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David Beckham’s Instagram Post from ‘China’ Infuriates Hongkongers
Former soccer star David Beckham landed himself in hot water after posting a series of clips on social media captioned “Great 48 hours in China” when they appeared to have been recorded in Hong Kong. Clearly, Hongkongers were not delighted to be labelled as being part of the…
· Carl Samson
Hongkonger Will Most Likely Get the Death Penalty After $93 Million Drug Bust in China
One Hong Kong citizen along with more than 10 other suspects could face the death penalty after Chinese authorities seized over two tons of methamphetamine. Police in south China’s Guangdong province seized 2,010 kg of the drug following a tip-off. Shutting down two production…
· Carl Samson
Hongkongers Catch Rare Muscular Disease After Eating Crayfish From China
After eating crayfish from mainland China, two Hongkongers acquired a rare and painful muscular condition that carried potentially fatal complications. Reported by the Centre for Health Protection, the first case involved a 30-year-old woman who developed severe muscle pain in…
· Ryan General
What East Asia Looked Like 150 Years Ago
John Thomson is a legendary 19th-century Scottish photographer and travel writer. He was one of the first photographers to travel to the Far East.
· Carl Samson
Jackie Chan Says ‘Hong Kong Films are Chinese Films’, Gets Called Out By Anthony Wong
Actor Anthony Wong made comments at 37th Hong Kong Film Awards — known as the city’s equivalent of the Oscars — that many speculate to be directed at Jackie Chan, who previously suggested that there was no distinction between Hong Kong and Chinese films. “My real identity is a…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwanese Model Could Face 7 Years in Jail for Public Breast Groping Videos in Hong Kong
A busty Taiwanese model identified as Yui Yui could face jail time after a video showing her letting a man grope her breasts in public in Hong Kong went viral. According to Hong Kong lawyers who spoke with Apple Daily, the model, who has more than 20,000 followers on Instagram…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Student Caught Doing Her Homework on the Back of a Moving Motorcycle
A video showing a diligent Chinese student doing her homework on the back of a motorcycle has gone viral on social media. The short clip, which is currently being circulated by Pear Video on Weibo, was taken in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern…
· Ryan General
Chinese Metro Line Now Records Passengers’ Faces With 4K Security Cameras
Grainy surveillance footages are so 2017. China is opening the new year by implementing real-time, high-resolution 4K surveillance cameras in a wealthy city in the province of Guangdong. Guangzhou’s metro line is now being touted as the first subway system in the world with a…
· Bryan Ke
Hong Kong Students Kicked Out of Graduation For Sitting During Chinese National Anthem
Two students at Hong Kong College of Technology (HKCT) were kicked out of their own graduation ceremony on Dec. 16 after they refused to stand up for China’s national anthem “March of the Volunteers”. School officials had informed all of the graduating students about the rules…
· Bryan Ke
Chow Yun-Fat is NOT Dead
Many Chinese internet users were probably shocked when the rumor of Chow Yun-Fat’s demise began circulating on Chinese internet on Monday. Thankfully, the news has been officially debunked. As it turns out, this is nothing more than an internet celebrity death hoax. Jasmine Tan,…
· Carl Samson
Study: 33,000 Children in Hong Kong Are Depressed Because of School
About one in 10 children attending primary schools in Hong Kong has symptoms of major depression, a new survey revealed. Released on Sunday, the survey by Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service polled 1,301 pupils aged nine to 13 from grades three to six across 14 schools in the city…
· Kyle Encina
American College Student Amazes China By Singing in Mandarin On National TV
A 21-year-old American expressed his love for Chinese culture and history by passionately singing “Chinese Dream, My Dream” on China’s national television. American expat Dylan Austin Walker earned himself a wave of applause from both the judges and the audience in attendance at…
· Carl Samson
Nigerian Scammers Make $4 Million Targeting 48 Women and Elderly Man in Hong Kong
A syndicate that duped 48 women and a 77-year-old man out of 29.5 million Hong Kong dollars ($3.78 million) in Hong Kong in online romance scams was busted last week. The syndicate, based in Kuala Lumpur, had been tricking Hongkongers since January. Victims include a lawyer,…
· Ryan General
Why White People are Called ‘Foreign Devils’ in Hong Kong
Westerners, more often Europeans, staying or vacationing in Hong Kong have come to embrace the term gweilo (gwáilóu), a term native Cantonese speakers commonly use to refer to them which is loosely translated into English as “foreign devil”. But the generally-accepted,…
· Bryan Ke
70,000 People in Hong Kong Sign Petition to Save Pharmacy Cat Accused of Scratching Boy
More than 70,000 animal lovers reportedly rallied behind Marble, a cat who was accused of scratching a boy at a pharmacy in Hong Kong, and helped save her from forced quarantine. The incident took place last Friday when Marble, also known as “Porsche”, and dubbed as the “store…
· Kyle Encina
Over 50% of Hong Kongers Are Hoarders and Obsessive Shoppers, Survey Finds
A recent poll reveals that a startling 57% of adults in Hong Kong are displaying excessive shopping behavior to the point of becoming compulsive hoarders. The statistics gathered by sustainable development organization Wofoo Social Enterprise have attributed the causes for…
· Carl Samson
New Movie Reveals the Fate of Chinese Passengers Who Survived the Titanic
A new film shedding light on the untold stories of Chinese passengers who survived the Titanic is scheduled for release in 2018. The upcoming documentary “The Six” will present the stories of six Chinese men during and after the ship’s sinking in April 1912.
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Hong Kong Student Activist Joshua Wong Sentenced to 6 Months in Jail
Three Hong Kong pro-democracy student leaders, who stormed the Central Government Complex at Tamar and prompted the Occupy protests in 2014, were given jail sentences of six to eight months by the city’s Court of Final Appeal. On Thursday, the Court of Appeal jailed Joshua Wong…
· Bryan Ke
Video of Petty Hong Kong Woman’s Racist Rant At Filipina Woman Goes Viral
A video of a woman’s rant towards a Filipina overseas worker in Hong Kong is now going viral on Facebook with over 1.4 million views. The clip, which was posted on the social media platform by Angela Sentillas Pasco, who is also the victim in the video, told how the unnamed…
· Carl Samson
9-Year-Old From Hong Kong Slays Celine Dion’s ‘My Heart Will Go On’
Celine Tam may be small, but her voice is so incredibly big that everyone hearing it on “America’s Got Talent” found themselves in awe this weekend. The 9-year-old Hongkonger’s parents named her after Celine Dion, and unsurprisingly “My Heart Will Go On” was the perfect piece…