ESSAYS/NEWS
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The U.S. Just Made It Legal to Possess AI-Generated Child Abuse Images. I Read the Ruling From Hong Kong. It Reads Worse From Here.
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There is a noodle shop in Mei Foo where I do most of my thinking, which is not the same as most of my writing…
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JD.com is quietly building Hong Kong’s largest private fulfillment network
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The Chinese e-commerce group has spent HK$10bn on property in two years. The logistics infrastructure underneath may matter more than the storefronts on top. While…
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The Flag-Day Girls of Hong Kong
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Or: Garlic Salt and Charity Stickers On certain Saturday mornings in Hong Kong, and sometimes a stray Wednesday, small girls station themselves outside MTR exits…
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The Bookstores, the Books, and the Boring Truth
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I saw an AP article recently. Kanis Leung, “Hong Kong’s independent bookstores, a refuge for Chinese readers, are under threat.” Published August 29, 2026. The…
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MGP Ingredients Just Rewrote Its Debt Rules. That’s Never a Good Sign.
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On August 6, 2026, MGP Ingredients quietly amended the terms of its two primary lending agreements, the revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo and the…
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Shenzhen breaks ground on North Cargo Area, and fires a 1.8 million-tonne shot across HKIA’s bow
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The Greater Bay Area’s airport building spree is creating world-class cargo capacity faster than the freight to fill it. The question is whose volumes it…
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The Egg Tart
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The first time I ate a Hong Kong egg tart, I thought of Boston cream pie. Not because they taste the same. They don’t. A…
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HKIA keeps its cargo crown, but a July export slump raises questions
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HKIA, rhe world’s busiest cargo airport, is still growing on a rolling basis, yet a sharp drop in outbound tonnage suggests the tariff hangover is…
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Ayana Bali, a Monkey, and the Bathing Suit That Started an International Incident
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On butlers, Rock Bars, and why Robert Louis Stevenson was wrong. There is a saying, attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson, that it is better to…