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Chinese culture

Year of the Snake may be unlucky for Snakes. How to avoid misfortune

The Lunar New Year in 2025 heralds the Year of the Snake. It’s bad news if the Snake is your zodiac – you’ll be hit by the ‘12-year curse’.

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Chinese culture

Video | Chinese engineer turns to tofu to revive home village

10 Jan 2025 - 6:10PMvideocam

Chinese culture

5 martial arts films that feature the snake style of Shaolin kung fu

10 Jan 2025 - 12:09PM

Hong Kong researcher on how TCM could be used to fight dementia

A neuroscientist describes how traditional Chinese medicine may provide modern solutions to preserving cognitive function as we age.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:09PM

Researchers, including in Hong Kong, have been looking at the potential of traditional Chinese medicine to treat dementia, cases of which are forecast to rise as the elderly population grows. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

4 notable Monkey King adaptations in Hong Kong cinema. One stars Donnie Yen

We recall Journey to the West film adaptations, from Stephen Chow’s turn in the title role to one in which Donnie Yen plays the Monkey King.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:09PMvideocam

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

8 classic Hong Kong movies that influenced filmmaking in the city

Hong Kong filmmaking underwent successive evolutions thanks to films like Fist of Fury, Infernal Affairs and John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:08PMvideocam

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Harbin ice cutters on thin ice as warmer temperatures reduce their income

Workers harvesting ice from the Songhua River for the city of Harbin’s Ice and Snow World are finding thinner ice.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:08PM

A worker harvests ice from the frozen Songhua River in preparation for the annual Harbin Ice and Snow World festival, in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. Photo: AFP

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

3 of John Woo’s lesser known action films, one so violent it was shelved

A triad movie with a young Stephen Chow, a crude war film and a crime caper starring Leslie Cheung. These 3 Woo projects fly under the radar.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:08PMvideocam

4 Macau shows that celebrate its heritage and Chinese culture

As casino city looks to turn itself into a cultural tourism destination, resorts put on art exhibitions and shows. Here are four of the best.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:07PM

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Stephen Chow’s ‘heroic’ makeover for Fight Back to School movies

Known for lowbrow comedies and playing the underdog, Chow was successfully recast as a suave hero, playing a cop undercover as a schoolboy.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:07PMvideocam

Stephen Chow Sing-chi in a still from Fight Back to School (1991). The comedy star had a “heroic” image makeover for this film and its sequel, and all three films were a showcase for his comedic genius. Photo: Win’s Movie Production & I/E Co. Ltd

How southern China’s Greater Bay Area is becoming a contemporary art hub

Greater Bay Area cities Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shunde drew art lovers from Shanghai and Beijing to a week of art fairs and exhibitions.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:06PM

Art Shenzhen was held at the Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre from December 5 to 8, 2024, part of a week of art events in Guangdong, southern China. Photo: courtesy of Art Shenzhen

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

The Ip Man movies without Donnie Yen, including a Wong Kar-wai version

The Ip Man story has been explored in multiple films, from Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster starring Tony Leung to one featuring Anthony Wong.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:06PMvideocam

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

The rise and fall of Hong Kong’s ‘middle class’ film studio

D&B films, started by watch retailer Dickson Poon, launched Michelle Yeoh’s action-movie career and was known for its ‘middle class values’.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:06PM

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

How the Erotic Ghost Story films shocked and seduced Hong Kong

The trio of 1990s adult movies with Hong Kong sex symbols like Amy Yip and Japanese adult-video actresses like Kudo Hitomi were a huge hit.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:05PMvideocam

(From left) Amy Yip, Man Siu and Kudo Hitomi in a still from Erotic Ghost Story.

Asian cinema: Chinese films

Chinese film about Covid lockdown wins top prize in Taiwan awards

Lou Ye’s An Unfinished Film, winner of best film and best director at Golden Horse awards, ‘the most special directing job’, director says.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:05PM

Qin Hao in a still from An Unfinished Film, by Chinese director Lou Ye, which won best film and best director at the 2024 Golden Horse awards in Taiwan on November 23, 2024.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

4 very different Hong Kong romance films from the 2000s to watch

From July Rhapsody with Jacky Cheung to Love in a Puff with Miriam Yeung and Andy Lau in Love on a Diet, these movies offered something new.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:04PMvideocam

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Was remaking classics like Police Story, A Better Tomorrow a good idea?

We look at four remakes of classic Hong Kong films, from a Jackie Chan-led Police Story from the 2000s to a riff on Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:04PMvideocam

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American cinema

Why Circle of Iron, based on a Bruce Lee idea, turned out badly

Based on a script Lee abandoned, the 1978 film ended up a bizarre mix of poor martial arts and mysticism. An expert dissects what went wrong.

10 Jan 2025 - 12:03PMvideocam

David Carradine (left) and Jeff Cooper in a still from Circle of Iron. The 1978 movie was based on a script Bruce Lee abandoned before his death, but ended up a bizarre mix of inadequate kung fu scenes and faux Eastern mysticism.

Asian cinema: Chinese films

10 snake-themed Chinese-language movies for coming Year of the Snake

From takes on the Legend of the White Snake to baffling tales of half-snake girls and soft-core erotica, 10 movies for the Year of the Snake.

10 Jan 2025 - 11:59AMvideocam

TV shows and streaming video

Why Netflix show Jentry Chau vs the Underworld is a ‘love letter’

Echo Wu, creator of coming-of-age story set in Texas that borrows from Chinese folk tales, says it is ‘close to my own childhood experience’.

10 Jan 2025 - 11:55AMvideocam

Chinese culture

8 celebs born in the Year of the Snake, from Taylor Swift to K-pop’s Psy

As the Year of the Snake slithers closer, we look at some well-known people who were snake babies – including a Chinese politician.

10 Jan 2025 - 11:55AMvideocam

Taylor Swift during a concert in Singapore as part of The Eras Tour. The singer is among a number of celebrities born in the Year of the Snake. Photo: Getty Images

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