I have an Asian Palette. I am not sure how one defines it, but for me, it means a rice-based diet, cooked vegetables, soy sauce and anti-butter. I’m quite sure this is not the definition of asian palette, btw.
I thought I will write about some food/drinks which are generally not western-palette friendly. Not yet, anyways. [...]
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The Asian Palette (TAP): Hong Kong Style Milk Tea
Posted in Hong Kong, TAP Cuisine on August 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Accumulators vs. Minibonds: The Rich vs. Not-so-Rich
Posted in Business, Hong Kong on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Parallel to the downturn of hedge funds in the US, Hong Kong’s most weathly and not-so-wealthy have been hit hard by a couple of structured products: the “accumulator” and the “mini-bonds”.
The accumulators are sold to wealthy individuals and are defined here by an earlier article in the WSJ:
Called an “accumulator,” it is essentially a contract that [...]
Pre-Olympics China TV Shows
Posted in China, Hong Kong, Media on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Discovery had a 4-day series called Koppel: People’s Republic of Capitalism. I missed the first two episodes, and am hoping they will do a rerun. Then, USA (i think) has Beyond Beijing; documentary about the six Olympic Cities besides Beijing.
These two series cannot be any more different. Koppel’s is the typical US-centric view: talking about auto [...]
Bullish on Hong Kong
Posted in Business, Hong Kong on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A lot of people have predicted the long-term demise of Hong Kong. For the longest time, Hong Kong was the conduit to mainland China for the rest of the world. The argument goes that as China opens up, Hong Kong’s position will be diluted, and Shanghai will eventually overshadow the city.
I beg to differ. If [...]
Valuation Gaps
Posted in Business, China, Hong Kong on August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A short cheatsheet to start:
A-shares are stocks traded in RMB on local Chinese stock exchanges – only PRC investors and qualified international investors are allowed to trade. B-shares are stocks traded in foreign currencies on local Chinese stock exchanges – these have to be traded off legal foreign currency accounts (mostly foreigners and expats). Then [...]
Learning Chinese
Posted in Hong Kong, Language on August 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Some interesting tidbits about learning the Chinese language:
1. In China, kids learn pinyin before they learn to read and write. Pinyin is a phonetic system based on the alphabets, and the method by which most foreigners learn Chinese. I find this quite intriguing because that means Chinese kids learn to write and read the alphabets [...]
Ten years later
Posted in History, Hong Kong on July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
July 1st marked the tenth year anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China. 1997 seems like such a long time ago – The handover of Hong Kong has a very personal impact; in fact, the handover had a very significant social impact on those who lived through the transition. I’d leave the [...]
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