https://www.scmp.com/rss/323157/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com It may be hard to talk about anywhere in Hong Kong being in the “middle of nowhere”, but Lai Chi Wo village would probably come pretty close. Nestled within Plover Cove Country Park, and next to the Yan Chau Tong Marine Park, it is over an hour’s walking distance from the nearest major road. And yet the village is lively. Farmers are seeding the surrounding fields with rice. Villagers are hawking handicrafts and snacks. And, finally, there are bemused and interested people from the city,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2001875/how-one-hong-kong-village-has-adapted-rural-lifestyle-21st?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2001875/how-one-hong-kong-village-has-adapted-rural-lifestyle-21st?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Aug 2016 07:19:34 +0000 Up until two weeks ago, if you asked a viewer of the BBC or CNN to name the first country that comes to mind when they thought about food scandals, "China" would have very likely been the response. Stories of tainted food products in the world's most populous nation have been seized upon by the Western media. But what most people in the West are not aware of is how much attention these stories garner within China, both in state-run media and through a growing public discourse online. Europeans... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1166742/gluttony-profit-blame-food-scandals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1166742/gluttony-profit-blame-food-scandals?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000