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Smog: Working through Heartbreak in Beijing

China Marga OrtigasApril 11, 2017 Prose

The grieving never stops.  That much I can tell you. With certainty. It hits you when you see their name… on an old email, a …

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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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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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Falling Out Of Love With Leung

Hong Kong Marga OrtigasJuly 13, 2012 People

As love affairs go, it could count among the shortest.   Not even an hour into office and already Hong Kongers were clamouring for their newly-inaugurated …

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An Evening of Echoes

Hong Kong Marga OrtigasJuly 1, 2012 Places

The half-hour fireworks display in Victoria Harbour is long over, but the tens of thousands of voices that were raised in protest in Hong Kong …

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The Sound of Pain

China Marga OrtigasMay 23, 2008 Prose

The sound of pain is universal. You do not need to understand the language of the words when the wailing the tone the texture of …

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