https://www.scmp.com/rss/323156/feed Bong Miquiabas lived in Hong Kong for 13 years. He moved to the city in 2007 to pursue a master's in journalism at the University of Hong Kong. While at HKU and following graduation, he worked as a reporter or editor for various publications including Dow Jones Newswires, Time Out Hong Kong and Forbes Asia. From 2015 to 2018, Bong served as a production editor with SCMP's City desk. And from 2018 to 2020, he served as a publications manager with KPMG China. A native of Ohio, Bong now lives in... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Chinese Typewriter: A History by Thomas Mullaney The MIT Press 4.5 stars Thomas Mullaney begins his captivating new book, The Chinese Typewriter: A History, by analysing – of all things – a parade. No ordinary street procession, mind you, but the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As athletes from Greece entered the Bird’s Nest stadium, they were trailed not by competitors from Afghanistan, Albania and Algeria, but by those of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and... https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2114923/book-review-chinese-typewriter-masterstroke-linguistic-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/books/article/2114923/book-review-chinese-typewriter-masterstroke-linguistic-history?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:00:30 +0000 In boxing, as in business, numbers talk. And by any measure, the pristine professional record of Rex Tso Sing-yu speaks volumes. His streak of 20 straight victories – 12 by knockout – dates to 2011 and places him in new territory among Hongkongers: that of a home-grown, self-supporting full-time athlete. Next month, Tso, 29, will face Japanese boxer Hirofumi Mukai before a crowd of 8,000 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Tickets for the March 11 event went on sale last month for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2073804/fighting-his-corner-how-hong-kongs-own-boxing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2073804/fighting-his-corner-how-hong-kongs-own-boxing?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Feb 2017 01:00:39 +0000 When Fidel Ramos, the former Philippine president, arrived in Hong Kong on Monday pledging to find “common points of interest” between Beijing and Manila in their territorial dispute in the South China Sea, he opened the latest chapter in a seven-decade career marked by savvy and achievement. Ramos, a special envoy for Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in the maritime controversy, visited the city one month after a ruling by the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands that rejected... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2002984/fidel-ramos-dutertes-ice-breaker-south-china-sea-row?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/2002984/fidel-ramos-dutertes-ice-breaker-south-china-sea-row?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:30:30 +0000