Wherever you go in Hong Kong, you will see shrines. Small, squeezed into corners of the city of tucked against walls so people don’t trip over them; in shops and backrooms, in the houses of particularly pious people. The dedicated monasteries and temples of course require more space than retrofitting will allow, and so you must make a greater effort to visit places further afield. Up near Tsuen Wan, tucked away in a valley at the foothills of Tai Mo Shan, the tallest mountain

There’s a saying about how the journey, not the destination, is the most valuable part of the experience. It makes sense in some cases more than others: nobody enjoys sitting in a cramped aeroplane seat for 12 hours. In this case, the journey was entirely the point. I had intended to do the walk in reverse - Mui Wo to Discovery Bay – but the ferry to the latter was leaving earlier, so I started there instead. From the moment you see the pier at Central with its own 7/11 and

Photo by Dave Photoz on Unsplash Hugh Muchtime, Strategic and International Affairs Advisor, said in an interview that the actions of the United States are a foreign policy risk, but do make sense when game theory is considered. “If you look at a world map, you can see there are only three chokepoints that can block an invasion of the Americas: Alaska, Bazil, and Greenland. Alaska is already held by the United States, and they have ample artillery units to dissuade anyone fro