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Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
by nnd 10y ago
Can someone explain why the article starts with "HONG KONG"?
- grzm 10y agoIt's a dateline[0], the locale where the author is writing the story. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline
- oddeyed 10y agoUsually that indicates from where the report was filed.
- Jtsummers 10y agoTypically it's where the author submits the story from, even when the story is about a different place.
- Zak 10y agoThe reporter is located there, which makes sense since it's a major city in the region under discussion. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline
- dancing_shark 10y agoThis is the "dateline". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dateline
- mc32 10y agoProbably because Mike Ives is submitting the report from Hong Kong. I guess he could have flown in and done the reporting on-site, but probably was able to get all the information via other means and it didn't require him to go on-site.