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A cup of coffee is an essential part of the morning routine for millions of people around the world, but have you ever wondered how the drink got from the plant to your cup? Starbucks coffee buyer Christian Hackenberg opens up on the challenges, including the ones coffee farmers face from China to Indonesia. Photo: Shutterstock

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Where does your coffee come from? Starbucks buyer on drink’s complex journey

Christian Hackenberg shares why coffee growing and buying is far from simple, and the challenges farmers face from Indonesia to China.

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How Erling Haaland gets great sleep and its role in fighting ‘inflammaging’

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Review | Spider-Man: Brand New Day – Tom Holland returns in mature Marvel triumph

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‘My age is part of my story’: meet China’s youngest Michelin-recognised chef

He lied about his age to become a chef at 15. At 24, Andre Li is showing diners great dishes don’t need meat at his Plant-Based Kitchen.

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Andre Li Feiyue, 24, is the founder of Plant-Based Kitchen, a vegetarian fine-dining restaurant that bucks the trend in meat-obsessed Guangzhou, in China’s Guangdong province. The chef talks about his culinary journey and his subtractive cooking philosophy. Photo: Andre Li Feiyue

Food & Drink

Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2026: Hope & Sesame in China’s Guangzhou takes top spot

The victory marks the first time a mainland Chinese bar has placed at No 1, ending the two-year reign of Hong Kong’s Bar Leone.

29 Jul 2026 - 1:59AM

Chinese culture

The Shenzhen Natural History Museum opens today. What’s to see there?

The US$517 million museum opening on July 28 is a ‘living educational landscape’ covering space, dinosaurs, evolution and much more.

28 Jul 2026 - 7:23AMvideocam

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Entertainment

Harry Potter meets Hong Kong pop culture in viral IG videos powered by ADHD

What if Hong Kong celebrities starred in Harry Potter? Kenneth Lee is using his ADHD-driven creativity to reimagine the franchise.

28 Jul 2026 - 5:15PM

Kenneth Lee makes short videos that cross Hong Kong pop culture with Harry Potter on Instagram and YouTube. He shares how his channel, ChiQSinTV, is a culmination of his life experiences with ADHD. Photo: Sam Tsang

Arts

Review | Hong Kong pianist Colleen Lee dazzles in celebration of Bach keyboard concertos

Colleen Lee and the New Hong Kong Philharmonia played variations of violin and oboe concertos in an energetic and elegant presentation.

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Lifestyle

Obituary | Asia mourns Japanese mystery novelist Keigo Higashino, who died at 68

Fans took to social media to mourn the death of Higashino, who published more than 100 books.

28 Jul 2026 - 4:15PM

Entertainment

Why Daniel Wu is swapping ‘broken’ Hollywood for Hong Kong films

Wu discusses his coming films including Cold War 1995 and the Twilight of the Warriors sequel, and how Hollywood has ‘dropped diversity’.

28 Jul 2026 - 12:45PM

Daniel Wu attends the Cold War 1994 screening at the New York Asian Film Festival on July 20, 2026 in New York City. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

Food & Drink

This chef turns down-to-earth Cantonese recipes into luxury diasporic gastronomy

Eva Che draws on her Chinese heritage and luxury experience for her catering brand whose clients have included Saint Laurent and Adidas.

27 Jul 2026 - 5:54PM

Eva Che worked for six years in luxury retail fashion before starting CheHub, a private catering brand, in the Czech Republic in 2020. Photo: CheHub

Arts

We join artist Shigeo Otake on his first real Hong Kong visit. It is different

Otake takes in Mong Kok’s streets and forages for cordyceps in Tai Po as his solo Hong Kong debut exhibition runs at White Cube.

28 Jul 2026 - 2:48PM

Health & Wellness

The key to better brain health and ‘super-ageing’ could lie in your bones

Our bones produce a hormone called osteocalcin, activated by exercise, that crosses into the brain to fight memory loss and anxiety.

27 Jul 2026 - 7:15AMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

Inside the black-and-white panda-monium in Chengdu, China’s panda capital

Chengdu thrives on panda tourism, with the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding at its heart attracting millions of tourists a year.

27 Jul 2026 - 7:15PM

Stuffed panda dolls inspired by Hua Hua, the most popular panda living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China, are displayed at a gift shop at the research base. Photo: The Korea Times

Entertainment

8 Hollywood films where AI is front and centre, from Terminator to Wall-E

Christopher Nolan, James Cameron and others have long explored AI in films. Here are eight that strikingly foretell the tech’s consequences.

28 Jul 2026 - 4:37AMvideocam

Arnold Schwarzenegger in a scene from the film "The Terminator", directed by James Cameron, 1984. COURTESY TV

Lifestyle

Rare snake fossil offers new insight into the reptiles’ early evolution

One of the best-preserved early snake fossils, the Tametara mirim fossil dates back around 75 to 85 million years to the Cretaceous Period.

26 Jul 2026 - 7:15PM

Arts

Hong Kong artist channels Leslie Cheung film Farewell My Concubine for live show

Berlin-based Isaac Chong Wai’s all-male Hong Kong show An Intimate Surrender draws on the 1993 gender-fluid romance to explore vulnerability.

26 Jul 2026 - 4:15PM

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Health & Wellness

Fit after 50: How Indian influencer couple beat chronic pain with exercise

Tara and Sushila Thapa overcame chronic pain by getting fit in midlife. Now their Instagram page and running group encourage others.

25 Jul 2026 - 7:55AM

Tara (left) and Sushila Thapa run a 10km race in their home city of Dehradun, India, in 2025. Both have overcome chronic pain since taking up running in middle age, and now inspire others to do the same. Photo: Tara Thapa

K-drama

Latest K-drama casting news about Jung Ho-yeon, Kim Young-kwang and more

Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon is eyeing a role in Netflix show Outback while Kim Young-kwang may lead romcom Queen of Taming with Lee Joo-myoung.

25 Jul 2026 - 4:15PM

Health & Wellness

Why ‘extreme fitness FOMO’ can do more harm than good for people 40 and up

Driven by status and events like Hyrox, many midlife Hongkongers are pushing themselves to the limit. But experts warn of the dangers.

27 Jul 2026 - 11:23AM

K-drama

A Shop for Killers season 2: Lee Dong-wook leads action-packed return

Lee is back alongside Kim Hye-jun to take on assassins in this new season that has so far prioritised narrative set-up over splashy violence.

23 Jul 2026 - 6:15PMvideocam

Lee Dong-wook as reclusive arms dealer Jeong Jin-man in a still from A Shop for Killers season 2, which has so far focused more on establishing a strong narrative than the splashy violence prioritised in season 1. Photo: Disney+

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Vietnamese refugees arrive in Hong Kong. Some are wearing the green or khaki shirts of the Vietnamese military. Photo: courtesy of Les Bird

A Vietnamese refugee returns to the Hong Kong island where echoes of a lost childhood remain

Entrepreneur Katie Aung revisits the remote site of the detention camp that shaped her younger years.

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“Longgang’s Weird Building”, a fortress-like structure located in Longgang, Shenzhen, China. Photo: Alexander Mak

One man’s fortress: an eccentric’s labour of love in Longgang

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The stuffed crab shell at Seventh Son is dipped in egg and breadcrumbs twice before being fried. Photo: Alexander Mak

Masters of Hong Kong’s ‘kung fu’ cuisine on the struggle to save Cantonese classics

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Westlake 66, Hang Lung's 11th project in China, is a hub of commerce, culture and community. Photo: courtesy Hang Lung Properties

Only in Hangzhou: new Westlake 66 complex blends hi-tech and history

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Engineers at the Kamoa-Kakula copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Liu Heung-shing

The human faces of China’s belt and road strategy, through Liu Heung-shing’s lens

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A wig factory in Aberdeen in 1967. Photo: SCMP Archives

In pictures: ‘Made in Hong Kong’ - craft industries that built the city

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