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Do You Have a Flag?
By Steve on August 30, 2010
I recently wrote a few posts back about the developing problem of territorial claims in the South China Sea. Well, it just keeps getting more interesting and for those of you outside the Asia Pacific…
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Conviction & Compassion: or What to do with my Democrat, Muslim, and Gay friends
By Steve on August 28, 2010
I recently had dinner with a new friend here in Hong Kong. We had been talking about different cuisines and I had been bemoaning the fact that my favorite Lebanese restaurant had closed. When I…
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Hong Kong Tragedy in the Philippines
By Steve on August 26, 2010
On Monday evening 21 Hong Kong tourists were taken hostage in the Philippines by a disgruntled former policeman hoping to get his job back. An 11 hour standoff with a Filipino SWAT team left 8…
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Twin Peaks 20th Anniversary
By Steve on August 25, 2010
Hard to believe its been 20 years since Twin Peaks first aired. Twenty years since half America stood around water coolers discussing the question du jour; “Who Killed Laura Palmer?” Twin Peaks, for the uninitiated,…
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Curries, Fried Rice, and Cheeseburgers
By Steve on August 20, 2010
After being back in Hong Kong now for 8 months I can say, “I love it!” And if you ask why, I’ll say, “Because of Curry, Fried Rice, and Cheeseburgers!” What I mean by that…
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Curries, Fried Rice, and Cheeseburgers
By Steve on August 20, 2010
After being back in Hong Kong now for 8 months I can say, “I love it!” And if you ask why, I’ll probably say, “something to do with Curry, Fried Rice, and Cheeseburgers!” What I…
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You have to watch “Centennial”!
By Steve on August 17, 2010
Ok, but first you should read Centennial. In 1999 I decided to tackle James Michener’s celebrated novel about rugged Colorado…if for no other reason than I was getting ready to move there in just a…
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Robert Mugabe in Hong Kong
By Steve on August 16, 2010
There are few places left in the world that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is still welcome…and those places that still welcome him tend to not be places one would want to visit…except Hong Kong. On…
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Living on Park Island
By Steve on August 13, 2010
When Tammy and I moved back to Hong Kong last Christmas we had a decision to make…Where to live? We had lived for a number of years in different places around the territory from the…
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Hong Kong’s Paris Hilton
By Steve on August 12, 2010
The news in Hong Kong the last few days has been fun to watch. The niece of a prominent judge named Amina Mariam Bokhary was pulled over by the police for drunk driving and during…