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Hong Kong man charged for smuggling turtles through Torrance mailing facility » The US Department of Justice charged a Chinese man for allegedly trafficking turtles to his home in Hong Kong. Cbsnews.com

The Hong Kong of Los Angeles County? » For decades, most Angelenos have known that something was not quite right in Vernon. A 5.2-square-mile city situated in the southern shadows of downtown Los Angeles, a scant few miles from the now infamous Southland cities of Bell and Maywood, Vernon is a company town—or, rather, a companies town. At last count, 1,800 businesses had […] City-journal.org

The hawkers of Hong Kong and Los Angeles: tale of two cities » Street vending has long been an iconic part of the urban scene in Hong Kong and Los Angeles, enriching them socially while helping the less well off earn a living. Now, as one city does all it can to preserve the culture, the other seems intent on destroying what’s left of a way of life. Scmp.com

Hong Kong Against the Odds | Los Angeles Review of Books » On September 30, 2020, Irene Yoon, the Executive Diector of the Los Angeles Review of Books, hosted a conversation with activist Samuel Chu, journalist Mary Kay Magistad, Congresswoman Katie Porter, and historian Jeff Wasserstrom about the ongoing protest movement in Hong… Lareviewofbooks.org

My week in Lucky House: the horror of Hong Kong's coffin homes » Benjamin Haas joins the retirees, working poor, drug addicts and convicted criminals who live crammed into the city’s tiny plywood cubicles Theguardian.com

American Airlines Flights Between DFW Airport, Mainland China Suspended Through April 24 » Due to the reduction in demand, American Airlines has extended the suspension of flying to and from mainland China and Hong Kong from its Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Los Angeles (LAX) hubs. Cbsnews.com

Clinically relevant small-molecule promotes nerve repair and visual function recovery - PubMed » Adult mammalian injured axons regenerate over short-distance in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) while the axons in the central nervous system (CNS) are unable to regrow after injury. Here, we demonstrated that Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP), purified from Wolfberry, accelerated long-dista … Pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Police tried to ban Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil. Instead, thousands showed up, united with new demands » Increasing repression from Beijing has united two generations in Hong Kong, those whose lives pivoted in 1989 and those who weren’t even born then. Latimes.com