After Amanda Fok Choi-ling was told, at the age of 35, she had ADHD, the first doctor she saw about her condition was a child psychiatrist. “When I was diagnosed in 2008, there were no support systems for adults with ADHD,” the Hongkonger recalls. A professional emcee, Fok founded Let’s Talk ADHD, a social enterprise
IN 1958, UNDER the rule of Mao Zedong, China began the Great Leap Forward, a four-year attempt to transform the country from an agrarian society into a modern industrialised one. It was a disaster: the industrialisation was stillborn, and the collectivisation of farming caused one of the biggest famines ever recorded. Somewhere between 15m and
Hong Kong stocks wavered on Thursday, as investors looked for signs of easing geopolitical tensions following US leader Donald Trump’s remarks that he would “make a deal” with Chinese President Xi Jinping when they “meet next week” in South Korea. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.4 per cent to 25,682.73 as of 9.50am local time,
Kamran Khan began running at the age of 15 and became Hong Kong 800 metres champion at 16. Now 24, and set to race over 800m and 1,500m at next month’s National Games, things have not come so easy for Khan since his golden start. There have been shattered dreams, a brief detention on the
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign last quarter returned $120,000 from two political action committees both led by developers with active city contracts, the latest instances of his political fund giving back money amid ethical and accounting issues. At the end of August, Johnson’s campaign fund gave back $71,000 to Leaders for Tomorrow and $48,500 to ZPACT,
The new US sanctions are no slap on the wrist – they’re a punch to the gut of Moscow’s war economy. Oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil are the twin engines pumping money through Russia’s military veins. Washington framed the bold move as a bid to “degrade the Kremlin’s ability to raise revenue for its war
The Knicks’ season is back — and that means celebrities are out in full force at Madison Square Garden. Among them were Yankees superstar Aaron Judge and his wife, Samantha Bracksieck, who took in the action on Wednesday night as the Knicks opened up the 2025-26 campaign on their home court. Judge, who hit 53
Editor”s note: A series of breakthroughs have been achieved in geological and marine exploration technologies, strengthening the nation’s capacity for resource discovery, environmental monitoring and scientific research both on land and at sea. ZHANG CHENGLIANG/CHINA DAILY 5,000-meter Intelligent Geological Drilling Equipment China’s 5,000-meter intelligent geological drilling technology and equipment represent a major advance in deep-Earth
