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Asia 2013 Hong Kong

Happy Typhoon Day, Hong Kong!

It began as a joke. “We should be drinking at the Four Seasons right now!” Never mind that Hong Kong was in the midst of a “Typhoon 8” Signal, with “Super Typhoon” Usagi bearing down upon the city. This was what the Hong Kong Observatory (the government’s weather forecasting arm) declared to be the biggest […]

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Asia 2010 China Hong Kong

Gateway: Asia

Hong Kong. I don’t think I can quite sum up in words just how fascinating this eclectic city is. With its storied past, it is a place of contradictions, and much like every big city, character. The city is a teeming metropolis that can feel cozy at times. On the surface its rush, rush, rush. […]