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Hong Kong on Alert After Woman Catches Bird Flu
Indonesian woman in critical condition after apparently being infected with H7N9 strand during visit to neighboring Chinese city of Shenzhen
Hong Kong Is Sitting On 30 Tons Of Ivory and Has No Plans to Destroy It
While other countries have destroyed confiscated tusks, Hong Kong stockpiles an ivory mountain. Conservations say it must be incinerated to send the right message
Greenwald on Snowden Leaks: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Although four months have passed since Edward Snowden’s explosive NSA surveillance leaks, the most revealing details have not yet been published, and could be rolled out in the international media over the coming weeks and …
Hong Kong’s Millionaires Sprouting Like Dandelions
With a whopping 36% growth rate, Hong Kong’s millionaires club just got that little less exclusive
‘Super Typhoon’ on Track to Deluge Hong Kong
The strongest storm of the year is on path to collide with Taiwan and southern China
‘Electronic Sight’ Hope for Eye-Gouged Boy
Hong Kong doctor offers a revolutionary treatment to a Chinese six-year-old blinded in a brutal attack
In Hong Kong, a Major Bruce Lee Exhibition at Last Honors the Memory of a Native Son
Bruce Lee was a man who turned setbacks into milestones. In 1964, the soon-to-be movie icon was challenged to a fight by a kung fu expert unhappy that he was teaching marital arts to non-Chinese students in California. Lee won …
With Its French Population Soaring, Hong Kong Emerges as Asia’s Gallic Capital
Visitors to Les Boules, a basement bar in Hong Kong’s Shek Tong Tsui neighborhood, are likely to hear it before seeing it. The thudding of metal balls as patrons go through rounds of pétanque — a game that vaguely resembles …
In Hong Kong, a Once Prominent Parsi Community Faces Demise
Each Oct. 12, Homyar Nasirabadwala, the gaunt, white-haired priest of Hong Kong’s Parsi community, pays a visit to the University of Hong Kong to conduct a brief ceremony of thanks on the birthday of its founding benefactor. …
The Leadership Crisis at the Heart of China’s Freest City
July 1, officially marked as the day that Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, is unofficially the city’s day of discontent. Ever since 2003, when a landmark protest brought half a million people — more than 7% …
Hong Kong Authorities Silent as Snowden Charges Filed
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Exiled in Hong Kong: Famous Company for Edward Snowden
Looking at the assorted freethinkers and outcasts from across the globe that have sought sanctuary in Hong Kong over the centuries