The Unsolved Killing of a British Diplomat on China's Southwestern Frontier
Who did kill British diplomat Augustus Raymond Margary on the remote China-Burma frontier in 1875? It could have been agents of the Burmese king, eager to stop the British from undermining his own country's trade with China; or local Chinese, scared that Margary was spearheading a British invasion from Burma. Some suspected a plot going right ......
Four Long-Distance Trails That Reveal Hong Kong's Wild Places
Jade-green peaks, crashing waves, fung shui woods, rocky harbors and ancient walled villages - only a few miles separate all this from one of the worlds most crowded cities. Four long-distance trails allow access into this scenic landscape.
33 Unhurried Walks Through Hong Kong's Best Scenery
By any measure, Hong Kong is an impressive city. But there is a world beyond the impatient traffic and chic shopping malls: an older place of soot-blackened temples, traditional street markets and colonial-era museums.
For the third in his acclaimed Destination series, Paul French journeys to the former Portuguese enclave of Macao, for him as much a place of the imagination as of reality. Constantly portrayed as the louche, sinful sister of Hong Kong, it was also a key trade entrepot and early melting pot on the South China Sea.
History forgot one of the worlds worst maritime disasters. Until now. SS Jiangya sailed past Shanghais famous Bund on a December night, hours before an explosion would claim more lives than Titanic.
From sampan ladies and bamboo scaffolders to street cleaners, fishermen, security guards and market vendors - these workers form the backbone of the fast-paced metropolis of Hong Kong, yet they are often overlooked or taken for granted.
A Life with the Philharmoic, Broadway musicals and classical superstars
After 50 momentous years, little is remembered of the chaos the Hong Kong Philharmonic faced in its early days as a professional outfit. John Duffus arrived in Hong Kong in 1979 as its fifth general manager in as many years.
A journalist's quest to understand his mother's past leads him to discover a vanished China
Ian Gills first visit to Hong Kong in 1975 takes an unexpected turn when he meets his Chinese mother Billies friends, colleagues and fellow ex-prisoners of war, lifting the veil on a tumultuous past in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
A Danger Shared provides a searing visual history of Asia during World War II as seen by foreign correspondent Melville Jacoby. In this meticulously curated collection of never-before-seen images, readers experience glamorous Macau soirees, visit Guangxi farms, and witness wartime Chongqings wreckage and resilience.
