Living in Truth

When the public is drowned in nationalism, intellectuals are forbidden to speak and the government tightens the censorship of social media – who gets to know the truth?

 

Fifty years after Cultural Revolution, the kindling of anti-intellectualism still exists at the corners of China and its people’s mind. (Photo: Fred LAI)

The Valentine’s Day of 2013 meant a lot to WANG. After work at 5pm, the IT technician living in Shenzhen had a dinner alone at his apartment. The dish was one of his favorites, tomato with scrambled eggs, for which had a nice sweet-and-sour taste and “resembled the lively color of China’s national flag.”

Yellow Umbrella Blossoms Again

Tens of thousands of people gathered at Admiralty on September 28, 2015, the first anniversary of the Occupy Movement.Yellow umbrella as used in the movement against tear gas has become the logo of the 79-day civil disobedience as well as Hong Kong.

“Your pride looks good on you”

The pride parade on August 2nd in Vancouver, Canada, marks the country’s tenth anniversary of same-sex marriage. From Robson Street to English Bay, the city is drowned in the merry celebration themed with “Gender Superheros”.

School sites forgotten

As cross-border pupils scramble for school places in the north, some classrooms there have been empty for decades.

 

Every day before 6 am, more than 25,000 primary school kids start their day by marching through the still-asleep Shenzhen city to its border with Hong Kong, where they take school buses heading towards different parts of the city, from North District to Lan Tau in the south.

Naadam Festival

In Khentti, North of Mongolia, a nomadic family with more than 300 horses was preparing for the horse race in July for Naadam Festival. The family has won more than 30 awards during the past decades. The youngest rider among all 11 family members was only eight years old.

Community members question on rights to mettle in environment issues

Citizens, environmental groups and councilors irritated by the sudden removal of trees

 

“Felling in the midnight? People have no say?” – Paper flowers with people’s comments written on are tied to the remaining roots of the trees as remembrance.

Profit rockets while yield faces great pressure, Cathay Pacific reports

Though cheap fuel and high passenger load brings great fortune, competition and overcapacity in the industry is casting shadow on the revenue of Cathay Pacific.

Deception cases surge in Hong Kong, while overall crimes decrease

According to the crime statistics provided by Hong Kong Police Force, Deception has risen from the fifth to the second highest committed crime in Hong Kong in the recent decade.

Democracy is a pain in the ass, so is dictatorship – editorial on Geoff Cutmore’s speech of China

“If you want to do things quickly, democracy is a pain in the ass. Nobody wants their home get flooded so you can build gorges dam. China’s infrastructure is phenomenal. It could only happen under one-party state dictatorship, that says, this is what is going to take place, and it takes place.”

So said Geoff Cutmore, one of CNBC’S most experienced presenters who has spent years covering news in China and Asia. He gave a speech at a media salon held by the Department of Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University.

The speech receives applause with knowing laugh, especially when Geoff Cutmore talked about China’s current leadership.

A Smoky Journey

From Guangzhou to Kunming, train K230 heaved itself all the way from the prosperous harbour to the middle of Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau. It was a 26-hour journey in December, 2013.