Samantha Johnson
Turning the tables: how 3 Hong Kong mothers are spinning trauma into hope as DJs
Amid the crackle of vinyl records and the nostalgia of Cantonese golden oldies, Holy Lee Hau-yin, a Hong Kong mother of three young children, is…
Divorced from reality? Japan’s joint custody reform divides parents
Yasuyuki Watanabe has not seen his daughter in more than 15 years. But he is not celebrating the landmark custody reform that Japan has just…
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship nears Canary Islands for WHO-led evacuation
A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is headed for Spain’s Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will…
Is Hong Kong’s cultural hub of West Kowloon emerging as ‘Central 2.0’?
Hong Kong’s West Kowloon is poised to emerge as the second-most important office sub-market after Central with the completion of new buildings that will accommodate…
Rise of China complicates ‘authoritarian’ vs ‘democratic’ binary
There is growing unease in how we describe political systems today. Words that once seemed clear no longer illuminate as they should. “Free”, “democratic”, “liberal”…

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