‘I felt so helpless’: Hong Kong elderly-care-home staff still processing trauma of pandemic — July 15, 2023 Elderly-care homes in Hong Kong lost 20 to 50 per cent of their residents to Covid-19 during the fifth Continue Reading ...
‘I heard a scream and realised it was me’ — April 30, 2023 2023 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Mahbouba Seraj recalls growing up in Afghanistan’s ‘best years’, Continue Reading ...
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Northern exposure: a tour through North Korea’s top end — February 16, 2014 North Korea’s top end has enough stunning scenery to make you almost forget you are in the world’s
Olivia Chow says immigrant past made her stronger — April 27, 2014 As Hong Kong-born Olivia Chow takes on Rob Ford in the battle to be mayor of Toronto, she tells Kate
Hong Kong’s literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers — October 25, 2014 Hong Kong’s literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers. Kate Whitehead
State of play — September 1, 2013 A dearth of nightlife options and a series of power outages leave Kate Whitehead and her tour group wandering
Millennial artists in China — November 5, 2018 Artists featured in a new book by curator Barbara Pollack were all born after Mao Zedong’s death and
How a US filmmaker started a charity to improve the care of orphans in China — May 27, 2014 The dire state of mainland orphanages 15 years ago spurred filmmaker Jenny Bowen into action. Her charity,