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Being Chinese | What’s come between China and It bags? Maybe it’s not just the economy

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21 Sep 2024 - 10:37AM

Opinion | Bridgerton season 4’s casting of Yerin Ha does not mean it’s ‘ruined’

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20 Sep 2024 - 10:13AM

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Opinion | Hong Kong must keep faith with West Kowloon Cultural District

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8 Sep 2024 - 11:33AM

Being Chinese | I am a Chinese mother. Hear me worry

Wei Wei

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Opinion | The world is getting smaller, at least culturally

Han Hua

1 Sep 2024 - 9:30AM

Reflections | After Olympics gender rows, how Chinese called people straddling sexes

Wee Kek Koon

17 Aug 2024 - 8:15AM

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Photo trove offers window on life in China’s wartime capital Chongqing

A man descends one of Chungking’s many stone staircases on a mule. Photo: A Danger Shared/Melville Jacoby

Behind the scenes of classic 1987 movie The Last Emperor in photos

Wu Tao, a Beijing born student who had never acted before, played Pu Yi at age 14. Peter O’Toole took the role as his tutor quite literally, and started teaching Wu some basic acting techniques beginning with their first scene together. Photo: Basil Pao

Wonders old and new in China’s Greater Bay Area, land of opportunity

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) links Hong Kong to the western part of the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Huang Kunzhen

Instantly familiar, strangely foreign: photos of 1970s Hong Kong

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A herbalist at his shop, Hong Kong.

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Olivia Rodrigo on stage during her Guts World Tour date in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Instagram/@portadoliviardbr

4 things to know about Olivia Rodrigo ahead of singer’s Hong Kong debut

What was Filipino-American singer Olivia Rodrigo’s breakthrough song? What are her pet causes? Things you need to know about the superstar.

What was Filipino-American singer Olivia Rodrigo’s breakthrough song? What are her pet causes? Things you need to know about the superstar

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Who was Charli XCX before her powerful Brat album? A deep dive

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4 Hong Kong martial arts films that celebrate deadly ‘flying guillotine’

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Blackpink’s Jisoo eyed for Monthly Boyfriend and more K-drama casting news

In the latest K-drama casting news, Jisoo has been offered a part in Monthly Boyfriend and Song Kang-ho is confirmed for Inside Men.

21 Sep 2024 - 7:15PM

Blackpink member Jisoo has been offered a part in the upcoming K-drama romcom Monthly Boyfriend. Photo: Reuters

The Sims movie could be as big as Barbie, Electronic Arts VP says

Details on the film are scarce, although EA says it will be ‘very much rooted’ in the games’ universe, and feature plenty of ‘Sims lore’.

21 Sep 2024 - 5:21PM

Anderson .Paak on why directing his first movie, K-Pops, was about family

The musician shares what he learned about his Korean roots directing his first film, and how his son’s YouTube skits earned him a role in it.

21 Sep 2024 - 4:47AM

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Review | Emmanuelle: Hong Kong-set erotic drama a chic reboot of soft-core classic

Noémie Merlant is inscrutable as Emmanuelle in this Hong Kong-set update of the cult 1974 erotic film that’s more tasteful than titillating.

21 Sep 2024 - 12:37AMvideocam

Noémie Merlant in a still from Emmanuelle.

No Gain No Love midseason recap: Shin Min-a, Kim Young-dae get closer

This office romance K-drama is heating up as the leads’ sham marriage turns into more. Can they be honest with each other and everyone else?

20 Sep 2024 - 7:15PMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, September 20-22

With a harbourfront ‘block party’, an Asian dance premiere, a new Japanese brunch and more, there’s plenty to entertain you this weekend.

20 Sep 2024 - 4:45PMvideocam

How TV’s Connie Chung affected Asian-Americans in ways she didn’t even know

Connie Chung, so ubiquitous on American TV news that hundreds of Asian-American women have been named after her, tells all in a new memoir.

20 Sep 2024 - 7:16AM

Former US television journalist Connie Chung at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2023. Hundreds of Asian-American women have been named after her, she learned a few years ago from one of them. Photo: Getty Images

Is The Shawshank Redemption, 30 this month, the best movie of all time?

The Stephen King novella adaptation with Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins lost out to Forrest Gump at the 1995 Oscars but holds up 30 years on.

20 Sep 2024 - 10:52AMvideocam

Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman in a still from The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Frank Darabont’s prison drama did not win an Oscar, but in the 30 years since its release it has been hailed as one of the greatest films of all time. Photo: Courtesy of Park Circus/Warner Bros

Love Next Door midseason recap: Jung So-min, Jung Hae-in outshone

Jung So-min and Jung Hae-in play the romantic leads in this Netflix drama, but the supporting characters’ stories are more interesting.

19 Sep 2024 - 7:45PMvideocam

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Visit famed showdown site from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The refurbished cemetery in northern Spain is intended to attract fans of the classic 1966 spaghetti Western starring Clint Eastwood.

20 Sep 2024 - 12:25AMvideocam

5 movies or shows to watch in Hong Kong this weekend, September 20-22

Transformers One, with Chris Hemsworth, and a Hong Kong drama hit cinemas. The Penguin, with Colin Farrell, and a classic anime are streaming.

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Colin Farrell in a still from The Penguin.

Review | Romance in the House: comic high jinks in family drama

A loser dad reappears, suddenly wealthy, then loses his money again. Not to worry – his daughter is dating a chaebol family’s unwitting heir.

18 Sep 2024 - 7:45PMvideocam

Ji Jin-hee (left) as Moo-jin and Kim Ji-soo as the ex-wife he is challenged to woo again in a still from Netflix Korean drama series Romance in the House.

2024 or 1984? Films from Singapore and Japan tackle surveillance

Stranger Eyes, Happyend and 2073 take a worrying look at surveillance in Singapore, Japan and a Chairperson Trump-led future, respectively.

19 Sep 2024 - 9:40AMvideocam

In the US, Chinese bookseller stocks titles he could never sell before

Effectively forced to shut in China, Yu Miao opened a store in Washington selling Chinese books including titles from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

18 Sep 2024 - 7:15AM

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