Xu Defection Shakes Hong Kong Confidence In China Policy
Xu Jiatun fled to the United States triggering concerns over Beijing's hold on Hong Kong and the territory’s future. Leaders like Martin Lee warn that if China can remove a senior Xinhua official, others may flee and uncertainty grows amid a May 3 car-smuggling sting involving mainland police presence.
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Porch Addition in the Heat Sparks Nostalgia for Twilit Rituals
The narrator recalls adding a screen porch during a 106 degree summer to escape the hot indoors. Carpenters built it in a gap among trees with a wooden squeaky door. They cherish porch time as a therapeutic, twilight ritual once common with grandparents and fewer psychiatrists.
Sunset Silent World We Missed on the Porch
Narrator recalls a vanished era of porch conversations and evenings spent before the television set. The piece contrasts outdoor twilight rituals with the rise of indoor screens and questions whether society would notice if a sunset went unwatched and the world ended without it.
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