Hong Kong – “Impulsiveness is the most valuable trait for human beings,” said Ai Weiwei, one of the most headline-grabbing political artists in China. “Ultimately, impulsiveness determines your passion, your instinct and who you truly are!” Ai told a gathering of cyber-acquaintances gathered...

Beijing / Hong Kong – One Country, Two Styles. Fireworks are once again key to welcoming in the Lunar New Year. In Hong Kong, tens of thousands gathered peaceably to watch a high-tech pyrotechnic display set to music light up its famous harbour. In the capital, Beiing, things were a little more...

Shenzhen – It’s been called the largest annual human migration in the world. This year was no exception. China’s Ministry of Transport estimated travellers would make more than 2.5 billion journeys during the 40-day Spring Festival in order to celebrate the Lunar New Year at home. The Railway...

Hong Kong – Was the Swine Flu pandemic overhyped? “Yes!” is the short answer, Thomas Abraham, director of the Public Health Media Project at the University of Hong Kong, said during a luncheon speech at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong, on February 1.

Hong Kong — Spring Festival travellers appear to be relaxed about catching or spreading H1N1 flu, despite concern that the mass movement of people could increase the rate of infections during this peak holiday travel period.

Hong Kong – The World Health Organization (WHO) said it will convene a meeting of experts to decide whether the current H1N1 influenza pandemic has subsided enough to enter into a “post-peak period.”

Hong Kong – View George Soros in conversation at The University of Hong Kong on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. Contributors: Alex Hofford, Nini Suet and Cedric Sam

Hong Kong – George Soros said financial bubbles are not  totally irrational, and investors can spot them early. “In the late nineties, during the internet bubble, I shorted some internet stocks after they broke,” he said, adding that the sector actually entered another high shortly afterward....

Hong Kong – The US and China is now in a “negative-sum” relationship because of a lack of mutual understanding, George Soros said. “They never really understand each other’s issues,” he said. Referring to the riots in Tibet in 2008, he said: “Chinese were angry about the Chinese shops...

Hong Kong – China needs to pay attention to how the world sees it, George Soros said. The international financier and philanthropist spoke at an open-mike discussion at The University of Hong Kong on Wednesday. As China grows more influential, it attracts increasing attention from the rest of...