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An interesting article, if you want to read through it. It makes many points, so it's hard to summarize, but I'll mention a few. In the SCMP Four amazing things I learned about China’s top leadership this weekChina’s leading legal scholar Wang Zhenmin provided unique insight into the thinking of the inner circle of senior leaders in Beijing
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With April 18th just around the corner, and me working on my THIRD return for this year (one for my sister, one for her Estate, and now ours) . . . The Estate is a NEW tax entity, filing taxes for the first (and last) time - but that's another topic . . . What Hong Kong could teach the world about taxes
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Justice Centre, a non-profit human rights organization, says its study of 1,049 domestic helpers found that one in six are victims of forced labor and face abuses such as physical violence, wage exploitation and deprivation of food and rest. Of those, 14% were trafficked. http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/15/news/hong-kong-forced-labor-maids/index.html
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. . . from the People's Daily
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I came across this a while back by an artist on Hong Kong. http://tabi-labo.com/188656/hongkong-artist/ http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/HK%20vs%20China/11692482_10153508511161030_8799209207945111119_n_zps7vj1vapy.jpg http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/HK%20vs%20China/11665662_10153508511051030_8781706623252644689_n_zpswjdamhvw.jpg http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/HK%20vs%20China/11665548_10153508510006030_7100539733485449820_n_zpsy03niapv.jpg http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/HK%20vs%20China/11221758_10153508510771030_5211522511271663815_n_zpsfidabjj1.jpg http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/HK%20vs%20China/11403173_10153508511316030_7281626735204301787_n_zpsuulvcjr7.jpg http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/HK%20vs%20China/11659222_10153508510036030_2668291157219501095_n_zpspacjmnow.jpg http://i949.photobucket.com/albums/ad334/dnoblett/Misc%20Junk%20for%20posting/HK%20vs%20China/11540918_10153508511426030_1303335231750282453_n_zpsvfaw1dw5.jpg
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. . . after World War II - and made sure the Chinese didn't get there first. An interesting story in the South China Morning Post One man's covert war mission changed Hong Kong historyIn August 1945 Roger Lobo - later a Hong Kong lawmaker - carried from Macau official confirmation war was over, allowing Britain to re-establish its rule and forestall a Chinese takeover, writes Jason Wordie
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This should be of interest, especially to those of us from the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts in the U.S. The Chinese mainland is pretty well protected by mountains, which both shelter cities from the wind and cause a drag on the typhoon. Yulin, as I understand it, has never seen hurricane-force winds, although I am fairly certain they've passed over us. That is, I've seen effects of hurricane winds in the mountains around Yulin after a typhoon passed overhead (and have posted some pictures from Nanning), but nothing down here where we are. There were major storms, covered by the SCMP, inflicting severe damage on Hong Kong in 1937, 1962, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1999, and 2012. In the eye of the Storm Typhoons in Hong Kong Some quotes and images from the article http://multimedia.scmp.com/typhoons/img/covers/Wanda_19620902-SMP-01F.thumb.png http://multimedia.scmp.com/typhoons/img/1/wanda_8.1200.jpg http://multimedia.scmp.com/typhoons/img/1/ellen_e.1600.jpg ‘Buildings collapsed, people were buried alive’ Wanda: September 1, 1962 . . . on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the 1937 storm, Wanda hit the city with an intensity not seen before or since. Winds gusting at over 260km/h coincided with a high tide, causing a massive storm surge. Rain hammered down, pouring 1,500 million gallons of water into Hong Kong’s reservoirs in just 48 hours. Cars were flipped over by the relentless wind. ‘Typhoon Wanda, with winds of up to 162 miles an hour, smashed its way through Hongkong yesterday and in eight hours of terror, killed or injured hundreds, rendered nearly 20,000 homeless and left behind it a trial (sic) of destruction,’ reported the Post under the headline ‘Hong Kong’s Day of Terror’. ‘I was swimming for hours before reaching the shore’ Rose: August 16, 1971 ‘Never had such severe damage been done’ Ellen, Sam and York The end of the 1970s mercifully marked the end of the high death tolls inflicted on Hong Kong by typhoons. The next two big names to arrive - Ellen in 1983 and York in 1999 - struck an increasingly vertical, concrete city which provided a stronger, more resilient infrastructure, able to more effectively shelter its residents from the elements.
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Some images - just passing through on my way to/from the U.S.
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from the South China Morning Post - you may need to provide your email address in order to read the article and view the pictures British soldier’s unseen photos of Hong Kong 60 years ago revealed ... but can you tell where they were all taken? http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/980x660/public/2015/01/09/landscape-combined.jpg?itok=XeObdwZe
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I did search around to see if this topic had been addressed, but didn't find anything. My wife and I would like to go and visit HK with my extended family. I am a US Citizen so I'm able to get in for a short vacation with no issues. She still has her Chinese passport and is a US Permanent Residence holder. After researching a bunch it seems she does need a "HK Visitor's Pass" something that she mentioned that people needed if they were in the mainland and wanted to visit HK. Question is, hand anyone pulled this off from the US since that is where we currently are? Good thing is that we are going back to China this winter and she can probably process it from there, but as a contingency plan I wonder if the Chinese Embassy's in the US can process these visitors passes for HK.
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Just an interesting article about the "black market" - and Jenny's Bakery - in Hong Kong. From the SCMP Dough or die: Jenny Bakery fuels Hong Kong's cookie black market
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Some excellent pictures - "22 photos of Hong Kong taken between 1868 and 1872, less than three decades after the island was colonized by the British." The double side-by-side pictures are 3D stereopticon shots, which you can see if you cross your eyes just enough to get the two images to overlap What Hong Kong Looked Like 150 Years Agohttp://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/11/20/what-hong-kong-looked-like-150-years-ago/ http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-AL545_1119HK_G_20131118221550.jpg
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An interesting tap dance around the subject in the Global Times HK chief must not confront Beijing: experts
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i really didn't understand why my hong kong cousins' were shocked when i was marrying a china girl few years ago, never brothered me and never give a thought. they would say why a china girl? there are so many chinese girls in ny!!! china girl?!!! my understanding was we are all chinese, any way you look at it, so it really doesn't matter to me. i was born in hong kong but immigrated to ny when i was 7, so i'm really out of the loop, in terms of hong kong/china relationship. recently i been reading newspaper about tensions bewteen hong kong/china but never brother to pay much attendtion to it. until one day, i google "why do people from hong kong hate people from china" and i see page after page of sites and postings. i read and kinda understand why hong kong people are pissed off at china people. their situations are like ours, illegal immigrants entering usa and getting free benefits and usa people are paying for their free benefits. here is one of the link, http://reasonswhywehate.tumblr.com/ please keep it clean, no punching or jabs, and most important of all, this post is not intended to offend anyone. i still love my china girl who born me a healthy son. we are still together!!! -
Hi All. I have never seen this info posted in reading here and VJ. Seems all flights to Hong Kong arrive after last bus has left for Guangzhou city and airport. First, do buses from Hong Kong airport go into Guangzhou or only to Airport? What has been experience of you folks with spending the night after arrival in Hong Kong? Hotels are quite pricey I have noticed. I know I need Yang to pay taxi, bus, etc. Most money changers at airports close in early evening I think. What has been experience of you "world travelers" going over to China. My trip is planned for late April. Thanks to anyone who can lend assistance with above questions. I will start posting time schedules of documents after we marry and file I-130. richard
