In recent days, the Hong Kong crazy-story crown has gone to Jamal Qureshi. He is a former Wall Street executive who ditched finance to go into the bottled-water industry. He brought to market Svalbardi, a water brand that comes from melted glaciers in the Arctic. This was briefly sold at an upscale supermarket in Hong […]
Author Archives: Ilaria Maria Sala
Ilaria Maria Sala is an award winning writer and ceramic artist based in Hong Kong. She has been living in Asia since 1988 - first in Beijing, then Tokyo and Hong Kong, with long detours in Shanghai and Kathmandu. Her byline has appeared in Le Monde, the New York Times, the Guardian, ArtNews, El Periódico and La Stampa, among others. Her latest book is Pechino 1989, published by Una Città in 2019. Follow her on Twitter.
