Most would-be advisers look to the Hong Kong government to take the first step, but why not the protesters? A leadership council could be convened and a meeting called, inviting all stakeholders to commit to a way forward for Hong Kong’s future.
The Victoria Recreation Club has survived wars, typhoons and benign dictatorship, but now, after 169 years, it must face its biggest challenge – the changing demands of a much altered Hong Kong
Private recreational clubs are a part of Hong Kong’s evolving history and have contributed to nurturing less-popular sports as well as a unique hybrid culture.
Inside a nondescript Hong Kong warehouse sit seven tons of Qing dynasty coins – proof, their owner says, that it was the imperial monetary system, not the opium trade, that brought China low in the 19th century