Hong Kong has always had expats who found the city incredibly boring
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South China Morning Post
Hong Kong has always had foreign residents who found the city incredibly boring
From Hong Kong’s mid-19th century urban beginnings, chronic boredom among long-term residents who felt trapped here was well-documented in diaries, letters and published memoirs.
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Hong Kong remains world’s costliest city for expats for third straight year
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Hong Kong remains world’s costliest city for expats for third straight year
High cost of living and tough coronavirus restrictions have made Singapore and Dubai more attractive for expats, says firm behind rankings.
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Chinese academic warns there are legal risks to normalising Covid testing
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South China Morning Post
Chinese academic warns there are legal risks to normalising Covid testing
In opinion piece, Zhao Hong, a law professor, also points to financial and labour costs and inadequate transparency and supervision.
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China’s low birth rate prompts Elon Musk to warn of ‘population collapse’
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South China Morning Post
China’s low birth rate prompts Elon Musk to warn of ‘population collapse’
Demographer says the pandemic has exacerbated the population decline trend, with estimated 2 million people postponing or abandoning plans to have a baby.
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Top K-drama picks in June: From Money Heist Korea to Yumi’s Cell 2, here are 8 new series for you to binge-watch this month. Bookmark them now! https://sc.mp/xrs4
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8 new Korean drama series to look out for in June 2022
Netflix drama Money Heist: Korea features Squid Game actor Park Hae-soo and Lost actress Kim Yun-jin. There’s Yumi’s Cells 2, and Chinese star Fan Bingbing makes a cameo appearance in Insider.
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Indonesian colonel sentenced to life for killing teens
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South China Morning Post
Indonesian colonel sentenced to life for killing teens
After knocking them over with his car, Colonel Priyanto and two of his subordinates tossed their bodies into the river – but one of the victims was still alive.
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Chinese positions crucial as WTO chief eyes deals on fishing and vaccines
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Exclusive: Chinese positions crucial as WTO chief eyes deals on fishing and vaccines
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says it is ‘within the realm of the possible’ that deals are reached at World Trade Organization’s MC12 next week.
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What next for China’s zero-Covid policy after Shanghai lockdown?
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South China Morning Post
What next for China’s zero-Covid policy after Shanghai lockdown?
Subtle changes have been introduced to prevent widespread closures but the reliance on PCR testing has huge costs.
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Japanese man arrested in Indonesia over Covid relief fraud
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South China Morning Post
Japanese man arrested in Indonesia over Covid relief fraud
Mitsuhiro Taniguchi was wanted by police over false applications for pandemic subsidies, and left Japan for Indonesia in October 2020. He was found in a Sumatran fish trader’s house after saying he wanted to invest in fisheries.
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Was Shanghai’s two-month lockdown really worth it? Take a closer look at what's ahead for China's economy after the lockdown in this week’s SCMP Global Impact. https://sc.mp/1q90
South China Morning Post
Shanghai stumbles back to life as China’s commercial hub ends two-month lockdown
In this issue of Global Impact, we look back at the day, when over 22 million people in Shanghai were allowed to resume their daily lives and over 2.5 million businesses were given free rein to operate as China's commercial hub lifted its two-month long lockdown.
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Dragon Boat Festival custom that bans women sparks sexism debate in China
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South China Morning Post
Dragon Boat Festival custom that bans women sparks sexism debate in China
People in China debated an old Dragon Boat Festival custom in Guangdong that requires women to stay away from the races when men pass under the bridge so they do not “offend the gods”.
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Will Japan’s PM send China a Taiwan warning at the Shangri-La Dialogue?
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South China Morning Post
Will Japan’s PM send China a Taiwan warning at the Shangri-La Dialogue?
Analysts say Fumio Kishida will use his keynote speech at the Singapore security forum to draw parallels between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasingly assertive behaviour in Asia.
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Two shots fired in gang clash near Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong
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‘Furious’ Hong Kong police plan crackdown on triads over gangster showdown
Force insider says police top brass ‘furious’ over gang skirmish in Central, with investigation pointing to dispute between Sun Yee On and Wo Shing Wo triad groups.
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Chinese help for Cambodian naval base has ‘nothing to do’ with PLA
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