K Lunch

And now for some lite fare: it turns out that Hong Kong people have been disappearing into karaoke rooms on their lunch hours - singing and eating their hearts out for less than five US dollars. K Lunch, as it's known, is not news to most Hong Kongers, but was completely new to me when I heard about it a while back. Check out my piece on the subject in Time here.

China Price featured in Apple Daily

The Apple Daily, Hong Kong's leading daily newspaper, has run a profile of me and the book pegged to the launch of the Chinese edition. I'm in Tokyo to promote the Japanese edition, coming out this week, but if you are reading this in Hong Kong, the December 2 edition of the paper has a piece about me. The Apple Daily's website is here.

The China Price on The View From Here

Matt Driskill, an award-winning journalist based in Hong Kong who now works in publishing, did an interview with me about The China Price on his blog, The View From Here. Matt's interview was based on a talk I gave at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong recently. He gets great access to interesting people on his blog, which is well worth a read. Check out my interview here.

TimeOut Hong Kong on The China Price

"Harney has delivered the most important book on the mainland economy of the year." That's what TimeOut Hong Kong reviewer Nick Walker had to say about The China Price in the fabulous first edition of TimeOut Hong Kong (which is awesome, a major improvement to the Hong Kong cultural scene). He gives the book five stars out of six - and the only other book to merit that high a rating in the section is one by Kurt Vonnegut. Check out the review online here.

Kelly and Walsh book signing

Kelly and Walsh in Hong Kong has started to promote my event on April 8th here.

Events in Hong Kong

I've finally got the publicity materials for a couple of my events in Hong Kong in early April.

The first event will be at Kelly and Walsh bookstore in Exchange Square in Central on April 8th, starting at 6:30pm. Check out the cool flyer, which is also sitting on counters at Kelly & Walsh outlets.

The second event will be a more serious affair hosted by the Asia Society at the JW Marriott in Pacific Place on April 10th. This one costs money - up to $490 if you're not an Asia Society member - but you get lunch as well. I'll be speaking about Chinese migrant workers, their importance to the global economy, and how they are changing China and the world.

To register, email Francis Chim of the Asia Society at fchim@asiasoc.org or call the Asia Society in Hong Kong on +852 2103-9508.

You can also check out another appearance I'll be doing with the Asia Society in San Francisco on April 17th here. There are lots more speeches and talks in the US, which I'll keep you posted on.