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Asian titles, Western movies

Asia gives bizarre new titles to Western movies. This pic shows Julia Roberts in "The Sparrow Becomes the Empress", better known as "Pretty Woman"

Quentin making Hong Kong movie

THE MATRIX was a Hong Kong movie, and Quentin Tarantino is Chinese, argues Lindy F.

Ninja Turtles back in Hong Kong

Anna Nicole Smith Exclusive

N Korean mystery solved

Unpopularity "deliberate" says Li

VASTLY unpopular Hong Kong Education minister Arthur Li made a shock admission last night: It's all deliberate.

History of Hong Kong democracy

Elections in Hong Kong are just plain bizarre. Have they always been this way? Are things getting better or worse?

As a service to readers, we asked tough questions about the history of Hong Kong democracy to a historian at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Best or worst Bond film?

The new James Bond stinks. The new James Bond is the best ever. Which is it? Two Bond fans, filmmaker Ced Chan and author Nury Vittachi duke it out.

Election officials forget voters

RED-FACED OFFICIALS organized an election but forgot to include voters.

    Now candidates are madly campaigning for the job of running Hong Kong but there are no registered voters, ballot boxes or polling stations.

Starbucks to be 'forbidden'

By Keri D.
Chinese Netizens are campaigning to get Starbucks chased out of the Forbidden City in Beijing, where it has nestled happily for some seven years. Okay, I admit it, I often stop for a Starbucks coffee on the way to work. Yes, I know it is one of those companies which has become an icon of American corporate branding, but the coffee is miles better than the undrinkable stuff that was served before Starbucks got to my home city of Hong Kong.