to speak the language and found that dialogues with taxi drivers were a good reminder to avoid the labelling processes that polarize us LIKE…

ByMeno MonteirMay 26, 20220Comments

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Wan Hu and his Ming Dynasty flying chair

YURI GAGARIN, the first man in space, is believed to have said that exploration “is not the work of one man or even a group of men. It is a historical process that humanity carries out in accordance with the natural laws of human development.” In terms of exploring the heavens, Chinese people might be…

ByEmily ZhouMay 23, 20220Comments

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Urban city has extraordinary level of biodiversity

WATCHING THE FLOCKS of black-faced spoonbills that frequent the drained gei wai; observing the skilled fisherman; seeing the ospreys plunging into the waters to hunt fish; and catching sight of the Eurasian otters dodging behind the bushes in the wetland: spending a day Mai Po wetlands is an exciting and profound experience. It is extraordinary…

ByAndrew LamMay 23, 20220Comments

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The governance numbers: A comparative U.S. and China list

There are a huge number of good things you can say about the United States—and of course there are bad things too. Exactly the same is true about China. Yet the world’s most populous country is harshly and relentlessly criticized by the U.S. for shortcomings that are actually more prevalent in America. Jerry Grey reports.…

ByJerry GreyMay 18, 20220Comments

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Shenzhen races to set up pandemic pet care facilities

SHENZHEN HEALTH OFFICIALS are going out of their way to give a first class service to pets of people in quarantine, avoiding the negative stories that have been seen in some other parts of China on this subject. Many Chinese people, some of them being the post-'90s generation, have embraced parenthood – but of pets,…

ByFriday WritersMay 17, 20220Comments

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Media embarrassingly show their poor grasp of Hong Kong history

Student skipped his exam to fly to a video game meeting

When every picture did tell a story

Kong Qingdong gives insight into protest of 1989

How psy-ops warriors fooled me about Tiananmen Square: a warning

Taxi drivers taught me to stop putting people in boxes

Wan Hu and his Ming Dynasty flying chair

Urban city has extraordinary level of biodiversity

The governance numbers: A comparative U.S. and China list

Shenzhen races to set up pandemic pet care facilities

Global spread of fake China story creates credibility crisis

Cows arrive in Hong Kong to produce fresh ice cream

Top economist roasted after admitting puzzlement