The handover in 1997 saw Hong Kong's transition from colonial to communist rule under the auspices of ‘one country, two systems'. But twenty years on, the real impact of the sovereignty change is just
Street food is the fuel of daily life in China. In every city, adventurous travelers seeking a deeper understanding of Chinese culture can find unique local street foods unavailable anywhere else. To
MichaelKohn, former editor of the MongolMessenger, is onesteppe ahead of the journalistic posse in this epic Western set inthe Far East. Kohn's memoir is an irresistible account of a landwhere falcon
A conceptual overview of all relevant topics of small unit tactics every soldier ought to be familiar with in order to be effective on today's battlefield. The handbook is categorized into five functi
Japanmarched into Hong Kong on December 8, 1941. On the same day, GrahamHeywood was captured near the border while carrying out duties forthe Royal Observatory. He was transported to a militaryPrisone
WilliamMesny jumped ship at Shanghai in 1860 when he was just 18. Amid thechaos of foreign intrigue and civil war in 19th-century China, hebecame a smuggler, a prisoner of the Taiping rebels, a gun-ru
French artist Zabovisited Hong Kong in the 1960s, and condensed his year-long stay intoa book of cartoons which has come to be known as an emblem of theera. Life in Hong Kong's streets and trades is h
Have you ever wondered about that wacky-looking fruit staring back at you in the market? Or did you want to know how to prepare a seasonal Chinese vegetable, but don't have the language or culinary sk
With glitzy nightclubs, saunas, karaoke lounges and brothels, Hong Kong's sex business is booming. But how do local prostitutes compete with an endless supply of girls from China? To find out, Yang sp