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China Rock n’ Roll: On Tour in Beijing

Hong Kong rock’n’roll duo Shatalene have only been on stage at Beijing’s Temple Bar for a few minutes when the crowd...

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How Hong Kong’s protesters won the hearts of the city’s business people

HONG KONG — In Hong Kong, business is king. Men in custom-made suits clog the streets; downtown is chock-a-block with financial...

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Book review: An American Odyssey, by Marc Walter and Sabine Arque

An American Odyssey by Marc Walter and Sabine Arque Taschen 4 stars Charley Lanyon Taschen's new photo-book, An American Odyssey: Photos...

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The trouble with normal

It first riled me when a friend in New York posted on Facebook a picture of a bus stop ad: some...

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Meet fireworks engineer Wilson Mao

On three days of every year – January 1, Lunar New Year and National Day on October 1 – spectacular fireworks...

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Ai Xuan: portrait of the artist: a profile of Ai Wei Wei’s Brother

Ai Xuan is a realist and proud of it. Even as avant-garde Chinese artists attract ever greater attention – and rake...

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Survival guide: Lost in transit at Hong Kong International Airport

THERE ARE FEW GREATER horrors than being stranded in an airport. The sickening fluorescent lighting, the mediocre but exorbitantly priced food...

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When The Beatles came to Hong Kong

Fifty years ago next year, The Beatles came to Hong Kong. June 9, 1964, has been called the most important day...

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Sounds nothing like us: Western pop music’s typical depictions of Hong Kong have be…

Hong Kong: exotic port of call, dangerous, romantic, glamorous. Regardless of whether the global perception of the city has any basis...

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