hong kong Posts

Jan032009

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Ryan

Canadian Ani Ashekian Missing in Hong Kong

Last seen in Hong Kong, 30-year-old Canadian Ani Ashekian has now been out of contact with her friends and family for nearly two months.

Ani arrived in Beijing on October 25th to start her travels through China, SE Asia and on to India. According to the MISSING: Ani Ashekian Facebook group, “She then flew to Hong Kong on November 9th. On November 10th, she made several withdrawals and sent a text message home. She has not used her Visa card or her bank card since that day.”

An avid traveller, Ani always kept close contact with home through calls and e-mails – when they stopped abruptly, everyone began to worry.

Playing the Mandarin Card in Hong Kong

I recently spent four days in Hong Kong as the final stop of a brief Southeast Asian trip, and as usual I found the language situation there somewhat mystifying. Hong Kong, as we know, has three official languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Because I don’t speak the former, I was reliant on the latter two [...]

My Brush with China Daily Hong Kong

Recently a friend forwarded my name to a freelance reporter for the China Daily Hong Kong edition. Yes, like many of you, I didn’t know China Daily had a Hong Kong edition …more on that later. The Canadian born Chinese China Daily reporter emailed me a list of questions regarding English teaching and English use [...]