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How CCP controls Chinese media in Hong Kong and Taiwan

While I never claim myself as an expert on foreign diplomacy, what I have been noticing from afar with regards to the 2019 implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, they are essentially replacing the rule of law into the rule of the communist dictator, as if it was more than 300 years ago when the Manchurian Qing Dynasty once rule China, if not 200 years prior with the Ming…

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Why Pro Wrestling and many more HATE Phil Mushnick

When I first started this project, one conscious decision that I have always maintained is “facts drive the story” and try not to sensationalize matters, regardless when writing an historical event locally, nationally, or internationally. Traditionally, such ideals makes perfect sense when every journalist follows the ethical principles, same cannot be said when operating a tabloid newspaper or…

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Despite not having been to one of those events to this day, the Gilroy Garlic Festival was one of the most anticipated events for those who love garlic, with tens of thousands would spend a few days at the garlic capital of the world, if not the region, during the pre-pandemic period and enjoyed many of their offerings, including garlic ice cream and so forth. However, four years ago from this…

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劉嘉玲綁架事件與《轟天龍虎會》及《東周刊》

Disclaimer: 以下呢篇文章所提及嘅事件早就係眾所皆知，但係為安全起見，我先此聲明唔好係咪都要禁止我，更加唔好話要搵我算帳，因為所講嘅事件人物（包括參與策劃挷架嘅主謀都已經離開人世），而受害者亦都原諒他哋啦，所以就唔好揾嘢嚟搞武啦，多謝。 如果我冇認錯嘅話，我喺1990年代初美國三藩市KTSF 26台頻道睇過一套電影叫《轟天龍虎會》，不過我睇完成套戲之後，我隨即對呢套戲係點拍出嚟，理由係點解劉德華、劉嘉玲、萬梓良、王光亮、谷峰同埋成奎安嘅戲份唔夠半小時，其中谷峰嘅戲份係最長，而片中大至上係由Billy Drago及Russell…

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劉嘉玲綁架事件、《轟天龍虎會》及《東周刊》裸照醜聞事件

Disclaimer: 以下呢篇文章所提及嘅事件早就係眾所皆知，但係為安全起見，我先此聲明唔好係咪都要禁止我，更加唔好話要搵我算帳，因為所講嘅事件人物（包括參與策劃挷架嘅主謀都已經離開人世），而受害者亦都原諒他哋啦，所以就唔好揾嘢嚟搞到我啦，多謝。之前喺《香港娛樂圈與幫會恩怨史》嘅文章就提過已故歌手梅艷芳掌摑事件，我亦略有講過我對嗰套戲嘅感覺，但我就趁今次呢個機會講述呢個咁荒謬無論嘅「三連環」事件。 【本文章要鳴謝YouTube頻道《詭異檔案》嘅一條片俾我靈感來源去撰寫文字版出嚟。 如果我冇認錯嘅話，我喺1990年代初美國三藩市KTSF 26台頻道睇過一套電影叫《轟天龍虎會》，不過我睇完成套戲之後，我隨即對呢套戲係點拍出嚟，理由係點解劉德華、劉嘉玲、萬梓良、王光亮、谷峰同埋成奎安嘅戲份唔夠半小時，其中谷峰嘅戲份係最長，而片中大至上係由Billy Drago及Russell…

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《鬼魅山房》之原謎：Centralia 嘅悲劇

未開始講今次嘅話題之前，我先要承認對於「鬼故」係冇興趣，或者可以話一聽到就走唔切，更加唔好講連恐怖片都唔敢睇，驚住個心臟受唔住咁大反應而導致心臟出問題而離世；但係對於呢啲咁恐怖嘅故事背後嘅寫實就好有興趣，因為啲傳說嘅背後就是有一個驚心動魄嘅故事，而導致呢啲地方變成鬼城有好多原因，包括天災、人禍、戰爭、核意外不等，而今次我想講嘅話題就來原自早兩年喺YouTube嘅一個記錄短片頻道《Bright Sun Films》同埋長啲嘅記錄片頻道《Part-Time Explorer》各做一集，佢哋都提及到究竟佢哋點樣將一個冇乜特別嘅小鎮變咗一個淨係得番五個人住嘅廢鎮，呢個小鎮就喺位於美國賓夕凡尼亞州哥倫比亞縣（Columbia…

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Why The Super League failed while the Premier League succeeds

While the concept of European Super League has been around since 1968, the failed launch of the 2021 rendition of such project between April 19 and April 22 remained to be first true attempt to create such league – despite the fact that the UEFA Champions League has essentially accomplished the exact goal of ESL while maintaining the tradition of association football. In fact, the concept of a…

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From Gateway to Apple

Write about your first computer. If there’s a time that when and how I got my computers, I think this is the perfect moment, especially since I have become affluent in computer with both Mac and PC nowadays. However, it was a long and winding road with my history in this subject as, like life in general, it comes in stages, especially since there are three desktops that I would be discussing as…

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Okada v. Kiyomiya: The “Match” that became the SHOOT

In my short few years that I have been able to watch New Japan Pro Wrestling matches, some of the most interesting matches that has ever occurred over the years has been the inter-promotional events, and when Night 2 of Wrestle Kingdom 17 at Yokohama Arena was announced, there was a level of intrigues amongst the announced matches in the cards, including Pro Wrestling NOAH’s faction KONGO faced…

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《日本最長的一天》與大和型戰艦的關連

「世界三大笑話就是，萬里長城，金字塔，大和武藏」1943年源田實到橫須賀海軍砲術學校講課時對話 雖然我係連軍校受訓嘅機會都冇，不過睇到呢句說話就提醒我一句說話：「有時越大嘅寄望反而會係最失望，」有時就係越理想嘅諗法反而越嚟越得唔到，而喺戰場上唔係所有戰��或者武器都適合，否則就被嗰樣嘢所累而敗北。 佔咗上世紀三十至四十年代嗰十幾年嘅第二次世界大戰上，大日本帝國軍方就為咗鼓起事氣就興建咗兩座大和型戰艦，以為就可以將盟軍嘅海軍擊敗，點知就唔單喺戰場上冇乜用，唔單止俾一啲人睇件嘢唔順眼之外，最後仲成為一啲唔敢承認國家戰敗而去試圖搞兵變去逼日皇昭和（裕仁）繼續戰鬥，引誘美軍攻入本土作最後一戰嘅理由。…

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What if I become a sportscaster …

What’s your dream job? “Three-and-two count, bases loaded, tie ballgame, bottom of the ninth inning, Game Seven of 2023 World Series, Crawford on his final at-bat of his baseball career,” the crowd became even more rowdy as Houston closer was getting ready to deliver with his arms are in position, “he throws and it’s a WILD PITCH, BALL FOUR! The Giants are World Champions once again as Lamond…

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下尅上：中日戰國時代之別

我尚且可以話自己讀過吓歷史，儘管我冇乜機會用深究落去，但對歷史學都可算係有自己嘅忠誠，只不過未必會咁顯眼囉。 今次我想講吓中日戰爭當中係有乜嘢明顯嘅分別，尤其係一樣叫做「下尅上」（げこくじょう ｜ Gekokujō）呢樣嘢，點解日本軍人會諗到呢種手法去奪權呢？邊個咁沙膽會做啲咁反叛嘅嘢舉動呢？咁除咗日本之外仲有冇其他古往今來嘅國家做啲咁嘅嘢呢？究竟呢種思維喺現今社會上仲用唔用到呢？今次就打開呢個問題啦。 通常每一個國家嘅軍隊，總會有一條規舉講明係要叫每個士兵為國家效力之外，並且唔能夠容許佢哋做啲叛國行為（不過包唔包埋退役軍人就另一回事啦），如果我冇記錯嘅話，現時日本都好似有咁嘅條文規定，而古時嘅日本都有類似嘅款，不過越有人想保住大權，就係有人越想要打破晒。 事緣就要追究於平安時代嘅天慶之亂，當時係朱雀天皇天慶二年（公元939年），身為桓武天皇嘅後裔，平 將門（たいら の まさかど…

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《This Old House》嘅變遷（The Evolution of This Old House）

《This Old House》嘅變遷（The Evolution of This Old House）

如果你住喺世界絕大部份嘅地方，尤其係包括亞洲、南美洲、同埋澳大西利亞在內，凡係關於房屋裝修嘅嘢，大致上係唔會自己點樣落手做，反而就會請一啲裝修師傅辦理，唯獨是北美地區，有好多屋主想幾皮嘢做啲小型工程，當…啲屋賣咗俾新屋主、又或者有啲屋主諗住喺原地改建或增建時，咁就會請啲建築公司去處理啲工程。 不過唔係每間建築公司或者啲屋主係跟足原本協定咗嘅藍圖所劃定嘅起屋，有啲就偷工減料，唔係就使橫手做啲違規嘅工程，但有啲真係荒廢咗好耐。 有鑑於此，有一個電視節目監製就諗到目概念：一隊攝影師實地拍攝，將整個建築過程拍攝成為一個特輯，而且仲係除咗一個主持人之外就全部都係行內工程人員作出每一步嘅指導。 四十幾年之後，呢個節目嘅忠旨喺萬變嘅世界中依舊不變，就係將建築行業嘅惡習同行內秘決都公開出嚟，發掘出下一代嘅建築人才，而呢個節目就係《This Old…

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「9/11」三十一年嘅回憶

喺我未開始呢篇憶述之前，我好坦白同你講，我做咁耐人而嚟對於生離死別喺9/11發生之前已經係好熟面口，經歷過由外祖父母嘅離世到兩次大地震，但係對於恐怖襲擊喺美國國土嘅話，喺9/11之前就只有1995年奧克拉荷馬城爆炸案同埋1993年世貿中心爆炸案。 同絕大部份嘅美國人一樣，冇人會想像到恐怖分子會用民用航機當作軍火箭，更加唔會估到會係晨早流流就搞單咁大鑊嘅嘢，更唔使講造成嘅破壞同埋其後嘅發展；不過無可否認嘅係美國自從嗰日開始，「加速主義」、「超光速主義」、「意識形態嘅爭戰」等等嘅詞語就唔知喺邊度蹲出嚟，搞到分離主義滲透入去主流社會，最終導致社會分化。…

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香港娛樂圈與幫會恩怨史

我有一個問題想考下各位讀者：已故影星王羽、李小龍、梅艷芳同埋大導演羅維，劉德華、成龍、周星馳、陳惠敏、劉嘉玲同埋萬梓良，呢幾個人有乜嘢共通之處呢？ 如果你係千禧年後出世嘅人，有啲人會覺得佢哋唔係「過氣明星」就係係前輩，甚至有啲人從未聽過佢哋嘅名；80後同埋90後嘅人就會覺得佢哋有啲名氣或者係大明星；但係對於一個70後或之前出生嘅人，或多或少都會聽聞過娛樂圈同黑社會嘅過節，而事實上黑社會喺香港嘅歷史實唔會淨係得咁少嘅，只不過有時正因為最近忽然之間有啲唔生性嘅鬧大咗事而上咗頭條新聞報道啫。 不過諗深一層，如果唔係自從清朝末期政局混亂嘅話，好多走上嗰條不歸路嘅民眾都唔會支持推翻滿清政權，更加唔會俾人利用去做啲違法嘅事情，最終搞到民不聊生。 由漕鹽幫到依家各大社團，究竟呢啲幫會喺幾時開始滲入娛樂事業，而時到今日究竟滲入得幾根深蒂固呢？…

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兩隻雀仔遇上棒球的故事（A Tales of Two Birds Meet Baseball）

兩隻雀仔遇上棒球的故事（A Tales of Two Birds Meet Baseball）

體育賽事同動物原本係兩個相處喺唔同環境，但係有時候正因為人類將啲比賽場地穿插喺郊區地方，於是呢兩組九唔搭八嘅事物就互相擾攘，有時候因為正賽吸引唔到觀眾而令到動物嘅介入就仲好睇過正賽，有時候因為動物嘅介入就無形中成為棒球傳奇，有時候反而導致比賽選手嘅離世，而今次呢個題目就無形中反而成為兩個球員送咗最後一程嘅「慘劇」，不過奇怪嘅就係對呢兩個人嘅長期生涯唔受到影響，只係唔好向佢哋重提舊事出嚟仲攞嚟開玩笑。 咁佢哋係邊兩位呢？ 一個就係曾經係「雙料球星」但最終選擇打棒球，效力過好幾個球隊，嬴過棒聯冠軍，但亦都曾經俾佢老闆玩嘢而轉會，佢就係戴夫·溫菲爾德（Dave…

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如何摧毀學校聲譽：《校長燒屍案》1993年7月13至14日

我最初出咗呢個博客嘅時候曾經提略為過呢件事，雖然案件發生嘅時候我已經住喺美國就讀高中，但係一聽到呢單新聞之後，正當我喺嗰陣時接受心理輔導時大喊咗出嚟，因為事情發生得太突然啦，而且正因為我小時候喺香港曾經就讀呢間學校成六年咁長，所以入面辦事嘅人係比較認識，尤其係肇事嘅被告同埋死者，而學校亦因為咁而受到嚴重嘅破壞，最終就連整個上班校都被解散。我亦都曾經提及過對呢間學校嘅恩怨，所以唔會再喺呢度重複又重複，費事俾人話我講到臭晒，但係一瞬間就嚟到三十週年紀念，今次就試吓以客觀啲分析點解呢單案件對土瓜灣區同埋曾經就讀呢間學校嘅所有師兄弟姊妹有幾震撼，而且仲會對呢件事發生之後嘅另一啲唔係幾覺眼嘅事件。 我所記得嘅牧愛小學就位置於土瓜灣馬頭圍道171號，呢座校園就喺1963年完成建築，由原本喺紅磡江西街2號搬過去，原址就仍舊係聖公會幼稚園同埋牧愛堂。…

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