I'm half-Chinese; specifically, my mom is from Hong Kong. Obviously, my child has this heritage as well. I'd like her to have some connection to Hong Kong and its culture. Do you have any recommendations?

For numerous reasons it is hard to spend time with my mom and ask her directly; my Chinese family doesn't live nearby. Off the top of my head the main practices I can hand down are food, like miso soup and wontons, and utensils, like chopsticks and ceramic soup spoons.

#HongKong #Chinese

Hong Kong authorities are rushing to remove mesh netting on all buildings across the city after the material was blamed for fanning a blaze last week that killed at least 159 people. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/asia-pacific/hong-kong-scaffolding-nets-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong

The children of Hong Kong's pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who has been in jail since 2020, are voicing new alarm about his health, saying his condition has continued to deteriorate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/asia-pacific/politics/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-family/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #hongkong #jimmylai #appledaily

The assault by local Hong Kong authorities on press freedom undermined accountability before and after the housing-complex fire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/02/world/unfree-press-and-hong-kongs-deadly-blaze/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hongkong #wangfukcourt #china #chinesecommunistparty #appledaily #jimmylai #nextmagazine #southchinamorningpost #humanrightswatch #freepress

Bamboo scaffolding has become a focus of debate in Hong Kong after a tragic fire in the territory left at least 146 dead and spurred questions over whether its use contributed to the inferno. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/asia-pacific/society/bamboo-identity-hong-kong-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #hongkong #asia #china #wangfukcourt

I'm half-Chinese; specifically, my mom is from Hong Kong. Obviously, my child has this heritage as well. I'd like her to have some connection to Hong Kong and its culture. Do you have any recommendations?

For numerous reasons it is hard to spend time with my mom and ask her directly; my Chinese family doesn't live nearby. Off the top of my head the main practices I can hand down are food, like miso soup and wontons, and utensils, like chopsticks and ceramic soup spoons.

#HongKong #Chinese

Hong Kong has arrested 14 suspects in a probe into the city's deadliest fire in decades, finding "substandard" netting on buildings failed to halt flames from spreading. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-suspects-fire-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #china

Hong Kong’s government moved to stamp out mounting public anger in the wake of the city’s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades, which left at least 146 people dead and raised questions about missed warnings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-anger-arrests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #fires #china

Anger over a deadly blaze at a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex simmered Sunday as Beijing warned against attempts to use the disaster to disrupt the city, while mourn continued for the more than 128 victims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/30/asia-pacific/hong-kong-china-fire-disrupt/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #fires #china

The Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex blaze on Wednesday has spotlighted the enduring role of city's 368,000 foreign domestic helpers, mostly women contracted from low-income Asian countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-foreign-domestic-helpers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #immigration

Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 200 others still unaccounted for days after the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-mourns-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #fires

Families in Hong Kong mourned their elderly loved ones after a blazing fire at an apartment block claimed at least 128 lives. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/29/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-families-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #fires #elderly

Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in seven decades complained repeatedly about fire hazards over the past year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-safety-complaints/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #constructionindustry

A fire still burning in a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex that has killed at least 94 people poses the biggest test of Beijing's grip on the city it has transformed since the pro-democracy protests of 2019. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-china-grip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china #xijinping

The spread of the inferno at a Hong Kong apartment complex was unprecedented, leaving at least 94 dead and hundreds missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/asia-pacific/hong-kong-tower-blaze/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china

Hong Kong residents have mobilized to track down the hundreds left missing from a fire that engulfed Wang Fuk Court. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire-survivors-missing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china

As some people have been checking in on me:

I'm safe from the fires, and anyone I know is fine. My home is 20 km or so away from the three buildings on fire.

#hongkong #HongkongFires #TaiPoFires

Hong Kong rescue workers are seeking to contain a major blaze at a high-rise complex that’s killed at least 36 people and resulted in 279 people missing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/asia-pacific/hong-kong-tower-fire-dead-missing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong #china

At least four people have died after a massive fire engulfed multiple high-rise towers of a residential complex in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district, the government and Fire Services Department said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/asia-pacific/hong-kong-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #hongkong

Hong Kong leader John Lee says his government supports China’s diplomatic policy toward Japan in the first comments by an official of the territory in relation to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/politics/hong-kong-leader-comments-on-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #hongkong #chinajapanrelations #china #taiwan #tourism