Financial stars fought under the stars. Some saw stars. Yup, that’s the best I can do. Photo courtesy of Michael Perini.
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Hong Kong’s Sedan Chair Race
Here’s my most recent story for NPR’s sports show, Only a Game. It’s about an annual race here in Hong Kong (香港) in which hearty souls race around Mount Kellett road carrying whimsically decorated sedan chairs.
Of interest, sedan chairs were registered in the territory as late as 1962, according to this South China Morning Post article. For a photo of a reposing Air France crew enjoying the luxuries of a coolie-carried sedan chair, check out gwulo.com, a wonderful online repository of old Hong Kong.
I’ve always loved taking the tram through this wet market. A must-do for anyone visiting Hong Kong.
I shot this video on my iPhone 4S. I sat behind a man who wiped his booger on the window.
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Tea for Two?
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Cheap White Guy
This is my first Chinese New Year in Hong Kong and I’ve had a hard time adjusting to one tradition in particular. From the New York Observer.
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I’ll Take Hong Kong
I’m going to be writing a column for the New York Observer. He’s the first, introductory feature-length piece about what drew me to Hong Kong.
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Driving in China
Taken a few years back in Zhongshan. I remember the first time I went to China back in 2003 there weren’t many motorcycle taxis on the road. Times have changed.
For a thorough examination of driving in China I highly recommend Peter Hessler’s book, Country Driving. He’s a wonderful writer.
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Eating in China Teaser
In the coming days I plan to blog about some of my culinary adventures in Hong Kong and China. To whet your appetite, here’s a very short video I shot in Guangzhou Province in southern China. To give you some perspective, I was standing just outside the restaurant opposite the “menu.” This video captures a small portion of said menu.
In China, menus aren’t always the paper kind that one peruses while seated at a table. They’re three-dimensional-and alive.