Tag Archives: hong kong
afternoon sunlight, central, hk
Walked the hills of Central today. Remembered that afternoon sunlight does all sorts of good. Thought that narrow streets and winding hills ameliorate the effects of looming skyscrapers. Enjoyed.
The price of a One Country, Two Systems cup of coffee
Today, I went to buy a cup of coffee in a Hong Kong Starbucks. I tried to use a Shekou Starbucks ”buy one get one free coupon”, which is valid in … Continue reading
渔农村: border lives
Connecting the Shenzhen Metro and the Hong Kong KCR, the recently opened Futian Checkpoint has provided incentive for building higher end real estate for those who live in, on and … Continue reading
Jiujie / Nantou / Xin’an Old Town
Years ago, I published becoming hong kong, razing baoan, preserving xin’an, an academic paper on urbanization as the ideology informing the construction of the Shenzhen SEZ. Part of that paper included an … Continue reading
千里求缘 – desperate fates
Text of a personal add that I discovered stuck on a building wall outside the second line: Seeking Shared Destiny 158 XXXX XXXX The [principals in this] advertisement are represented … Continue reading
Early Forms of Shen Kong
These past few days, I have been thinking about new forms of Shen Kong integration. Shen Kong (深港) is an abbreviation of Shenzhen-Hong Kong, which is frequently used as an adjective, … Continue reading
The Lok Ma Chau Loop
In addition to the Qianhai Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen and Hong Kong have recently approved the Lok Ma Chau Loop, which will deepen integration of the two cities as well as … Continue reading
earthly abstractions
Coming into Shenzhen on the Tianjin-Shenzhen train, I heard a broadcast about the City’s historic importance and sites of touristic interest. Nothing out of the ordinary, until the broadcast introduced … Continue reading
eddies of difference
each time i visit shangshui (admittedly not all that often), i am caught off guard (again) by how much i like it precisely because the area forms an eddy of … Continue reading
