The many benefits of learning a foreign language are well established. In Hong Kong, English is an official language along with Chinese. Children strive to master both, with many learning Mandarin, the official national language, on top of their native Cantonese dialect. The development of bilingual or trilingual talent provides the city with one of…
Ninety-four-year-old Lo King-fai introduced himself as a Hong Kong fighter in the war of resistance when President Xi Jinping shook his hand at the Victory Day military parade in Beijing. “I told President Xi that I was a veteran of the war of resistance from Hong Kong,” he said proudly in an interview with the…
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Hong Kong’s education minister has asked schools to hold events to mark the 80th anniversary of China’s World War II victory over Japan in the new academic year, while urging kindergartens to take the opportunity to instil patriotism in pupils. In a social media post on Sunday, Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin shared two…
The first Chinese edition of Red Star Over China, an influential book that gave people in the West an understanding of Mao Zedong and the Communist Party, is on display for the first time in Shanghai as China marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. The 1937 book was written by…
This article was first published on August 30, 1945 Fleet entering The first communique from the Hongkong Government to the people of Hongkong since December 1941 was issued this morning at 11 o’clock as follows: “Rear Admiral Harcourt is lying outside Hongkong with a very strong fleet. The Naval Dockyard is to be ready for…
This article was first published on August 30, 1945 Fleet entering The first communique from the Hongkong Government to the people of Hongkong since December 1941 was issued this morning at 11 o’clock as follows: “Rear Admiral Harcourt is lying outside Hongkong with a very strong fleet. The Naval Dockyard is to be ready for…
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, marking the end of the Sino-Japanese war and the global fight against fascism, we look at the effects of the conflict and its aftermath, and how they continue to affect China’s place in the world. In the third part of a series, the Post looks at Hong…
An exhibition featuring more than 180 artefacts that illustrate Chinese war efforts against the Japanese in the 1930s and 1940s will open in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with a military sabre used in battle among the pieces. Featuring items loaned from the National Museum of China in Beijing, “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: United…
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