Hong Kong’s Onion Interviews Chinese Tourists
A record number of Chinese tourists have traveled outside of the mainland this year, and Hong Kong...
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Tensions Show as Tiananmen Museum Opens in HK
After Hu Yaobang died a quarter-century ago last month, thousands of Peking University students...
Hong Kong Scraps China Education Plan
CDT previously reported on protests in Hong Kong against a planned curriculum change and on the possibility of the plans being scrapped due to mounting protests. Reuters reports Hong Kong is now backing down from the education...
Hong Kong: Mainland Invasion
AL Jazeera has produced a half-hour segment looking at the phenomenon of women from mainland China traveling to Hong Kong to give birth, in order to give their children the increased rights and benefits that come with a Hong...
One Holiday, Two Systems, and Lots of Book Sales in Hong Kong
The extended holiday in China is giving citizens a chance to visit Hong Kong and stock up on books they can’t buy back home, such as the newly published China History Revisited. The New York Times reports: Twelve years...
The subtle power of Chinese tourists – Donald Greenlees
From the International Herald Tribune: There was a time when the comparatively wealthy residents of Hong Kong were skeptical about the economic and social rewards of the mainland tourist invasion. Mainlanders were seen as lower spending and more demanding than either European or North American visitors. But one new study of the economics of Chinese […]
Hong Kong finds its feet again – Stephanie Wong
From Independent Online: Hong Kong has long been considered a shopping and gastronomic hotspot, drawing travellers from all over the world to its East-meets-West culture. But with a change in world travel markets and tastes, this southern Chinese territory is revamping its tourism strategy, tapping unexplored cultural and recreational potential. Billions of dollars have been […]
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