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by Tom | Feb 25, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, Reading
These are brilliant. As Wiffy says, a great window into the culture. The anarchist umbrella monk is the oddest; the slappy ghost and telephone congee are my favourites. Cantonese Proverbs in...
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by Tom | Feb 20, 2014 | General
Great photos of the underbelly of Hong Kong. It wouldn’t take long for nature to reclaim the city. http://sploid.gizmodo.com/these-photos-of-hong-kong-are-not-post-apocalptical-ren-1525905645/1526189501/+kcampbelldollaghan
by Tom | Feb 18, 2014 | Hong Kong / China, View
The Russians have been to Hong Kong as well as Shanghai. Nutters. Thanks to Crazy Russian Climbers Scale Hong Kongs Skyscrapers | Hong Wrong Hong Kong Expat Blog.
by Tom | Feb 14, 2014 | Google+
Perfect HK plate for Valentine's day. Not bad for other days, either. #totrblog #hkplates
by Tom | Feb 13, 2014 | View
I know there is new leadership, but this is unexpected. I wonder if Google Translate has a special “mess up our competitors’ marketing” setting?
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 | Feb 2, 2014 | Reading
Looks like we should be taking this seriously now? I wonder how it will play out. http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/kristof/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/
by Tom | Jan 30, 2014 | Reading
Horrifying dissection of a Daily Mail article on immigrants to the UK. Sounds more like storytelling than journalism. Great response, too and a much longer deconstruction if you can stomach it. 13 reasons why I am taking the Daily Mail to the Press Complaints...
by Tom | Jan 30, 2014 | Reading
A heartening thought from Bill Gates and some more detailed analysis of it from Quartz. We will have to find new ways of describing the world. I already struggle with what to call China. Maybe just a country rather than a developing, partly-developed, middle-income or...
by Tom | Jan 26, 2014 | View
Would be great for the HK summer…
