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Stories by Marga Ortigas

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Strangled

Gaza Marga OrtigasSeptember 20, 2015 Places

Seventy-three-year-old Mansura Abu Sha’ar was more than happy to talk to strangers. People rarely came this far, she told us, and it seemed to her …

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The Woman With No Name: Leading a Double Life in Manila’s Drug Underworld

the Philippines Marga OrtigasAugust 12, 2015 People

For her, a seemingly simple question was very difficult to answer. She paused the second I asked: “what should I call you?”  She looked at …

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The Man Who Followed His Heart: Bridging Chinese-Philippine Relations One Blow at a Time

China Marga OrtigasJune 27, 2015 People

The Other Side It was a rather unusual trajectory.  Rhio Zablan went from working in the Philippine President’s press office to — “the other side”. …

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What A Feminist Looks Like: Standing Up to the Chinese Government

China Marga OrtigasApril 23, 2015 People

SAME OLD, SAME OLD Li Tingting didn’t look worse for wear.  She was full of energy, and had a big smile on her face.  One …

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This is China Calling…

China Marga OrtigasApril 17, 2015 People

His kingdom was tucked away in a tall building on a small, side street off a busy Beijing avenue. Down a long, narrow corridor made …

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The Comfort of Women

the Philippines Marga OrtigasJanuary 31, 2014 People

Dressed in her Sunday best, eighty-six-year-old Hilaria Bustamante stood by the roadside waiting with a warm, friendly smile on her face.  The tiny woman was …

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Catch-22: Cambodia and Its Haunted Cycles

Cambodia Marga OrtigasJanuary 1, 2014 Places

“There is a saying here,” a Phnom Penh journalist told me jovially as we drove past the Tonle Sap river at sunset: “the Chinese chase …

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Everyone Calls Me Mama

China Marga OrtigasNovember 26, 2013 People

It’s hard to miss her even in a crowd. At about 4-feet high, 65-year-old Kong Zhenlan was barely taller than the children in her care, …

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Picasso of The East

China Marga OrtigasMay 27, 2013 People

It’s not what you think. When the late Chinese master painter Zhang Daqian is referred to as “Picasso of the East” – it doesn’t mean …

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Pied Piper

Hong Kong Marga OrtigasSeptember 9, 2012 Places

“I find Hong Kong has changed.” It’s the first thing voter Peter Tsai said as he came out of the polling station: “It is no …

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