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As Singapore fumes over KTV hostesses spreading coronavirus, a reminder that courtesans weren t judged as harshly, and were even feted, in olden days in China

Post An ink drawing of a concubine on her way to join the household of her new master. Photo: Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images READ FULL ARTICLE + FOLLOW Having lived his whole life in the modern cities of Singapore and Hong Kong, Wee Kek Koon has an inexplicable fascination with the past. He is constantly amazed by how much he can mine from China s history for his weekly column in Post Magazine, which he has written since 2005.

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If Haiti president s assassination is a puzzle, how about when Chinese imperial palace maids tried to kill an emperor in his sleep?

If Haiti president s assassination is a puzzle, how about when Chinese imperial palace maids tried to kill an emperor in his sleep?
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Bali eyed as Hollywood film production hub, prompting film tourism chatter – the island could have the kind of exposure Crazy Rich Asians gave to Singapore

Julia Roberts in Bali in Eat, Pray, Love. We could be seeing more of the Indonesian island, thanks to a partnership between Hollywood and a Southeast Asian content producer. Opinion Destinations known by Mercedes Hutton Bali eyed as Hollywood film production hub, prompting ‘film tourism’ chatter – the island could have the kind of exposure Crazy Rich Asians gave to Singapore Plans to make Bali a film and television production centre could see the island making more cameo appearances in Hollywood movies This would not only employ thousands of people and diversify the tourism-dependent island economy, but could lure more visitors to film and TV locations

Mercedes huttonHong kong basedPost magazineமெர்சிடிஸ் ஹட்டன்ஹாங் காங் அடிப்படையிலானதுபோஸ்ட் பத்திரிகை

Asia s coolest island? Jeju, apparently – or is it just gentrifying?

Post Asia Times has named the South Korean holiday destination of Jeju as “Asia’s coolest island”. Photo: Getty Images READ FULL ARTICLE + FOLLOW Mercedes Hutton is a Hong Kong-based journalist. She joined the Post in 2018, where she writes about culture, the environment and history for Post Magazine, and covers travel and tourism in Asia in a weekly column, Destinations Known.

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Aliens in China? An extraterrestrial civilisation thrived in ancient times, believe some, based on relics uncovered by archaeologists

A museum worker cleans a bronze relic, which was excavated in 1986, at the Sanxingdui Museum on April 13, 2005 in Guanghan, Sichuan province, southwest China. Some believe this and other artefacts unearthed in Sanxingdui point to alien life. Photo: Getty Images Opinion Reflections by Wee Kek Koon Aliens in China? An extraterrestrial civilisation thrived in ancient times, believe some, based on relics uncovered by archaeologists Three thousand-year-old artefacts unearthed at Sanxingdui, first in the 1920s and then in the 80s, have convinced many of past alien life in southwestern China Historians have begun to speak of multiple centres of advanced cultures in the ancient world that were ‘jointly ancestral to Chinese civilisation’

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