Failed in London, Try Hong Kong …. The case of Gerald Alserda, “husband” of Qi Xianyu, motivated me to post this essay (2024) of mine. The topic is not dated: it is perennial. This is my lived experience teaching in Hong Kong: Back in 2006/7, lecturers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong were already…

If Next Media still existed, far fewer people would have fallen prey to the scams of 七仙羽. The Next Magazine, which published the interview of her in 2004, would have exposed her even before she became popular. She would not have successfully constructed her persona, which, though full of discrepancies and sounding utterly incredible, did…

七仙羽 is not from a wealthy family. Not is she the protagonist portrayed in her memoir. A former classmate of Qi Xianyu, who knew her in the 1990s, revealed some details about her real background. Formerly known as Chiu Ling, she was said to be of Mainland Chinese descent and to have moved to Hong…

七仙羽 will lose her defamation lawsuit against 伍仔 (his real name is 伍博頤) There is no doubt about it. If I were licensed to practice in Hong Kong and still living there, I would have volunteered to serve as Mr. Ng’s pro-bono lawyer, i.e. defending him for free. As award-winning researcher with extensive experience in…

Is 七仙羽 Master 7 a liar and homewrecker? In 2021, Master 7 told the public that she had been dating her partner, Gerald Alserda, for 10 years. She acknowledged their relationship again in another interview in 2022. 七師傅老公背景哈佛學歷 在中環相識！男友拍拖10年宣佈結婚？ 七仙羽背景｜七師傅愛情長跑秘訣不依賴男朋友：感情最終是一場空 In 2025, she revealed in another interview that she had been married to Gerald Alserda…