by Tom | Feb 13, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, View
I really want to see Shanghai Tower when it is finished, but using the escalator. Some of the shots they got are extraordinary: looking down on Jin Mao and WFC above the clouds is sublime. The video is so gut-wrenching it made my feet sweat – something about the...
by Tom | Jan 21, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, View
More photos today. Great collection from a talk we attended at the Cathedral. Splendid colourised and restored versions of some John Thompson photos (the exhibition at the Maritime Museum is worth seeing).
by Tom | Jan 16, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
But surely not! What on earth would they do? Hong Kong’s mobile-mad cabbies told to ditch dashboard devices • The Register.
by Tom | Dec 1, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Delightful afternoon in Cheung Chau.
by Tom | Nov 15, 2013 | Government, Hong Kong / China, Reading
A thought-provoking set of images that have been removed from Weibo. The inability of China to censor the internet outside China has similarities to the Conservative speech archive silliness. Glad that ProPublica is curating this. Covering up part of the sign leaves:...
by Tom | Nov 9, 2013 | Hong Kong / China, Personal
Nice of the Upper House to have it waiting for me. #hkplates
