Barbara Barton Sloane: Hong Kong Enters The Year Of The Dragon

Let there be no doubt, Hong Kong is a world-class city at the crossroads of a new Asia. With its myriad of offerings and certainly now, in the Year of the Dragon, the Big Lychee is beginning to look and feel an awful lot like the Big Apple.

Born again Johannesburg

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‘The Story of Film: An Odyssey,’ by Mark Cousins, at MoMA

“The Story of Film: An Odyssey” traces the history of cinema in 15 hours. An epic in itself, it is playing at the Museum of Modern Art.

Tiger lands to roar of delight for epic flight

Hong Kong researchers have done a "remarkable" job in catching a rare Chestnut Tiger butterfly and discovering its migration route from Japan.

Miss Chinatown's charming history

"Chinatown was confined in a way, in those days," Chan said. "Mainstream Vancouver people were a little afraid to go to Chinatown . It was quite segregated from the rest of the community."