Cheung Chau

One morning, I took the ferry to Cheung Chau, a speck of land southwest of Hong Kong Island. There it was even easier to forget that just six miles away, barricades were being set up in anticipation of a major protest in Mong Kok.

2019 November 19, Sebastian Modak, “We Put Hong Kong on the 52 Places to Go List. Things Got Complicated.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2019, Travel

The first thing crowds saw Wednesday as they poured from the Cheung Chau island ferry onto a wide, waterfront promenade was a temporarily vegetarian McDonald’s. “Adhering to the rituals of the Bun Festival,” a small printed sign read, explaining that the restaurant would temporarily offer a McVeggie burger and products without meat, dairy or eggs.

2024 May 20, Andrew Genung, Billy H.C. Kwok, “The race up a Hong Kong tower covered in 40 feet of steamed buns”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 May 2024, Travel