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Staff editor at @nytimes. Formerly @hkfp, @SCMPNews. Words @guardian and @BBC_Travel. Views my own.
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The Hongkongers who give up their free time to visit prisoners they have never met in person

The Hongkongers who give up their free time to visit prisoners they have never met in person

For many foreign inmates, the simple fact that their loved ones are far away means family visits are somethin…

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'I got the justice I deserved': Domestic worker raped by employer in Hong Kong tells of her ordea...

'I got the justice I deserved': Domestic worker raped by employer in Hong Kong tells of her ordea...

When Anushka moved to Hong Kong from India in 2021, she could never have imagined the fate that awaited her. …

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The first 6 months of Hong Kong's new security law: 3 jailed over a seditious T-shirt, bus graffi...

The first 6 months of Hong Kong's new security law: 3 jailed over a seditious T-shirt, bus graffi...

Hong Kong on Thursday saw the first people imprisoned under a new security law, which will have been in effec…

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Hong Kong's role in illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil

Hong Kong's role in illegal deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil

If major import markets, such as China and Hong Kong, were to restrict trade to slaughterhouses with more tra…

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If nothing is done, extinction is the 'most likely outcome' for white dolphins

If nothing is done, extinction is the 'most likely outcome' for white dolphins

More than two decades after the Chinese white dolphin had its moment in the spotlight as the mascot of the Ho…

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Hong Kong's last sifus and the artists keeping their skills alive

Hong Kong's last sifus and the artists keeping their skills alive

A birdcage maker and a mahjong tile carver worked with local and international artists to share their decades…

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When a bank went bankrupt, Hong Kong almost ran out of money

When a bank went bankrupt, Hong Kong almost ran out of money

In 1965, a run on Ming Tak Bank, owned by Poon Kai-kwong, led to rumours of trouble at other Chinese banks. F…

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The icy side to Hong Kong history

The icy side to Hong Kong history

The humid embrace of Hong Kong's summer is heavy and hard to shrug off. The best antidote to such sultriness …

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Hong Kong and Los Angeles: different cities, same story

Hong Kong and Los Angeles: different cities, same story

At the ‘Island_Peninsula’ exhibition in LA, Hong Kong architects presented creative designs for high-density …

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The woman watching climate change

The woman watching climate change

Life at 3,500m is one of solitude, where capricious winds whip four seasons past in a day, affording the hour…

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The birthplace of the modern apple

The birthplace of the modern apple

Winter's cool indifference had already embraced the snow-tipped peaks of the Tian Shan mountain system, winds…

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