Category: Society
Loneliness drives new ‘accompanying economy’
Solo travelers hire “photo companions” for travel pics and conversation
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Feeding Hong Kong
Feeding Hong Kong Charity strives to bridge the gap between food waste and hunger By Yao Ruixin...
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‘We should be seen as citizens, not as slaves’
Hong Kong’s foreign domestic helpers report abuse of the system as the pandemic exacerbates shortages and struggles
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Hong Kong’s beekeepers
From rooftops to island farms, the city’s homegrown honey industry is buzzing
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Former child worker in China wants to give her children better future
Battling poverty, she dropped out of school at 13 to work in a shoe factory.
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Long-distance love on the rise in China as more young people prioritize careers
Technology enables more communication between couples living apart
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Maritime rescuer worries job exposes him to coronavirus
China’s Rescue and Salvage team help crews during height of COVID-19 outbreak
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Shandong residential community in lockdown uses WeChat to help residents buy fresh food
Workers call elderly people without phones to place orders for them
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Guide dogs for the visually impaired in China not welcome
Guide dogs for the visually impaired in China not welcome Despite laws allowing guide dogs in...
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In the shadow of the lotus: Myanmar’s Chin women look to Macau for jobs
Myanmar’s employment agencies charge high fees to place ethnic minorities in jobs abroad as maids; many work long hours and confined to home in order to pay off debts
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Secret love in China: students hide relationships from their family
Young Chinese go to great lengths to keep boyfriends and girlfriends secret from parents
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Inside a Shenzhen methadone clinic
Patients know only by numbers struggle to overcome heroin addiction
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