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Lying on the grass at an outdoor music festival isn't the kind of activity most travelers associate with urbanized Hong Kong, but if you're in town on the weekend of Nov. 7-8, you might want to consider it. This being Hong Kong, the grass we're referring to is the expansive roof garden of a commercial podium at the city's digital hub, Cyberport. But no matter, Clockenflap, as the event is known, is a highly enjoyable "music and multimedia festival" now in its second year. It replaces the void left by Rockit, an annual band fest...
...Friday night. It's been a long week, and the dubious food of the Hong Kong Restaurant beckons. This week, the Cambridge Chronicle carried an excellent write-up of how not to proceed...
While working paid detail at the Hong Kong restaurant in Harvard Square, Officer Brian Mushlin noted a man who looked drunk with alcoholic breath, bloodshot eyes and unsteady on his feet. One of the doormen at the restaurant reportedly asked the man to leave several times but the suspect began to argue...
...timing is good," says David Zweig, director of the Center on China's Transnational Relations at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. "China has been very active to get as many commitments on energy around the world before the dollar devalues too much." In August, China signed a $41 billion contract to buy liquefied natural gas over the next 20 years from Australia. Last month, China's state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) entered talks with Nigeria to buy as much as one-sixth of the West African nation's proven petroleum reserves, the Financial Times...
...media game. But with China's growing clout and economic status, foreign players take on greater risk to their professional integrity. Murdoch himself has been accused of dropping BBC News from Star TV satellite packages and axing a critical book by Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong. At a time when media are still reeling from the economic downturn and the Internet-led destruction of traditional advertising and subscription models, China has money to spend and offers new markets for foreign media. The risks are high. Not only could Western media players miss...