POLITICS
Worrying predictions China armed invasion may be inevitable expressed by some overseas observers
Our correspondent looks at the global reaction to predictions of PLA intervention in the current protests. […]
Articles by rmedcalf
BOOKS
Party rulers expected to enforce end to protests by crucial deadline: 70th anniversary of P.R.C.
A prescient book published two years ago argues that Beijing will want the current protests out of the way by October. […]
ACCIDENTS AND CRIME
Activist makes Police report over threatening banner
Local Pak Kong activist complains to police over banner. […]
FEATURES
Silver Spitfire, magnificently restored warbird, is winging towards Hong Kong
A gorgeous warbird is winging its way towards Hong Kong. The Silver Spitfire, a resplendently restored World War II aircraft, took off from Goodwood airfield in the UK on Monday. […]
HEALTH
Victims with dangerous dengue flying back from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia
Dengue fever cases in Hong Kong are on the rise, according to the Department for Health. […]
CULTURE
Save the planet, prevent environmental disaster: Join Birthstrike and swear to produce no children
Do you ever think Earth would be better off if the human race was reduced? Now you can join an organisation called BirthStrike and vow not to have children. […]
SCIENCE
Prolific shower of light trails and even fireballs is now flashing across the heavens
The Perseid meteor shower is about to give its annual display. […]
ENTERTAINMENT
Clockenflap 2019 to rock six stages as three young men quietly become multi-millionaires
Clockenflap, to be held from 9 – 11 November looks to make the founders multi-millionaires. […]
latest news
Will People’s Liberation Army be deployed on streets to stabilise Hong Kong? Mixed signals and varying opinions
Mixed signals are flashing on the fearsome possibility that the Chinese Communist Party may order its troops to stabilise Hong Kong. […]
FEATURES
New Tsunami Warning Centre highlights risk huge wave could decimate our region
The Manila Trench is the second deepest place on the planet. Every half to a millennia or so it slips and that is not good for us. The Manila Trench has been classified as the highest megathrust earthquake tsunami source by the United States Geological Survey. […]