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All you need to know about Hong Kong’s new ban on single-use plastics – a complete visual guide

Hong Kong is taking a major step in its war on waste by banning many single-use plastics. Here’s a visual guide on how much we waste, and the new rules aimed at tackling the problem.


Hong Kong’s hottest summer ever - why temperatures keep rising

The hottest summer ever recorded in Hong Kong coincided with higher temperatures elsewhere in Asia, as global climate change also sent the mercury rising in Europe and North America. Will next year be hotter?


Visualising Hong Kong’s massive Covid-19 dance cluster

How club-hopping dance enthusiasts spread the coronavirus.


Hong Kong Covid-19 testing explained: was it a success?

Beijing joined forces with local authorities to offer Hongkongers a free Covid-19 Universal Community Testing Programme. Was it a success?


Coronavirus prompts Hong Kong to impose tough quarantine and travel restrictions: visual explainer

The Hong Kong government was quick to impose strict measures on inbound travellers to contain the spread of the coronavirus after most infections were confirmed to be imported. Since spiking in late March, the number of new infections continues to fall.


Coronavirus: Community outbreaks in Hong Kong

Opinion

Hong Kong’s 12 best Christmas feasts, from Italian at the Grand Hyatt’s Grissini and Chinese at Tin Lung Heen, to traditional turkey at Jimmy’s Kitchen and Magistracy Dining Room

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for November 28-30

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for November 28 – December 1

A culinary renaissance

Dish in Focus: Dim Sum Library’s dan dan xiao long bao

Trump, Cop29 and why Chinese eco-warrior Ma Jun sees green shoots of hope

NGO founder explains how mapping initiative helps hold authorities and companies accountable for carbon emissions and cover-ups.


Historian Jay Winter on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed

US historian Jay Winter explains how the nature of war shifted after WWI and WWII, and the impact it has on the world today.


Middle East ‘the best place’ for China and US to cooperate, observer says

Prominent academic Pan Guang gives his view on Beijing’s role in conflict mediation, its engagement with the Global South, and belt and road security.


China’s property bender has led to long, tough hangover: economist Mao Zhenhua

Chinese economist Mao Zhenhua, who was among the first to spot weaknesses in the country’s real estate sector, says the era of large-scale construction which fuelled the property crisis has ended.


Justin Lin Yifu on China’s third plenum, overcapacity and avoiding Japan’s fate

Professor and economist Justin Lin Yifu says China’s industrial policy is paramount to continued development, tech innovation and the transition to higher productivity.


Why this China analyst says full decoupling is unlikely, and what’s missed in reform talk

Founder of Gavekal Dragonomics says efforts to dislodge China from global supply chains are unlikely to succeed and discussions of ‘reform’ from outside the country often miss vital context.


Open Questions series

Hong Kong

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