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Border Crossings: The New Shenzhen Bay link
By Steve on October 20, 2011
Just got back from a few days in China. Rather than fly out of Hong Kong Internationally into China, we decided to go over the border locally and take a domestic flight from Shenzhen airport….
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Detroit Tigers: American League Division Series begins
By Steve on September 30, 2011
I have been a Detroit Tigers fan for as long as I can remember. I grew up in a baseball loving family and whether its my mom pitching to me as a 4 yr old…
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Diversity: or How America makes Americans
By Steve on September 25, 2011
My 9 month old son, Ethan George, attended his first Republican meeting this week. Being that I am in Hong Kong I need to qualify that statement to say I am referring to the American…
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Seeing Kevin Spacey live as “Richard III” in Hong Kong
By Steve on September 18, 2011
Last June I got an e-mail from Hong Kong ticketing that the current London West End production of Richard IIIstarring Oscar winner Kevin Spacey would be coming to Hong Kong in September and ticket sales…
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Hong Kong divided on Permanent Residency for Domestic Helpers
By Steve on August 18, 2011
If you live in Hong Kong you know the hot political topic de jour is the debate on whether Permanent Residency and Right of Abode should be extended to imported domestic helpers. Although the Hong…
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Where are you (really) from?
By Steve on July 8, 2011
As a Westerner living in Hong Kong one of the questions I get asked on a regular basis is, “So, where are you from?” This question will be asked at dinner parties, church functions, the…
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Macau trip post lost!
By Steve on June 13, 2011
Had one of those crazy computer glitches last week. I’d been on a roll trying to keep up with the blog posts here at Beyond the Pale and a few days back I spent about an…
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U.S.S. Carl Vinson steams into Hong Kong
By Steve on May 24, 2011
Ah, Americans, even when we’re broke we can still throw a party and have the world come to it. Last night, the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Carl Vinson hosted a cocktail reception for a number of…
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Going to the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens
By Steve on March 26, 2011
Probably the biggest event in Hong Kong every year is the 3 day weekend extravaganza known as the Rugby Sevens. The “Sevens” competition is a scaled down rugby game where each team has only seven…
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Return of the Gweilo
By Steve on March 16, 2011
I lived in Hong Kong in the years leading up to July 1, 1997 when the territory was returned to China from Great Britain. During those days it was common to see gweilos (a vaguely pejorative…