The library of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has introduced a new reservation system for the Special Collections department. Readers must make an appointment and register before browsing the books in that section. Readers who wish to scan, photocopy, or photograph materials in the Special Collections department, must first fill out a form explaining…
HKU Library Special Collections Department Limits Access to Publications
November 3, 2022
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Chinese Stocks Tumble to Multi-Year Lows Due to CCP Congress
After the end of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (20th NC of CCP) last week, the collective slump in Chinese concept stocks has brought huge returns to investors who shorted the stocks. Traders made a profit of up to 4.4 billion US dollars in short-selling transactions on Oct. 24 and…
6 Recipes for Brain Fog, Memory Loss, and Dementia
A guide (pdf) published by the Memory and Aging Center of the Weill Institute for Neuroscience at the University of California San Francisco says that short-term recall and the formation of new memories are some of the functions impacted during the early stage of dementia. Dementia is a general term for impairment of memory or cognitive…
Hong Kong Is Not Back but Gone
November 3, 2022
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Commentary The so-called Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit was held this week. China experts know well that “contrarian theory” is needed to thoroughly understand China: What the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or its mouthpiece emphasizes is often already lost. The same is true for the international status of Hong Kong. All sources of information suggest…
Several Likely Reasons for Frequent Nocturia
A good night’s sleep is the key to helping your body recover from daily exertion. However, frequent trips to the toilet at night will interrupt sleep and make people physically and mentally exhausted. Although nocturia is not a serious disease, it can worsen people’s quality of sleep and even endanger their health. Many people think…
SCMP Called Out for Self-Censorship After Canceling Report on Possible Genocide in Xinjiang: Journalist
November 2, 2022
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Journalist Peter Langan, who was previously employed as an editor at the China Desk by The South China Morning Post (SCMP), a major English media in Hong Kong owned by Alibaba, highlighted a possible case of self-censorship by the media at a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan recently. In 2021,…
7 Medicinal Soups to Improve Back Pain and Kidney Weakness
The kidney is located near the waist, kidney weakness can be caused by congenital defects or lack of nourishment, or excessive indulgence. Waist pain, dizziness, tinnitus, sore knees, frequent urination, and loose stools, mental fatigue are all symptoms of kidney weakness. Everyone needs to nourish the kidney and strengthen the waist to improve. The lumbar…
Applauding in Court, and Shouting Remarks Led to Convictions for Sedition
November 2, 2022
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A Hong Kong pastor, 59, and a woman, 68, were convicted of “uttering seditious words” and other crimes for applauding from the public gallery and shouting to the magistrate, “You have lost your conscience,” when they were watching a hearing of the June 4 vigil (commemorating Tiananmen Massacre) of organizer Chow Hang-Tung in January. They…
Four CEOs Confirm Not Attending Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in HK
The “Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit” being held Wednesday (Nov. 2) claimed to have about 200 financial leaders on its list of participants. But just a few days before the event, two of them informed the organizer that they were not coming, one due to work arrangements and the other due to physical discomfort. There…
3 Winning Poetry Collections Suspected of Violating the National Security Law Disqualified From Literary Competition
Entries for the 16th “Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature” organized by LCSD Hong Kong Public Libraries, were submitted in April 2021, and the competition results would normally be expected to be released in November 2021, but the results for the 16th competition were delayed and were not released until Oct. 24; about a…
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