Along the South China coast last week, the rainy season was in full downpour. The Sham Chun River, which divides Communist and British territory at the edge of Hong Kong, was running bank full. One ...

In the 1960s, millions swam across the Sham Chun River that separates Hong Kong from Shenzhen on China’s mainland. It’s a waste of words to say where the millions were swimming from or to, but ...