Tuesday 14 August
It’s an architectural feat to squeeze in seven million people on just over 1,000 sq km. Hong Kong has managed to do just that and the frenzy to keep building, adding, extending, excavating and reclaiming goes on. Hong Kong…
A fish for celebration.
In a city known for its preference to raze rather than save, finding an old building among Hong Kong’s gleaming skyscrapers is a challenge. Marvel then at the Tai O Heritage Hotel: housed in a 110-year-old police station…
Sunday 26 June
If further proof were needed of China’s boom, it was on display last week in a Guangzhou hall, sporting garish shades of locally branded lycra.
Wednesday 19 December
As celebrations go, it was an unusual display: a Japanese politician who had just been re-elected to parliament, beaming for the television cameras while waving a dead fish.
Sunday 1 August
Land in Hong Kong is scarce – nearly 6,500 people are crammed into every square kilometre – and big business.
Monday 4 March
Hong Kong's famous skyline will always impress architecturally but look below the towers to find the interesting stuff.
Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez faces a new challenge – a charismatic opposition politician who believes he will soon be mayor of Caracas. But can Leopoldo López bring peace to a city where an estimated 52 people are…
This issue we’re excited about the openings of cosy hotels in Japan and Taipei, a Thai island retreat, a Swedish eco-lodge and a unique retail store in Antwerp. We also profile an airline, Susi Air, in Java.
The Tasmanian selling rare books in Hong Kong, and the innovative publisher re-issuing art and fashion books in Brazil.
Adrian Cheng is CEO of one of Hong Kong’s largest businesses, with fingers in all kinds of pies. But, he says, it’s easy juggling responsibility when you have the right team supporting you.
Friday 22 March
With a focus on quantity not quality and some high-profile safety embarrassments, the cruise line industry needs to get back to being ship shape.
Tuesday 23 April
The games available on smartphones and tablets can drive a daily commuter in Hong Kong to distraction.
In Singapore a battle is taking place – a battle to dominate the toast-and-spread market. And with the formula proving ever-popular at home, it’s big business for the leading brands who have their eyes set on the rest of…
With typical egalitarian flourish and quirk, New Zealand’s national carrier has come up with an innovation that will expand the horizons of horizontal leisure travel. Plus overleaf, we discover a new Hong Kong hub, a cosy…
The son of a greengrocer who sold food on the streets as a child is now one of the world’s top Thai chefs. Ian Kittichai shares his ‘last meal’.
In Japan, if you’re not doing ‘rajio taiso’ you’re either dead or you’ve slept in. Millions of Japanese rise early every morning to get together and do radio exercises – the rest do them at work.
The clothes, bags and shoes we've fallen for this month, plus news designers, brands and retail ventures.
The Chinese city of Harbin is quickly establishing itself as a regional power, bringing in investment and cashing in on its food and fashion. Although it’s still a long way off Shanghai, it’s proving that it’s far from grim…
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