Cats Century
The Shop Cats Of Hong Kong
Isaac Muk | Huck | 17th February 2025
One of Hong Kong’s oldest districts with merchant trade dating back to the 19C, Sheung Wan is known for its array of dried seafood shops. It is even more well-known for its feline guardians. Dried seafood is an expensive delicacy in Hong Kong, and one that is really attractive to rats. Lounging on billing counters and shelves in the traditional shops, the cats help keep the rats away (1,100 words)
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Reparations For Slavery In The 18th-Century
Julia Jorati | Philosophers’ Magazine | 16th February 2025
What reparations proposals can learn from activists who made their case on the eve of the American Revolution. One 1773 petition asked the provincial government to give all enslaved people some unused, vacant land as a settlement. Another group argued for a tax exemption on the grounds that they weren’t allowed to vote, using the revolutionaries’ cherished principle: no taxation without representation (3,600 words)
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