9 Best Articles in 2022
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Hong Kong protests: Visual stories shedding light on events gripping the city
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1 min read · From 2020 · The Hong Kong protests have roiled the city since June. Explore the history behind what happened this collection of timelines, graphics and visual stories
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Information operations directed at Hong Kong
Twitter
2 min read · From 2019 · We are disclosing a significant state-backed information operation focused on the situation in Hong Kong, specifically the protest movement and their calls for political change.
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A Walk In Hong Kong (Idle Words)
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~16 min read · From 2019 · 08.16.2019 A Walk In Hong Kong My mom fainted the first time she set foot in an American supermarket. It was 1981 and we were freshly arrived in America, and some combination of the culture shock and…
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The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code
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20+ min read · From 2018 · Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.
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Hong Kong Anti-Extradition Protests Lead to Bullying at the University of Hong Kong
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From 2019 · Foreign media have reported widely on Hong Kong’s anti-extradition protests. Chinese media had censored the topic in the early days of the protests, but as the conflict escalated, the government allowed China’s media to report on the violence, chaos and radical protestors. In this article, students from mainland China who attend the University of Hong Kong, explain the tensions on campus among people with opposing views on the protests. Protest sympathizers, he claims, silence, bully and pressure students and faculty members who voice a pro-China stance. It’s a less publicized aspect of the movement. Meanwhile, it’s unsurprising that China’s censorship let this article pass.
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If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says
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3 min read · From 2020 · There’s compelling evidence that Japan, Hong Kong, and other East Asian locales are doing it right and we should really, truly mask up—fast.
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Thread by @laurelchor: I’ve landed in Hong Kong after flying from Paris CDG, via London Heathrow. I…
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5 min read · From 2020 · Thread by @laurelchor: I’ve landed in Hong Kong after flying from Paris CDG, via London Heathrow. I now have to wait ~8 hours before I get my9 test results and thus have ample time to tweet about my…
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The New York Times
The Battle for Hong Kong Is Being Fought in Sydney and Vancouver
The New York Times
4 min read · From 2019 · How Beijing is weaponizing social media in its fight to crush the Hong Kong protests.
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The New York Times
Why Coronavirus Cases Have Spiked in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan
The New York Times
3 min read · From 2020 · Once heralded for keeping their case counts low, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan have recently seen a surge in numbers, largely fueled by infections coming from elsewhere.
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The Economist
How a free and open Hong Kong became a police state
The Economist
20+ min read · Jul 1st · An anatomy of erasure
Shared by 25, including Gerd Leonhard, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Sonja Peteranderl, Merkstatt
Reuters Institute
The fate of Hong Kong's journalists under China's rule: seven stories of broken dreams, perseverance and hope
Reuters Institute
~19 min read · Jun 30th · These individual stories highlight how the passage of the National Security Law has changed the lives of Hong Kong journalists.
Reader View · Shared by 16, including Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (is offline), Mathew Ingram
The Wall Street Journal
Two Friends Pulled Apart by a Changing Hong Kong
The Wall Street Journal
Jul 2nd · 25 years ago, Britain handed Hong Kong back to China. We meet two Hong Kong artists whose friendship has survived personal, political and creative differences in a shared art studio for 13 years. Now,…
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The Guardian
Five stand trial for sedition in Hong Kong over children’s books about sheep
The Guardian
1 min read · Jul 6th · The group are accused of trying to ‘incite hatred’ with books depicting Hong Kong residents as sheep and mainland Chinese as wolves
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The Guardian
Chris Patten: ‘We have a populist government that is
The Guardian
~11 min read · Jun 12th · The Tory grandee, publishing his diaries of his time as governor of Hong Kong, on the ‘greedy’ west giving China an easy ride – and his party’s ‘long nervous breakdown’
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Design You Trust
Hong Kong In The 1950s Captured By A Teenager
Design You Trust
1 min read · From 2016 · These stunning photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s are captured beautifully by a teenager. Ho Fan who arrived from Shanghai in 1949. The streets, filled with vendors, coolies and rickshaw drivers, fascinated Ho. Taking pictures in a studio was the norm then, but the Ho was more interested in r
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Reuters Graphics
Hong Kong protests
Reuters Graphics
From 2019 · Crowd size is a contentious issue in Hong Kong. Here is a look at the difficulties, and why police and organiser estimates are so divergent.
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Vertical horizons: Hong Kong's skyscrapers
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4 min read · From 2016 · French photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze photographs the high rise buildings of Hong Kong
Guardian music
Episode 1: Hong Kong's accidental pop star
Guardian music
2021-01-27 · How an English musician became an overnight pop star in Hong Kong – only to discover he was the face of a huge new protest movement against China
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CNN
Hong Kong appeared to have the coronavirus under control, then it let its guard down
CNN
4 min read · From 2020 · As the sudden surge in cases in Hong Kong shows, quarantines and social distancing must continue well beyond the initial wave of cases, if another round of infections is to be avoided.
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
University of Hong Kong orders removal of Tiananmen Massacre statue after 24 years, artist ‘shocked’
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
4 min read · 2021-10-08 · The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has requested the now-disbanded organiser of Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Massacre vigil to remove the Pillar of Shame, an artwork which pays tribute to victims of Beijing’s…
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Finextra
Hong Kong prepares for 'next era' of fintech
Finextra
2020-11-02 · The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has outlined a slew of new initiatives on bank data exchange, CBDC research, trade finance digitisation and RegTech, as the island state kicks off its annual Fintech…
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Why Meituan Was China’s Most Anticipated IPO in 2018
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From 2018 · On September 20, 2018, Chinese online-to-offline (O2O) life services company Meituan-Dianping debuted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with an initial public offering price of HK$69 [US$8.80]. Meituan is now valued at US$51 billion, making it the fourth-most valuable Chinese Internet company behind Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu. Although many Chinese executives took their companies public in 2018, Meituan’s IPO was the most anticipated one. Liang Ning, an expert product manager who lectures at Jack Ma’s entrepreneur school Hupan University and has her own podcast on Dedao app, gives her take on what makes Meituan unique.
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