Hong Kong has one of the world's lowest violent crime rates, but it wasn't always so. In the 1950s and 60s there were serious outbreaks of street violence that make the events of 8 February 2016 look like child's play in comparison
Hong Kong: Hawker Riot or Civil Unrrest? What Was Behind the ‘Fish Ball Revolution’?
Street battles between protesters and police erupt in Hong Kong’s most serious street violence in nearly half a century. What was behind the "fish ball revolution? Was this a hawker riot or a case of civil unrest?
Book Review: Xinran’s ‘Miss Chopsticks’ Tells the Story of a China We Don’t Often Read About
Miss Chopsticks is the fictionalized biography of 3 unrelated Chinese women, who have been reborn in book form as sisters, their lives intertwined by Xinran, whose first novel was acclaimed novel The Good Women of China.
Superstition: Essential Facts About Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th is thought to be unlucky in many cultures, and someone with a morbid fear of it is said to suffer from triskaidekaphobia, paraskevidekatriaphobia, or friggatriskaidekaphobia. A pronunciation guide follows.
