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· September, 2005

Stories about Hong Kong (China) from September, 2005

Hong Kong: Li Ao presser

ESWN translates part of the Hong Kong news conference given by Taiwan writer Li Ao, freshly arrived from his controversial speaking tour of the mainland, including the various ways in...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
29 September 2005

Japan: Hello Kitty lawsuit

“Still more evil from the mouthless one from Sanrio,” report both AsiaPundit and SimonWorld on an intellectual copyright lawsuit brought by Hello Kitty creators Sanrio against a group of Hong...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
26 September 2005

Hong Kong: Mickey Mouse economics

SimonWorld picks up an article by online financial commentator David Webb, who puts the SAR government's calculations on recent major land transactions–including that for the Disney theme park–under the microscope.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
26 September 2005

Hong Kong: Deconstructing Disney

Walk the Talk reports on a lecture given by Asian Wall Street Journal reporter and Harvard-trained anthropologist Geoffrey Fowler in Hong Kong on how the mainland Chinese consumer is reinventing...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
23 September 2005

Hong Kong: American whispers

EastSouthWestNorth translates excerpts from a gossip column in the popular weekly magazine Next about some howlers spotted on a U.S. State Department-affiliated Web site purporting to give information about Hong...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
21 September 2005

Hong Kong: My territory for a horse

Will Hong Kong's hosting of the 2008 Olympic equestrian events get the territory's racing-obsessed residents out jogging the MacLehose Trail? Hemlock doesn't think so…

Written by Luisetta Mudie
20 September 2005

Hong Kong: WTO protests

Che at Chatter Garden posts an account of the welcome extended by the Mexican goverment to non-government groups staging demonstrations at the WTO in Cancun, 2003. Hong Kong will host...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
19 September 2005

China: More Yahoo! Reactions

Yahoo Hong Kong's turnover of subscriber information that helped result in journalist Shi Tao's conviction continues to draw comment. Angry Chinese Blogger provides a link to the Chinese text and...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
9 September 2005

Hong Kong: Hurricane email scams

These days when there is a disaster, hackers and virus propagators are taking full advantage of the situation. In the case of Katrina Hurricane, bogus e-mails are making the rounds...

Written by Jeff Ooi
6 September 2005

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