ESSAYS/NEWS
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The Bridge: Hong Kong and the Art of the Long Weekend
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Every January, seven million people sit down and perform the same calculation. It is not about money. It’s about the art of the Long Weekend.…
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The Elevator, the Tissue Pack, and the Art of Not Waiting
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On doors that close, doors that don’t open, and why a man from a town where everyone holds everything for everyone has learned to lead…
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The Thermostat, the Cardigan, and the Quiet War for 24 Degrees
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There are places in the world where air conditioning is a comfort. A civilized agreement between man and machine that the goal is comfort, not…
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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 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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The Space Between the Wall and the Stove
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How Hong Kong’s Most Essential Workers Are Never Allowed to Belong I have written before about the space between the wall and the stove. 攝灶罅. The…
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The Dress Code for the Dead
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On Chinese funerals, casseroles, and the woman who fed me without a shared word between us. I have lived in Hong Kong for over a…
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Left on the Shelf
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The Space Between the Wall and the Stove, and Why My Wife Almost Ended Up There When I first came to Hong Kong, I did…
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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…