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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Hong Kong shopping centre clones in Mainland China
For tourists to Hong Kong, shopping is usually high on the agenda. However recent developments across the border in Mainland China mean that for many shoppers, the trip across the border to Hong Kong is no longer needed – entire shopping centres have been cloned!
Posted in Everyday Life, Tourism
Tagged Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, shopping mall
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Post-war Hong Kong and British bank cheques
I’m currently part way through David Graeber’s book ‘Debt: The First 5,000 Years’ and stumbled upon an interesting Hong Kong-related titbit.