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To The Chinese, Jade Is The Elixir Of Life - The Stone Of Immortality

The first time I was exposed to the fascinating world of jade on a large scale was in Malacca, Ma...

Singapore / China / Taiwan Habeeb Salloum

Bruce Lee legend remains strong 30 years after his death

In 1959, a diminutive, bespectacled kid swapped the alleys of Hong Kong for the streets of San Fr...

China AFP/Alan Low

My students and I volunteered for a Hong Kong Flag Day.

Saturday is Flag Day in Hong Kong

The city of Hong Kong has devised a sensible way to collect money for charity.

China MaryLou Driedger

Street cleaners in Hong Kong have unique headgear.

Hong Kong's Street Sweepers

The city of Hong Kong employs nearly 4000 street sweepers a day. They are a unique part of the Ho...

China MaryLou Driedger

All's well that ends well

Once Burned, Twice Sly

Some thing's not adding up here.

Thailand / China Jack VanNoord

Fish sellers in a Hong Kong wet market

Visiting a Hong Kong wet market is almost like visiting an art gallery.

China MaryLou Driedger

Hong Kong's scenic Kau Sai Chau golf course

Golfing on Hong Kong's Only Public Course

Hong Kong only has one public golf course. You have to travel by ferry boat to an island to get t...

China MaryLou Driedger

Celebrating Chinese New Year - Firecrackers

To scare away the terrible Nian, the daring villagers lit hissing, popping firecrackers. Now the ...

China / Taiwan Tricia Morrissey

Yuen Po Street Bird Market.

Markets of Hong Kong

A Shopping List of Hong Kong Markets

China Steven K. Bailey

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Western brands aim for China's 'Dragon' riches

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars' limited edition "Dragon" Phantoms was sold out within eight weeks of its ...

China AFP/Beh Lih Yi

Cantonese opera singers performing

Cantonese Opera

How would I look if I were a Chinese opera singer? I found out during a Cantonese Opera workshop ...

China MaryLou Driedger

Noble House

Film Review: Noble House

The world of high finance is the setting for this 1980s NBC mini-series based on the 1981 novel o...

China Celeste Heiter

Jet Li- Fearless

Martial Arts Reviews: Jet Li's Fearless

Everyone loves to see a good old beat-‘em-up movie every once in a while, the kinds of movi...

China Will Raus

Cover- Drunken Master

Martial Arts Reviews- Jackie Chan's Drunken Master

There are many different kinds of martial arts movies. There are the action movies, in which the ...

China Will Raus

People chant during a ceremony of the Hungry Ghost festival in Hong Kong.

Feeding Hong Kong's Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghost festival is celebrated in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. Chin...

Malaysia / Singapore / China AFP/Chitra Panjabi

Sai Kung Country Park, Hong Kong.

Wild Cows and Ghost Towns: Hiking Hong Kong

I always thought that free-ranging steers and spooky ghost towns were exclusive to the American w...

China Steven K. Bailey

Practices surrounding child birth vary from culture to culture

Eighty percent of women in China still observe the practice. As recently as a generation ago, it...

China Jack VanNoord

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Japanese Colonial Architecture

SEOUL, Aug 5, 2005 - Like the British, the Dutch, the Spanish and the French before them, Japanes...

Singapore / Japan / China AFP

in the village

on visiting a Kayan Lahwi Village

A part of me thinks it would be better to stay home.

Thailand / China Jack VanNoord

Bamboo scaffolding, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Everyday Hong Kong

It is unique to the city of Hong Kong but you will probably never find it on any postcards. Bambo...

China Janet McKelpin

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