In this week's episode, we’ll talk about what it means to be British in the former British colony of Hong Kong. Dr. Vivian Kong from the University of Bristol has written a book ‘Multiracial Britishness’ to trace the experiences of multiracial resident...

In this week's episode, we’ll talk about the origins of Chinese civilization. Archaeological discoveries since 1921 have established that complex societies, as represented by densely-populated walled cities, first arose in North China instead of the s...

In this week's episode, we’ll talk about Manchuria during the early twentieth century. With the help of a wealth of primary sources, family letters, and visual depictions of village scenes collected by a French Catholic missionary, Alfred Marie Caubriè...

In this week's episode, we’ll learn about a book called The Dean of Shandong, written by Professor Daniel Bell, the Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong, and the former Dean of the School of Political Science...

In this week's episode, we will talk about the first Chinese-owned and operated insurance company in Hong Kong - The On Tai Insurance Company. Even as the first to be incorporated as a limited joint-stock company under the Company Ordinance, it is unkn...

In this week's episode, we will look into Chinese history from the archaeological perspective. Professor Zhiwu Chen, the Director of Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Chair and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Finance at HKU ...

In this week's episode, we will look into world geopolitics and global governance. With the ongoing two wars in Ukraine and in Gaza, as well as the civil war in Yemen and tensions flaring up in the South China Seas… Professor Brian Wong, the Assistant...

In this week's episode, we will look into the US-China trade relations with the example of an US-based company, Dragon Lady Traders, which imported clothing from China in the 1970s. Dr. Elizabeth Ingleson from the London School of Economics and Politic...

In this week's episode, we will have a look into the use of AI. We now rely heavily on different kinds of conversational AI such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant to solve problems and facilitate working processes. Professor Rodney Jones from the Un...

In this week's episode, we will have a look into the American Declaration of Independence, introduced by the American missionary Reverend Elijah C Bridgman of the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions in 1838. With 2026 marking the 250...