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Why 1979 song Below the Lion Rock is like a Hong Kong anthem

Named after a peak below which hunkered squatter villages, the song for RTHK by Joseph Koo and James Wong Jim resonated in 1970s Hong Kong.

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Leading Chinese pianist’s comeback concert at home reportedly cancelled

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Photographer’s images of daily life in post-war Hong Kong on show

Mak Fung, a self-taught photographer who shot scenes of Hong Kong and city life, has been underrated until now, exhibition curator says.

9 Dec 2024 - 4:23PM

A peddler in Mong Kok, a photograher taken by Mak Fung in 1970. Photo: Mak Fung

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Not yet at home in exile, Iranian filmmaker lives in the world of cinema

For The Seed of the Sacred Fig director Mohammad Rasoulof, a winner in Cannes weeks after fleeing Iran for Germany, exile hasn’t sunk in.

8 Dec 2024 - 6:15PMvideocam

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Conductor Elim Chan on cancel culture, and why Hong Kong is ‘special’

Back in her home city, Chan hails improved HK Phil, and recalls her anger at concertgoers rejecting Russian music because of Ukraine war.

5 Dec 2024 - 4:15PM

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American cinema

I don’t want to see scary movies, star who acted in many says

Sigourney Weaver – Ellen Ripley in Alien films – tells BBC host she avoids ‘scary films’; Nosferatu star says he was scared seeing the film.

7 Dec 2024 - 5:04PM

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley in a still from Aliens. Photo: Allstar/New Line Cinema

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Travel news and advice

5 things about Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral you probably didn’t know

Notre Dame reopens this weekend after 5 years of renovations following a fire in 2019. Here are some lesser known facts about the cathedral.

7 Dec 2024 - 10:59AM

Notre Dame cathedral is reopening five years after a fire nearly destroyed it in 2019. Photo: AP

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Hong Kong culture

Meet a ‘big white fella’ from Northern Ireland speaking Cantonese like a local

Daniel Peacock’s trip to a Chinese takeaway got him talking Cantonese again, and posting videos with his Hong Kong-born wife that are a hit.

6 Dec 2024 - 1:26PM

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Chinese culture

Why people born in the Year of the Snake make good lovers and colleagues

Snakes are caring friends once you break the ice. They are also romantic lovers and some of the best colleagues to have in a crisis.

5 Dec 2024 - 11:18AM

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Chinese culture

Obituary | Chiung Yao, Taiwanese romance novelist, dies aged 86

Writer known for novels including My Fair Princess reportedly leaves suicide note saying ‘I choose this way to go home gracefully’.

7 Dec 2024 - 8:53AM

Taiwanese romance novelist Chiung Yao, who has died at the age of 86. Photo: Weibo/@会火

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Books and literature

Why Japanese author Mieko Kanai charms readers overseas, but not at home

Mieko Kanai was seen as a contender for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature, but in Japan her books are rarely even reviewed.

4 Dec 2024 - 4:15PM

Mieko Kanai, a prominent Japanese writer and essayist, is more popular overseas than in Japan. Photo: Stone Bridge Press

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Fame and celebrity

Oprah Winfrey starts new YouTube podcast and shares book club pick

In partnership with Starbucks, The Oprah Podcast started with Winfrey’s latest book club pick, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan.

4 Dec 2024 - 10:45AM

Europe

Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize for art exploring her Scottish-Sikh identity

Her winning exhibition mixes sculpture, print and everyday items, including family photos, a Ford car and the popular Scottish soda Irn Bru.

4 Dec 2024 - 4:37AM

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What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 6-8

A flea market for finding some quirky gifts, a pet market and a music festival are among the draws this weekend. Or you can try aerial yoga.

9 Dec 2024 - 6:42PMvideocam

Central Market in Central, Hong Kong, is hosting a weekend pet market, with quirky items for sale and workshops for pet owners. It’s one of our picks of the best things to do in Hong Kong over the December 6-8 weekend.

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Books and literature

Korean author on being your true self, as her hit guide appears in English

K-pop stars helped make Kim Su-hyun’s I Decided to Live as Me fly off shelves in Asia. An English version may help more find their own path.

4 Dec 2024 - 4:46AM

Kim Su-hyun’s I Decided to Live As Me has sold millions of copies in Asia since 2016. The South Korean author shares her excitement about a new English-language translation. Photo: Penguin Life

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Exclusive | Hong Kong art photography fair cancelled months before its debut

Photofairs Hong Kong, slated for March 2025, scrapped by UK-based organiser because of unspecified ‘logistical constraints’.

3 Dec 2024 - 5:13PM

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Japanese leaf-cutting artist’s delicate works bring fame, solace

From Mount Fuji to frogs, Lito’s leaf carvings have gained fans on social media while providing the artist, who has ADHD, a creative outlet.

3 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM

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Chinese culture

Why the coming Year of the Wood Snake could be lucky

With 12 animals and 5 elements, the Year of the Wood Snake comes around every 60 years, and 2025’s may be more favourable than 1965’s.

7 Dec 2024 - 8:37AM

A snake at a farm in Bangkok, Thailand. The next lunar new year will be a Year of the Wood Snake, which comes around every 60 years. The previous one, in 1965, saw dynamic change and upheaval. Are we in for more of the same? Photo: Getty Images

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Tianjin Juilliard School represents the future, Juilliard president says

‘An orchestra is a metaphor for collaboration,’ says music school head Damian Woetzel, a believer in power of arts to bring people together.

2 Dec 2024 - 11:15AM

Michelle Kim, founder and artistic director of Hong Kong Generation Next Arts, interviews Damian Woetzel, president of The Juilliard School (middle), as Wei He, chief executive and artistic director of The Tianjin Julliard School looks on, ahead of the Tianjin Juilliard Orchestra recent performance in Hong Kong. Photo: George Wong

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Are VR headsets the future of education in schools?

Virtual reality headsets can help to teach languages and train workers. Do they have a bright future in schools? Experts weigh in.

1 Dec 2024 - 5:15PM

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Scott Kahn was down and out. Then fellow artist Matthew Wong bought a work

When Matthew Wong revealed he had bought one of Kahn’s paintings, Hong Kong collectors took an interest. At 78, Kahn has first show in Asia.

1 Dec 2024 - 9:29AM

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Art made from plastic waste on Chinese beaches makes a statement

Fu Junsheng collects plastic that washes up on China’s Miaodao islands and turns it into art that highlights the problem of marine pollution.

1 Dec 2024 - 8:33AM

A box of toothbrushes collected from the shores of the Miaodao Islands off eastern China. Photo: AFP

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Artist Awol Erizku, pictured in Hong Kong, is exhibiting at Ben Brown Fine Arts in Wong Chuk Hang. Photo: Derry Ainsworth

Awol Erizku’s exhibition brings Afro-centric art to Hong Kong

Much more than the photographer behind Beyoncé’s viral pregnancy announcement, the Ethiopian-born, New York-raised artist pushes viewers to question Western aesthetics, and the US’ politics.

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Insiders’ guide to Tainan, Taiwan: where history, art and cuisine come alive

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Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong, December 8-14

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Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke and cast members of his latest film Caught by the Tides, Zhao Tao and Zhou You at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 19. Photo: Reuters

5 of the best films by Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke

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