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‘We’re still Hong Kongers’ say non-Chinese young people

Teenage reporter Aleesha Naqvi interviewed non-Chinese youngsters in Hong Kong to ask if they felt they belonged here - and discovered that despite the differences, they're proud to call this city home. WHO CARES WHAT COLOR your passport is? Or your skin, come to that! Despite having foreign passports, many non-Chinese children identify as Hong…

April 19, 20220Comments ByAleesha Naqvi

Culture Videos

1967: When western pop discovered Chinese culture

GARY BROOKER DIED RECENTLY. Most people won’t know that name. But huge numbers of people around the world would recognize the 1967 tune he wrote with his bandmate Matthew Fisher: which became a worldwide hit song called A Whiter Shade of Pale. Scroll down to read the rest of the text version of this report,…

April 19, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Features News

Animoca puts NFT-creation into hands of gamers, artists

JUST A DECADE AGO, journalists were sceptical about Hong Kong’s attempts to create its own Silicon Valley in its business parks, and were uninterested in developments in neighbouring Guangdong. How quickly things change. Today, there are 43 unicorns (tech jargon for new, unlisted companies worth more than US$1 billion) in Hong Kong and the…

April 19, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Bright lights and bars: the birth of Song Dynasty night life

Imagine a late-night scene: Restaurants, bars, revellers, and a lit-up sign advertising a hostelry. Is this modern Shanghai? Hong Kong? Vancouver? Las Vegas? Actually, such scenes were already taking place a thousand years earlier. Emily Zhou reports. AN ANCIENT PIECE OF ART shows a lightbox advertising a hotel: perhaps the earliest evidence of a light-powered…

April 14, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Opinion

Cut red tape to boost Hong Kong housing

CUMBERSOME PROCEDURES in town planning are a key factor exacerbating Hong Kong’s housing shortage. At present, it takes at least 10 years to transform a plot of land into an apartment block. There are numerous stages to go through, from preliminary town planning, to transformation of the land into “spade-ready” sites, to completion of flat…

April 12, 20220Comments ByH.C. Lu

Culture Features

Chinese had trendy chai-lattes 1000 years ago, historians find

ENJOYED A NICE trendy cup of foam-topped matcha-flavored lactose-free caffeine recently? Well, guess who invented that drink? Starbucks? Maybe a Japanese branch of Starbucks? No. The Chinese did, a thousand years ago. It has become almost a cliché for historians to search for things that we think are modern, and then locate ancient Chinese versions.…

April 11, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou

Features Videos

Despite obituaries, Hong Kong’s legal system healthier than ever

In at least one aspect, Hong Kong only fully gained the rule of law after the handover, says top barrister Grenville Cross Before 1997, his work took him to many places, including on a rather scary journey to Downing Street to see an ancient body of Law Lords The National Security Law in Hong Kong…

April 11, 20220Comments ByNury Vittachi

Opinion

Fortitude is essential for next leader of Hong Kong

Western powers work hard to discredit anyone who doesn’t opt for their self-proclaimed “true” democratic system With powerful forces arranged against us, the new Chief Executive will have to be strong and resolute Slander is inevitable so courage and sharp critical thinking skills will be a must THE ELECTION OF THE NEXT Chief Executive of…

April 9, 20220Comments ByKevin Lau

Features

Paint all your walls green, now

Or simply head for the hills. There's a lot of anxiety in Hong Kong and one of the best ways to alleviate it is to spend time in the nearest patch of green forest. While most people know green is associated with calmness, it has a secret power that scientists are just beginning to understand.…

April 8, 20220Comments ByAleesha Naqvi

Culture

Foodpanda-style service existed in China ten centuries ago

From a single ancient scroll painting, shown in part below, historians discovered three items of food history the Chinese may have pioneered: the three-meals-a-day tradition, the hot food delivery service, and the drive-in cafe. Emily Zhou reports. THE CHINESE HABIT of painting large, hyper-detailed landscapes on giant scrolls has been a boon for historians. And…

April 6, 20220Comments ByEmily Zhou