Category Archives: Hong Kong

Some pictures from Hong Kong and Tin Shui Wai (天水圍)

I don’t remember where I first heard of Tin Shui Wai, but I believe someone told me that this was the famous “walled city” (圍城) that the movie was named after, so I went there expecting something desperate and ghetto, … Continue reading

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Movies I’ve watched: Besieged City (???

If you’re a fan of the “gutter-trawling” alienated youths genre of film, you should find this one enjoyable: and I did not intend to be ironic there, because I actually think this was a good film. The story centers around … Continue reading

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Greenpeace halts illegal e-waste shipment on its way to China

Just something I saw in China CSR.com…this thing was on the way from Oakland to China. I guess there are some loopholes in Hong Kong law that allow e-waste to get through, even though it’s technically illegal. Technorati Tags: china, … Continue reading

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Everytime I come back to Shanghai from Hong Kong

I think to myself “how nice it would be if the English had colonized China as well.” Because Hong Kong is just somehow “Asia in all the right places”–the people, the food, the culture, the smell, the intangibles–and yet in … Continue reading

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香港杂记

我现在在香港,再julian的房间里上网– 回到香港有什么感受–一下了飞机就感觉香港还是名副其实的国际大都市,而上海相离这个目标还有点距离。而且我在这儿都可以上那些在大陆被封禁的网站。自由世界真好。 过一会儿要出去,舅妈要带我去买化妆品了。 [tags]hong kong , china, 香港,中国,生活[/tags] addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2006%2F10%2F04%2F%25e9%25a6%2599%25e6%25b8%25af%25e6%259d%2582%25e8%25ae%25b0%2F’; addthis_title = ‘%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%9D%82%E8%AE%B0′; addthis_pub = ”;

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Vicious attack on Hong Kong lawmaker highlights the city’s gangster problem

Just how bad in Hong Kong’s triad problem? HONG KONG — Albert Ho was eating in a crowded McDonald’s restaurant last Sunday afternoon in bustling central Hong Kong when a group of men stormed in and clobbered the lawmaker with … Continue reading

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Hong Kong is not ready for democracy, and Beijing knows best…

Because after all, if there’s one thing they do understand, it’s how not ready you can be for democracy. Read this: Another sign Hong Kong was not ready for universal suffrage was the lack of civic education to inspire patriotism, … Continue reading

China, Hong Kong, Uncategorized, politics
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