Opinion | History of the cheongsam, why Suzie Wong and Hong Kong elite girls’ schools killed it, and politicians who habitually wore one

In these sadly polarised, hypersensitive times, racial nationalism’s uglier character traits are often stoked by those in power as convenient diversions from real issues such as double-digit youth unemployment, collapsing property markets, bankrupted municipalities and hollowed-out middle-class wealth. The population of an entire nation can seemingly have their feelings wounded at the slightest prod, especially … Read more