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Hong Kong’s severe shortage of space has shaped an architect’s design philosophy. He has applied it with amazing results to his own 330 sq ft home.
VIVIENNE KHOO
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As anti-Japanese demonstrations erupt across mainland China, Hong Kong netizens prefer a cooler approach.
SIMON SHEN. Translated by ROLAND SOONG
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Prominent Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie discusses capturing the essence of a city, building what is sacred, keeping our history and creating humane living spaces in Asia's burgeoning metropolises.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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Before you dismiss them as cautious, conservative, cliquey folks, read this article and think again.
ANDREW HONG
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Big names like John Woo, Tsui Hark, Tran Anh Hung and Takashi Miike are leading the Asian contingent at the Venice Film Festival this year.
BERNICE TANG
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The bloody outcome exposed the Philippines’ underlying problems – an ill-equipped police force, an intrusive media, and a conspicuously absent government.
MARCK RIMORIN
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An 11-hour hostage drama in Manila shows the world just how some Filipinos turn amnesiac and thoughtless when facing grave situations.
JOEL MACAVENTA
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Lauded in both the East and the West, the influential painter was also a generous man who donated his best works to museums instead of selling them.
JESSICA JIANG
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Here's a roundup of how the giant footballing event is affecting Asia, from Bangladesh to Hong Kong.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
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You too can attain the aura of the well-versed traveler, by dishing out these bite-sized “facts” at tedious cocktails. Best served quickly.
CLARISSA TAN
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Childish or creative? Fun or weird? Matching outfits for lovers are endearing, says our blogger, CC Huang. Check out how some couples do it.
CC HUANG
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Perhaps one of the most bizarre examples of how confused “loyalty” is for the Chinese diaspora can be demonstrated by the work of a Chinese Canadian businessman, Michael Lo. A Hong Kong immigrant, Lo invested heavily in his private education empire in Vancouver, where he used to have a college and a university.
SUSANNA NG
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These are exciting times for Chinese immigrants in Canada as China rises in status on the world stage. But with great change comes great conflict.
SUSANNA NG
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Gone and Almost Forgotten Myanmar's Muslim minority, the Rohingyas, are among the poorest and most forgotten of the troubled nation's refugees.
CLARISSA TAN
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Her birth name may embody the communist spirit but she has proven a capitalist through and through. Meet Wendi Deng Murdoch, the woman behind the world's most powerful media mogul.
LEE HAN SHIH
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