Essays/News
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Hong Kong’s $86 billion trade boom hides a logistics paradox
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Merchandise exports surged 50.7% in July on the back of AI-related chips, but air cargo volumes fell and the port keeps bleeding boxes. The city…
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The Sick Note
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On paperwork, permission to be ill, and why a man with a fever of 102 is sitting in a plastic chair in Mei Foo instead…
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The Western Narrative v. The People of Hong Kong
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Closing Argument I have written about Hong Kong before. I wrote an article explaining that I am a lawyer living in Hong Kong who can…
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Hong Kong Has Wild Boars, Feral Cows, and Monkeys That Will Rob You. Nobody Mentions This.
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Whenever I go back to Adams, someone asks about Hong Kong, and I tell them about the monkeys, and they don’t believe me. Every single…
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The Light Show
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On harbours, holiday lights, and what a city means when it says the mission is complete. Witness the spectacular Light Show that lights up the…
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Hong Kong’s Sunday Morning Religion
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There is a church I attend every Sunday in Hong Kong, though it has no steeple and no hymns. The sermon is delivered on bamboo…
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Jack Gallivan, the PA System, and the End of Discipline as We Knew It
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On checkered pants, restorative circles, and why a man who smelled like Parliaments and looked like 1974 was the most effective behavioral intervention Adams, Massachusetts…
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The Five-Hour Circle
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Hong Kong’s greatest luxury isn’t the skyline. It’s what’s reachable within the five-hour circle from the airport. I’m writing this from Bali, which is a…
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Five Years Ago, They Said Hong Kong Was Finished
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In 2022, a friend in New York sent me a link to an article. I don’t remember the publication. I remember the tone. It was…