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A ship comes into the Hong Kong container port

A Story About the Hong Kong Container Port

6 million containers move in and out of the Hong Kong port each year.

China MaryLou Driedger

Infernal Affairs

Film Review: Infernal Affairs

Known in Chinese as Mou Gaan Do, Infernal Affairs is the same crime thriller that inspired direct...

China Celeste Heiter

Lillian Too, Feng Shui Master Extraordinaire.

Lillian Too, the most prolific Feng Shui writer in the world, has written over 50 books on Feng S...

Singapore / China Ee Lin Wan

Typhoon Imbudo batters Stanley Village on Hong Kong Island.

Typhoon Signal Number 8 Has Been Raised

The word “typhoon” derives from the Cantonese tai fung, which translates as “big wind.” ...

China Steven K. Bailey

There’re no domestic flights, so you can get around the city by land & sea, but you won’t be flying.

Trains, Trams and the Travelator: Public Transit of Hong Kong

In most cities you take public transit to get to the local attractions, but in Hong Kong public t...

China Steven K. Bailey

Yung Shue Wan Harbor, Lamma Island, Hong Kong.

From Power Station Beach to the Kamikaze Caves: Hiking Hong Kong's Lamma Island.

Whenever friends ask me for advice on what to do during their summer stopover in Hong Kong, I tel...

China Steven K. Bailey

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Beating Little People in Hong Kong

Granny Leung, one of the last practitioners in Hong Kong of the ancient Chinese ritual of "da siu...

China AFP/Beh Lih Yi

Hong Kong isn't all skyscrapers and high rise office buildings.

Hong Kong - A City of Contrasts

I thought Hong Kong was just skyscrapers, office towers and high-rise apartment buildings. To my ...

China MaryLou Driedger

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Asia's love of koi

Asians love koi, an ornamental fish which enthusiasts liken to a moving work of art. Here, the Fi...

Malaysia / Singapore / China AFP/Martin Abbugao

Breakfast at Pacific Coffee

Pacific Coffee outlets are located across Hong Kong. Each is different and unique and a great pla...

China MaryLou Driedger

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens since my Childhood

Somethings never change. Whenever I go to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, I always e...

China Victor Wong

Hong Kong Museum of History

Hong Kong’s Past Preserved in Museum of History

The Hong Kong History Museum is home to “The Hong Kong Story.” This eight-gallery exhibition ...

China Steven K. Bailey

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They are to the Chinese what hot-cross buns are to Christians at Easter, but mooncakes, the salty...

China AFP/Stephanie Wong

Waiting for the customer (West street, Yangshou, Guangxi province, China)

First time in China - a trip from Hong Kong via Canton and Guilin to Yangshou

A trip from Hong Kong via Canton and Guilin to Yangshou.

China www.tomber.de

Arriving at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok International Airport

Plane Talk: Airport Transfers in Hong Kong

Traveling from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok International Airport to the city center has never been...

China Steven K. Bailey

Cover- Iron Monkey

Martial Arts Reviews- Iron Monkey

Iron Monkey is, if nothing else, an action-packed Chinese Robin Hood adventure...

China / Taiwan Will Raus

A Year of the Tiger display at the Landmark, Central, Hong Kong

Kung Hei Fat Choi

Chinese New Year is February 14, 2010. Kung Hei Fat Choi, Chuc Mung Nam Moi, Happy New Year...

China Albert Wen

Jackie Chan in Mr. Nice Guy

Jackie Chan's First Strike and Mr. Nice Guy

Martial Arts movies are a long-standing tradition in the international film industry, and equally...

China Will Raus

Jet Li and DMX- Cradle 2 The Grave

Martial Arts Reviews- Cradle 2 The Grave

Every major martial arts star has one thing that they do especially well- their general "cha...

China Will Raus

Two salesmen from Pakistan outside Chung King Mansion in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's United Nations

Chung King Mansion in the heart of Hong Kong is a mini United Nations.

China MaryLou Driedger

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