Kris Cheng

Taking Hong Kong Seeds to the World

For most of this century and the final years of the last one, too, I lived in the same area in Hong Kong. For over half of that time, home was a 2-bed flat in the Tuen Mun district of the New Territories, where I first shared a bunk bed with my brother and later had my own bed and working desk after he moved out. It was a five-minute walk from the beach, where people were often angling or feeding stray cats. It was right next to the transport terminus that I used for my daily commute, often running to chase the 962X bus to Central, over on Hong Kong Island, because I was almost late for work...
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Kris Cheng

Kris Cheng is a Hong Kong journalist covering local, regional politics and diplomacy. He was previously Editorial Director at Hong Kong Free Press. His work has been featured in Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Public Radio International, Hong Kong Economic Times and others.