Tag Archives: PRC
The future smells of pork noodles.
Five hours in the world’s largest city. Twenty-four million inhabitants, three times and change the size of Luxembourg, and all I’ve got is five hours to dip my toe in this behemoth of a pool. I walk out of Pudong … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, China
Tagged 118th floor, 430 km/h, Asia, Blade Runner, Cantonese, China, Cityscape, CTU, Hebrew, Highrises, Hutong, Jing Mao tower, Lando Calrissian, London, Longyang, Luxembourg, Maglev, Mao, Megacity, Noodles, Observatory, People's Republic of China, Pork, PRC, Pudong, River, Selfie, Selfie Sticks, Shanghai, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shard, Skyscrapers, Soy sauce, Spanish, Supertall, Sweet sour, Vertu, World's fastest lift, World's fastest train, Zoolander
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Occupy Central vs Beijing: it’s turning nasty.
I don’t want to turn this into a politics blog but I cannot avoid writing about Occupy Central and their protests. Ever since I saw them picketing a skyscraper downtown, belonging to a wealthy billionaire with connections with Beijing’s elite, … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Hong Kong, Politics, Reflections, Uncategorized
Tagged China, Democracy, Dictatorship, Elections, Freedom, Hong Kong, Journalism, Occupy Hong Kong, PRC, Protests, Universal Suffrage, Xi Jinping
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Occupy Central: will the world’s politest protest lead Hong Kong to democracy?
It was a strange sight indeed, at least for my cynical European eyes; under a murderous sun, about a hundred activists were crowding the bit of pavement under the shiny Cheung Kong Holdings skyscraper in Central, Hong Kong. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Hong Kong, Politics, Reflections
Tagged Beijing, Hong Kong, Occupy Central, PRC, Universal Suffrage
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