https://www.scmp.com/rss/267636/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com For a moment in history preceded by epic anticipation and morbid speculation – by a giant clock display in Tiananmen Square counting down the days, hours and minutes to Hong Kong’s return and Fortune magazine’s The Death of Hong Kong cover story two years earlier – the night of June 30, 1997 could not have been more uneventful. Within days of the People’s Liberation Army soldiers moving into barracks vacated by the British, there were complaints from nearby shopkeepers that business had... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2099589/umbrellas-now-and-then-20-years-hong-kong-handover-have-things?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2099589/umbrellas-now-and-then-20-years-hong-kong-handover-have-things?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jun 2017 07:30:32 +0000 What is it? Situated more or less in the centre of Kenya, Solio Lodge may just have the largest hotel grounds in the world. It is set in a ranch that stretches over 45,000 acres, of which 17,000 are given over to a game conservancy and Africa's most successful rhino-breeding reserve. It is so successful, in fact, that within four hours of stepping off a plane from Hong Kong, we have seen half a dozen rhinoceros. The reserve was established in 1970 by Claude Parfet and his wife, with less than 25... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1063088/hot-spots-solio-lodge-laikipia-kenya?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1063088/hot-spots-solio-lodge-laikipia-kenya?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000