The Big Freeze
— December 31, 2015Kate Whitehead puts on the layers and finds out just how cool Antarctica really is
Continue Reading ...Kate Whitehead puts on the layers and finds out just how cool Antarctica really is
Continue Reading ...Little Aunt Crane by Yan Geling Penguin, Random House
Continue Reading ...Living at latitudes where six months of day is followed by six months of night can wreak havoc on sleep patterns and health. In Hong Kong, long working hours and smartphone addiction can do the same
Continue Reading ...Local employees work the most overtime in Asia, says survey
Continue Reading ...The British writer, headline author at the Hong Kong Literary Festival in November 2015, talks to Kate Whitehead about family, writing, and why she waited 30 years to move in with her second husband, and still sees the first
Continue Reading ...HONG KONG — Cosmoprof Asia celebrated its 20th edition with its biggest ever fair. The three-day event featured 2,504 exhibitors, a 6 percent increase over last year, cementing its position as Asia’s leading trade fair for the beauty and wellness industry.
Continue Reading ...Forget the murals of camels in the desert and finely woven tapestries – the recently opened Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art is bringing a starkly modern vision to the art of the Silk Road
Continue Reading ...Wearable trackers have got smarter and better looking
Continue Reading ...The chairman of Heywood Hill, a London bookstore, tells Kate Whitehead about the snake in the bath at his Shek O ‘shack’ and playing Scrabble in Myanmar with diplomats sacked by the SLORC.
Continue Reading ...Neurologist Charles Krebs, left paralysed after a diving accident, got back on his feet thanks to kinesiology, a mix of Chinese acupressure and Western medicine. He’s since spent his life exploring the science behind it and perfecting the therapy.
Continue Reading ...Employees need HR support to counter the downsides of working remotely
Continue Reading ...Local employees work the most overtime in Asia, says survey
Bobby Lee, who co-founded a cryptocurrency trader, explains the very different ways they are viewed by Chinese, Hongkongers and Westerners, and why China’s clampdown on trading is only making bitcoin more resilient
Dapiran covered Article 23, the government’s campaign of ‘lawfare’ and the expulsion of pro-democracy lawmakers at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, but says he still has great hope for the city’s future
Burma’s largest city is buzzing and change is in the air—nightlife included
We’ve been hearing a lot about deep cleaning. When the last passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan completed their 14-day quarantine on March 2, following a coronavirus outbreak aboard, the ship underwent a thorough disinfection. Since then, not a day has gone past without mention of a club, gym, restaurant,…
‘In Hong Kong, they put cable ties on the bus [door handles] to and from the hotel … Everyone was borderline depressed,’ says a pilot based in the city Hong Kong is emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic and there is a rush to welcome visitors – including through the Hello, Hong Kong campaign. But take a moment to consider…