Short Reads
Sales was a politically talented, supremely civic minded – and occasionally divisive – local legend who personally negotiated the release of Hong Kong athletes taken hostage at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Cheap, durable, with instantly recognisable stencilled decorations, glazed enamelware was a sizeable industry in pre-war Hong Kong. Pushed out by Pyrex, it’s now enjoying a modest revival.
In late 19th-century China, reformers might have set the country on an entirely different path, but they were no match for Empress Dowager Cixi.
Founder of Humid with a Chance of Fishballs, Virginia Chan, appears on the Netflix show Restaurants on the Edge and says her company aims to show guests another side of the city.
Hong Kong shoppers ripped apart the gates of the Mong Kok store to get at the bargains during the month-long clearance sale.
The love story of a German sexologist and the Hong Kong-born scion of a wealthy, prestigious family clearly refutes modern-day bigots’ view that the Chinese are unable to condone same-sex relationships.
The American singer, who ‘insisted’ on playing in the city, in 1970, performed at the Lee Theatre, where he ‘walked on the stage wearing a fashionable Afro haircut, a peace medallion and a smile’.
Subversive messages and slogans, whether carved in rock or sprayed onto buildings, carry the same spirit of defiance.
A-Team Edventures is dedicated to helping kids uncouple from their digital devices and get them in touch with the natural environment through outdoor activities include kayaking, camping and coasteering.
There weren’t any in the shops, but there were plenty on people’s faces. An underground mask racket must be the only explanation.
No, it is not composed of womb, woe or wee with ‘man’, as folk etymology would have you believe.
All proceeds from the evening will go to Beyond Foundation, a Hong Kong charity that supports children with special needs.
The Prince of Wales building was opened by Prince Charles and designed to withstand bomb attacks.
The connection dates goes back to Japan’s pre-war militaristic expansion in East Asia.
Communal dining has been blamed for helping spread the coronavirus. When did the Chinese adopt the habit?
‘Some youngsters are very upset with us for not being able to deliver democracy. Yes, we didn’t get democracy, but don’t say our efforts are futile.’
The brand’s baby shoes and blankets are handcrafted by artisans in Indonesia and featured in this year’s Academy Awards swag bags.
The origins of the ancient Chinese saying lie in an anthology of historical morality tales, Garden of Persuasions.