Stories about Hong Kong (China) from January, 2006
We Love Cooking!
#1: All Indian food does NOT taste the same! From the UK, We all live downstream explains this popular belief that find its roots in the lack of adventurous spirit of some when executing this natural, vital and recurrent activity. What kind of Indian food do you get when you...
Hong Kong: Expatriate Pay
The Hong Kong legislature is apparently considering a law to curb the “expat package” — the controversial practice of company offices paying Western foreign workers more in benefits and salaries than similarly qualified locals. OrdinaryGweilo — himself an expat — doesn't think such legislation is necessary given the changing economy,...
China, Hong Kong: Wong Kar-Wai and the Mainland
Angry Chinese Blogger discusses noted Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai's complicated relationship with China. Wong was recently named jury president for the Cannes Film Festival, and Cannes has a “noted tendency to defy Beijing.”
