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Delicious staple food Naan in Xinjiang

Kashgar(喀什), the last city in China to see the sunrise. At nine o'clock Beijing time, people are just coming out of their houses. At this time of day, the brightness in Kashgar is about the same as it is in Beijing at seven in the morning. Along with the taste buds of the Xinjiang people,…

July 4, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

Chinese history Culture

TV drama of Kazakh mountain herders in Xinjiang is a surprise hit

A TV drama series about the lives of Kazakh cattle herders as they move huge numbers of animals across the Altai mountains of Xinjiang has been a surprise hit across China. Emily Zhou reports. THE NEW CHINESE TV series “To the Wonder” (《我的阿勒泰》) will be representing China at the famous Cannes film festival in…

June 27, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

Culture Hong Kong News Opinion

Hong Kong’s miracle public transport system reminds me why I love this place

The western grouches who back the hostile narrative about the city get the headlines, but the simple truth is that the place remains an enchanting wonder - and when you consider its public transport system, it's a genuine modern urban miracle, writes Richard Cullen VARIOUS PEOPLE HAVE expressed widely differing views on the radical,…

June 26, 20240Comments ByRichard Cullen

Culture Hong Kong News

Hollywood to set “John Wick” spinoff movie in Hong Kong

FORGET ALL THAT boring, negative geopolitics stuff. For many teenagers and young adults around the world, mention "Hong Kong" and what comes to mind is the location of some superb movies and games—and there are more in the pipeline. But let me share a favorite of mine - and not just mine. Movie fans appear…

June 18, 20240Comments ByJasmine Yeung

Chinese food Culture

The curious link between snails and the world’s most aromatic noodles

IT'S LIKELY THAT few people outside China know the secret of "snail noodles". But the word is spreading. The Chinese dish known as Luosifen (literally "snail rice noodles") is spreading, and there are restaurants selling them outside mainland China, in Hong Kong and even in the United States. But where do they come from? Liuzhou,…

June 6, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

Culture Hong Kong News

Finance-mad Hong Kong has a surprisingly strong spiritual side

PEOPLE ARE OFTEN surprised to discover that Hong Kong is a spiritual place. Although one might be forgiven for assuming this global finance center would be hardnosed and irreligious business city, this is not the case. About half of the population belong to organized belief groups, such as Buddhism, Taoism or Christianity. Are the other…

June 6, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Chinese food Features Hong Kong News

Hong Kong food sector facing Shenzen challenge

HONG KONG'S FOOD KING revealed that he started out working at McDonald’s, the US fast food giant. Tommy Cheung, who represents the food industry at the Legislative Council, Hong Kong’s parliament, revealed that his first job was making burgers while studying in the United States. “I bought my first used car with my first paycheck…

May 24, 20240Comments ByNury Vittachi

Culture

Stories of old Beijing win drama spotlight in Hong Kong

A CLASSIC DRAMA of old Beijing has become a hit production in Hong Kong - and introduced a trio of top mainland actors to a new audience. On 16 May, famous Chinese actors Zhang Guoli (張國立), Wang Gang (王剛) and Zhang Tielin (張鐵林), known as the "Golden trio" of Chinese acting, performed together in the…

May 23, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

Chinese history Culture

A glimpse of Tang prosperity from murals

As I walk up Wyndham Street in Central on the last day of April, the iconic red brick building of the Fringe Club catches my eye: and the display seen through the glass differs from the modern art panels more commonly seen there. Exterior of the Fringe Club. I push open the door to Anita Chan…

May 9, 20240Comments ByEmily Zhou

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World’s oldest board game reveals insights into Chinese ways of thinking

THE POPULAR GAME known in China as Weiqi and internationally as Go is the world's oldest known board game that has been continually played. Legend tracks it back more than four thousand years. If we stick to solid historical evidence, we can see that it was played a still impressive 2,500 years ago. But…

April 25, 20240Comments ByH.C. Lu

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Delicious staple food Naan in Xinjiang

TV drama of Kazakh mountain herders in Xinjiang is a surprise hit

Hong Kong’s miracle public transport system reminds me why I love this place

Hollywood to set “John Wick” spinoff movie in Hong Kong

The curious link between snails and the world’s most aromatic noodles

Finance-mad Hong Kong has a surprisingly strong spiritual side

Hong Kong food sector facing Shenzen challenge

Stories of old Beijing win drama spotlight in Hong Kong

A glimpse of Tang prosperity from murals

World’s oldest board game reveals insights into Chinese ways of thinking

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