French movie “Case 137” about the injury of a protestor previously shown at the Pingyao International Film Festival in China pulled from French Film Festival in Hong Kong just hours before scheduled screening hk.news.yahoo.com/%E8%AC%9B%E8...

Construction sites all over the city are hastily removing the safety nets. Just shows you how rampant this corrupt behaviour has been - and how little oversight there is.

Probably the silent heroes of the China National Games this year have been the mascots. Instead of adults, they have mainly recruited young martial arts students, aged 14/15 years - and their energy and jerky dance moves have quickly gone viral.

The Hong Kong government has invited members of the public to submit views on its proposal to legalise basketball betting in the city. In full: buff.ly/SiHMMok

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

For the next few days I’ll be periodically updating everyone on the Hong Kong 4 Trails Ultra Challenge #HK4TUC. For 2025 there will be 15 participants. It’ll start when organizer Andre Blumberg says so, with 6 hours’ warning. There will be live tracking, but for now a primer: www.fourtrails.hk

Pop diva Faye Wong returns after 7 years with a new song which she will also perform at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala next week youtu.be/CwwQvC_JiN4?...

Fans of Guangzhou FC (formerly Evergrande) showed their dissatisfaction at the recent Guangdong-HK Cup at Hong Kong Stadium, following the recent decision by the CFA to deny their club license. The same banners appeared 1 week earlier at Yuexiu Stadium in Guangzhou.

China on Friday jailed former Premier League star and men's national coach Li Tie for 20 years for bribery. In full: https://buff.ly/3ZR98MI

When you are surrounded by yes-sayers. This is actually incredibly depressing. Your economy is in crisis mode and some senior official in a brainstorming session suggests: “how about we promote Chinese culture?”. amp.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

🎙️⚽️New Podcast: The Frank Soo Foundation We're joined by Alan Lau of the Frank Soo Foundation to tell us about the work they do within grassroots football through the story of Frank Soo, the first player of Chinese heritage to play for England. Listen here ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/787r...

HK’s micromanagement of public space has for long been a major hurdle for sustainable bottom up culture to flourish. It’s kind of ironic how govt is lamenting the need to attract tourists, if they actively suppress the “edge” that is wanted nowadays. Hawkers, cyclists, surfers, artists, buskers…

A 19-year-old in HK was charged with one count of "insulting the national anthem". He will appear in the Eastern Magistrates' Courts next Tuesday. The incident happened during the "World Cup Asian Qualifiers" match between Hong Kong and Iran in June.

One thing that still bothers me the most is how Tatler was misleading the public with false advertising that Inter Miami would actually be playing against the Hong Kong Representative Team. A thread.

After eliminating Iran, Hong Kong is up against Japan in the football semi finals at the #AsianGames ! If you are in HK you can watch the game via HOYTV ch 77. The game will also be broadcast in shopping malls all across town. You can find a list here: www.facebook.com/100067120005...