All the hoopla surrounding last week's anniversary of Hong Kong's Handover got me thinking about the many Hong Kong vs. China dichotomies. Which led me to a broader old China vs. new China reverie.Take Wade-Giles. It's not a British taipan, but rather a system of Mandarin … [Read more...]
Hong Kong book giveaway!
I've been waiting a long time for this week! Tonight marks the 14th anniversary of when the UK handed Hong Kong back to China. And to mark this occasion, I'm giving away two copies of a book I was honored to contribute to several years back.Fifty-Fifty: New Hong Kong Writing … [Read more...]
Handover week in Hong Kong!
Fourteen years this week, Britain handed Hong Kong over to China.It's summer and rather than go into an academic look at the Handover, I thought it'd be fun to show a couple ways Hong Kong changed after July 1, 1997.For instance, this flag was lowered that … [Read more...]
On power outages and water shortages
While yesterday was supposed to be the longest day of the year, we in the Chicago suburbs were cheated out of a couple of hours as the wake of a tornado swept through my town. I've never seen such huge trees bent over and peeled like bananas. And from 8:30 pm last night until … [Read more...]
Hong Kong’s Central district through the years
My first impression of Hong Kong was Central. Only I didn't know that's what its glitzy financial district was called until I landed in Hong Kong in 1990.This is what Central looked like back then:But on my mom's first trip to Central almost 30 years earlier, here's … [Read more...]
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