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Share The Scavengers, 1959 I’m a sucker for a good film noir. Or one filmed in an exciting location. I stumbled across The Scavengers on Netflix a couple years ago and while the acting and cinematography are lackluster at best, I pushed that aside and immersed myself into late 1950s Hong Kong. Vince Edwards is [...] Share Sun Ya Hotel circa 1965, posted with permission from www.gwulo.com When I’ve traveled with my mom, she’s liked to stay at nice places. So when I googled the Sun Ya Hotel, where she stayed on her first trip to Hong Kong in 1962, I was shocked to learn it was in the now-densely populated [...] Share Ad from 1962 This Pam Am ad from 1962 dates itself by touting “Europe…the Middle East…the Orient!” For $1253, you could depart New York and visit up to 25 countries. Sounds like a great deal to me! You could jump from place to place, touring for a day or two, or staying for a [...] Share This is Hong Kong by M. Sasek, copyright 1965 I’m coming clean. One of my favorite books was written for children aged 4 to 8. And it takes all of two minutes to read–if you don’t absorb the colorful illustrations and brilliant details of the 60+ pages. Miroslav Sasek, a Czech writer and illustrator, [...] Share I didn’t learn about International Women’s Day until I moved to Hong Kong. While it wasn’t a popular holiday there, my classmates from China always wished me a Happy International Women’s Day on March 8th. Interestingly, according to danwei.org: March 8, or ‘san ba’ in Chinese is International Women’s Day, a holiday that is traditionally [...] |
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