Gas Mask–Wearing ‘Chicken’ Urges Hong Kongers to Avoid Flu by Going Vegetarian
After a 59-year-old woman recently tested positive for a variant of bird flu in Hong Kong, a giant “chicken” wearing a gas mask to avoid infection swooped into the city to remind locals about the host...
View ArticleTwo Great Food Finds in Hong Kong
In addition to serving up fantastic Cantonese fare, Harmony Village sells a variety of vegetarian specialty products. Although Hong Kong has a plethora of veggie restaurants for those of us who hate...
View ArticleGuest Post: Isabel Roces Gives Us the Scoop on Vegetarian Travel
Isabel at Tien Sin Vegetarian House There’s no need to leave your vegetarian diet at home when you go on vacation. In fact, your travels will bring opportunities to sample delicious vegetarian dishes...
View ArticleHong Kong Residents Consume Flame-Retardant Fish
A new study carried out by Hong Kong Baptist University revealed that Hong Kong residents consume more polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)—the same chemical that’s used to make furniture and other...
View ArticleProtest Roundup: Manila Goes Bananas, Bangkok Goes Green, and Activists Get...
Staunch PETA supporter Nadia Chalabi donated her vacation time to help lead a series of captivating protests in Southeast Asia. First, PETA’s vegetarian appeel on the Manila Bay boardwalk spread the...
View ArticleNew PETA Commercial Shocks Viewers
This brand-new commercial—which includes video footage from PETA Asia’s recently concluded investigation of fur farms in China, now the world’s largest exporter of fur—may shock some viewers, but it’s...
View ArticleCara G says, ‘Save the Planet—Go Vegetarian’
Supermodel Cara G stars in a new advertisement for PETA urging viewers to “go vegetarian” and “save the planet.” The ad is being released for Earth Day in order to drive home the environmental impact...
View ArticleThe Latest Scoop on the Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity
The nominees haven’t been posted long, but Hong Kong singer-songwriter Khalil Fong and queen of pop Faye Wong have taken the lead over other Asian contenders in PETA Asia’s annual Sexiest Vegetarian...
View ArticleHong Kong’s Vegan Delights
Visiting Hong Kong for only two days left me with some tough decisions regarding what I should and shouldn’t do with my limited time. One place I was very keen to visit was the Big Buddha, or the Tian...
View ArticlePETA Rains on Fendi’s Parade
Wherever there’s cruelty to animals, PETA will be there. Last week, Fendi brought its “Un Art Autre” exhibit to a popular Hong Kong mall. The event, whose title translates as “Art of Another Kind,”...
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