Local stores have sold out of the Lufsig stuffed wolf
Hong Kong
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
Diamond Sells For Record-Breaking $30M
118-carat African diamond
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% …
Snowden’s Hong Kong Escape: Behind the Role That Beijing Played
Wherever Edward Snowden is now — according to WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson it is in a “safe” if secret location; according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, a transit zone in Moscow’s airport — it is clear that …
With Apparent Help From WikiLeaks, Snowden Leaves Hong Kong
NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden appears to have landed in Moscow after boarding a flight from Hong Kong early Sunday morning. A statement released Sunday by the Hong Kong government said that an extradition request received from the U.S. “did not fully comply” with local legal requirements — something that the U.S. denies. The Hong …
Hong Kong Authorities Silent as Snowden Charges Filed
The fate of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden hangs in the balance after the U.S. Justice Department formally issued charges for espionage and theft of government property. The Chinese-language Apple Daily newspaper in Hong Kong,
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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
In Hong Kong, Snowden Supporters Take to the Streets
Blowing whistles and chanting “NSA Has No Say,” protesters took to the streets in Hong Kong on Saturday afternoon in support of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been staying in the city since …