Hong Kong connection [2016]
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11. The fishball revolution
2016-03-17
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"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, rioting broke outin Mongkok when the police attempted to evict food vendors from the area. The incident has once again brought the polarisation in Hong Kong to...
21:49 12. Empty schools
2016-03-24
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"There are 234 empty school structures in Hong Kong. Many of them have been left to gather dust for over 35 years. Why is such precious space being wasted? How can the lifeless premises be revitalised...
21:51 13. Brownfield
2016-03-31
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"Swathes of the countryside in the New Territories are nowoccupied by container depots, storage sites, garages and the like. Known as Brownfield, such land is expanding. Itstotal area is now alrea...
21:30 14. Setting the records straight
2016-10-06
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"How much do we know about the history of Hong Kong? Should we refer to Britain's account or China's account? Neither, say many Hong Kong people of this generation. They want to set the records straig...
15. The Cultural Revolution 50 years on (I)
2016-10-13
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"A man-made disaster befell China in May 1966. It lasted for some ten years. To be fair, 'disaster' is just the majority opinion in the country, for there are still diehard supporters of Mao and the C...
16. The Cultural Revolution 50 years on (II)
2016-10-20
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"China's Cultural Revolution was, according to the powers that be, '10 years of turmoil' ... ten years of rampaging red guards and destruction of the nations age-old culture. Fifty years on, is it rea...
21:31 17. Eddie Chu, the new champhion horse
2016-10-27
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"Eddie Chu is a new Legislative Councillor, having won hisseat easily in the New Territories West. Never afraid to speak his mind, he has already ruffled the feathers of many powerful people"--RTHK we...
21:30 18. One belt, one road. Xi's concerto
2016-11-03
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"China has become an economic powerhouse, and it is trying to create a new geopolitical order from Asia to Europe to challenge the dominance of the west. 'One Belt, One Road' is apparently a strategic...
21:31 19. One belt, one road. For better or worse
2016-11-10
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"We continue with China's 'One Belt, One Road' this week by taking a look at what people in Kazakhstan and Vietnam think. Do they buy into President Xi Jin-ping's pitch that the initiative will bring ...
21:29 20. One belt, one road. No strings attached
2016-11-17
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"China's One Belt One Road is an ambitious initiative. President Xi Jin-ping has reassured all partner countries that China's goal is happiness for all. Do Myanmar and Iran find his reassurance plausi...
