Rapid Travel Chai

On my mind: 2o years of sovereignty over Hong Kong by P.R. China. My visit to Hong Kong was a month before that day in 1997. I bought an empty can, ‘Last Gasp of Colonial Air,’ as a souvenir. When I studied in Hong Kong at CUHK in 2001, the students were generally morose at their future prospects. Many had parents making their living in business with the mainland, while the pollution was running back down into Hong Kong. Two pieces worthy of debate are Hong Kong was supposed to liberalize China. How did the opposite happen? and Goodbye, Beijing: Chinese Immigrants Embrace Hong Kong Way of Life. Also, listen to the BBC documentary Young in Hong Kong.

Hacks:

• United’s latest devaluation is here and United throws us a bone with a big award improvement that drops rates by as much as 55%.
• How to book LATAM awards with Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan.
• This is what normal people do while we’re hacking spring break.

Travels:

• Alaska airport is a big link for the global supply chain.
• James Polk: The dead president who never rests in peace.
• The wild boars of Fukushima.

Events:

• A colonial-era wound opens in Namibia.
• There’s a surprise leader in Canada’s race for smart global jobs.
• Hunting big game or Boko Haram, ‘You kill it or it kills you’.

Ideas:

• Hackers came, but the French were prepared.
• Disney’s intergalactic theme park quest to beat Harry Potter.
• Amid the Spanish Moss of Florida, a treasure chest of Chinese literature.