Tung Ping Chau is Hong Kong's most remote island, with only five inhabitants and no electricity. But its spectacular natural environment is worth the journey....
Discrimination against Eurasians in Hong Kong once extended to the afterlife. Now the heritage of a cemetery dedicated to this once-marginalised group is under threat. ...
The hijacking of the SS Namoa awakened Hong Kong to a terrifying new reality: that a great steamship under the protection of the British Empire could be seized by pirates almost within sight of the colony....
Early Hong Kong saw the spectacular rise and fall of one of the colony’s most mysterious characters, the maybe-Eurasian, maybe-pirate Daniel Richard Caldwell....
At the turn of the 19th century Hong Kong was home port to the world's most daunting pirate fleets and the scene of devastating battles with the Chinese and foreign navies....
A third-generation Hongkonger with roots in Shanghai, London and Newfoundland, Ryan Kilpatrick has always been drawn to the ships and sea routes that bind together both his own family’s story and that of his hometown. After studying Chinese history he made the move from academia to journalism, writing for the Wall Street Journal, South China Morning Post, TIME, Fortune, and others. His favourite stories fuse his passions for heritage, conservation and the ocean, and remind readers how much Hong Kong owes to its rich maritime inheritance.
