Cricketer, musician and Economist’s Asia Digital Editor. Not necessarily in that order. Views clearly my own. Otherwise they would be a bit more cleverer.
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We’re thrilled to share that we’ve won two @sopasia’s awards for our journalism on Xi Jinping’s China. The Prince podcast won Excellence in Audio Reporting, and @1843mag won Excellence in Explanatory Reporting for “Xi Jinping: the making of a dictator” bit.ly/445ARZ0
Hong Kong, the last place on earth with a mask mandate, wants to encourage tourists to return. It needs an honest slogan. How about: "Tourists: don't show your face in Hong Kong!"
Geezer... thestandard.com.hk/breaking-…
Oliver Shah "is one of the first foreign journalists to visit" Hong Kong. Most intrepid!
Asia’s world city has been battered by the pro-democracy protests of 2019, Beijing’s imposition of a sweeping national security law and tight Covid restrictions. As it slowly reopens, @olivershah is one of the first foreign journalists to visit
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Watching this with the sound muted is mesmerising. (Pretty bloody amazing with the sound on too, of course.)
Will always be a part of me that is sad I never got to experience this landing. Kai Tak is right across from my office. I could’ve spent all day staring across the harbour watching the jumbos weave through Kowloon on their approach.
This feels like a truly remarkable line from The Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
Mother-in-law planning round trip of LDN-OZ-HK. British travel agent flat out refused to book her onto Cathay bec they had so many past issues with covid cancellations. #hongkong #worldcity etc etc
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When u arrive at a hotel in Shanghai these days ur given a document with every high and medium risk area in China on it. You are told to check the list and confirm with signature that you have not been to one of these places recently
Forget the elephant in the room, it is the the anaconda on the ceiling you need to worry about. Brilliant essay on China’s successful taming of Hong Kong. economist.com/interactive/es…
“Even going alone to Victoria Park could end in an arrest for unlawful assembly.” I genuinely don’t know how authorities here keep a straight face sometimes. An underrated skill, to be sure. news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone…
If you have convinced yourself you would be immune to propaganda -- try this brilliant and immersive walk through the Russian news day economist.com/interactive/in…
A grim, though wonderfully written piece on Shanghai's Orwellian lockdown, by @donweinland (46 days of confinement and counting, I believe) economist.com/1843/2022/04/2…
It would be incredibly sad if Star ferry ceases. Always try to take it when travelling between Kowloon and HK island, maybe because I still like to feel like an awed tourist in this amazing city. The view of the skyline from the boat… what a loss nytimes.com/2022/04/19/world…