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Eric Lu, winner of the 2025 International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, played two Chopin-focused recitals at the University of Hong Kong on December 6 and 7. Photo: Eric Hong

Arts

Review | Chopin Competition winner Eric Lu thrills in Hong Kong recital

The Chinese-American pianist’s all-Chopin recital, part of the HKU Muse Piano Laureate Series, was powerful, intense and emotional.

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Health & Wellness

Health benefits of mugwort and its role in TCM and Japanese herbal medicine

Mugwort is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory herb with warming properties, used in East Asian traditional medicine and modern spas.

9 Dec 2025 - 12:28PM

Dried mugwort leaves are burned on or near the skin’s surface in the traditional Chinese medicine treatment of moxibustion, a form of heat therapy used to relieve joint pain, indigestion and menstrual cramps, and even to treat infertility. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images

Food & Drink

Hong Kong-style cafe receives top recognition. Owner has been to the city once

Tarek Hassan fell in love with Hong Kong culture as a teen. Now his Gongfu Cafe & Bao in Ottawa, Canada, serves authentic tastes of the city.

9 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

United States & Canada

‘One Battle After Another’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 9 nods

Paul Thomas Anderson’s film earns momentum for Oscar season, while Chinese-born director Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet scores six nominations.

9 Dec 2025 - 2:52PM

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United States & Canada

Paramount counters Netflix with US$108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros

Paramount’s offer came days after Netflix won a weeks-long bidding war to acquire Hollywood giant Warner Bros Discovery.

9 Dec 2025 - 9:42AM

Paramount has launched an offer to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in a challenge to Netflix’s own highly contested deal. Photo: Reuters

Chinese Zodiac

Why the Year of the Horse 2026 could bring chaos but also great progress

With 12 animals and 5 elements, the Year of the Fire Horse comes around every 60 years and tends to bring both good fortune and bad.

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Entertainment

‘We have this gift’: Hong Kong film shows healing power of city’s nature

Never Too Late shows how four Hongkongers found balance and freedom in the city’s natural spaces and why people should cherish its beauty.

8 Dec 2025 - 6:15PMvideocam

Travel & Leisure

This Japanese farm homestay lets you get involved in producing organic food

Part of the global Wwoof programme, the Sho Farm near Tokyo lets visitors get their hands dirty and learn all about organic farming.

8 Dec 2025 - 4:15PMvideocam

Farmers replant rice seedlings for a new trial at Sho Farm near Tokyo, Japan. Sho Farm offers homestays under the Wwoof organic farm stay programme. Photo: SCMP

Health & Wellness

Should you eat more fibre? How much you need and what foods are full of it

Fibre offers benefits from improved digestion to better heart health – but think twice before going all out on ‘fibermaxxing’.

8 Dec 2025 - 12:13PM

Protein-enhanced products have been trending for years, but the number of new products promoted with high or added fibre has seen a big uptick of late. On social media, this has helped boost “fibermaxxing”. Photo: Shutterstock

Arts

Singaporean buyer of US$69 million Beeple NFT opens art and technology space

Vignesh Sundaresan explains the aim behind Padimai Art & Tech Studio, which opens with a virtual reality work by artist Olafur Eliasson.

8 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

Lifestyle

This man has gone viral for his resemblance to an ancient Egyptian king

Egyptian influencer Youssef Mohamed hopes his resemblance to Pharaoh Akhenaten fuels further interest in ancient Egyptian history.

7 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM

Entertainment

Was Chow Yun-fat’s mainland Chinese film career a success or a flop?

We look at five films that Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-fat made in mainland China, with roles including a sleazy con man and Confucius.

7 Dec 2025 - 5:15PMvideocam

Chow Yun-fat in a still from Let the Bullets Fly (2010).

Entertainment

Struggles of leaving Hong Kong and returning to it depicted in short film

Moving to another country is stressful, but returning home can be just as tough. Kristie Ko’s own experience inspired her short film.

7 Dec 2025 - 3:15PMvideocam

A still from Kristie Ko Sze-yeuk’s short film, “Homecoming and Going” (2025). Photo: Fresh Wave

Health & Wellness

How does 71-year-old yoga teacher look so much younger than her age?

From waking up with the sun to having lemon water to start her day, Argie Ligeros shares her secrets for ageing well.

7 Dec 2025 - 12:15PM

Food & Drink

The story of Paris’ famed Chinese restaurant Davé and its Hong Kong-born owner

Stars from Madonna to Tom Ford ate there. Now, Hong Kong-born owner Tai ‘Davé’ Cheung reflects as a new book of photos gives a peek inside.

7 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

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Entertainment

Profile | Cantopop icon Alan Tam: from Leslie Cheung’s rival to fans smashing albums

‘Principal Tam’ ruled Cantopop in the late 1970s and ’80s but later vexed fans with his offstage actions. Still, he’s going strong today.

5 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

Canto-pop singer Alan Tam Wing-lun

Health & Wellness

How does 71-year-old yoga teacher look so much younger than her age?

From waking up with the sun to having lemon water to start her day, Argie Ligeros shares her secrets for ageing well.

7 Dec 2025 - 12:15PM

K-drama

Review | The Price of Confession: Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Go-eun in binge-worthy K-drama

Bold performances and punchy scripting keep this murder mystery Korean drama engaging from start to finish.

5 Dec 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

Entertainment

Hong Kong abruptly cancels 3 Japanese film screenings amid diplomatic row

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department has dropped Kamome Diner, Tampopo and An from its upcoming film programme.

4 Dec 2025 - 8:34PM

A still from Tampopo (1985). The film is among three Japanese films that have had their screenings in the Leisure and Cultural Services Department’s “Food for Thought - A Cinematic Feast” programme cancelled amid a diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo. Photo: SCMP

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Joe Wong poses for a portrait after his Joe Wong: The Twin Tariff Show in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak

Joe Wong, Ronny Chieng and the rise of Asian voices in comedy

Asian comedians were once forced to resort to stereotypes to find a platform – but a wave of pioneering stars is changing that.

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Rainy Chan has been executive director at Hong Kong Design Centre for almost a year. Photo: Alexander Mak

The Peninsula’s first female GM on burnout and the joy of reinvention

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Aric Chen, director of the London-based Zaha Hadid Foundation, is co-curator of the Design Futures Forum, one of the highlights of Singapore Design Week. He’s pictured here in Milan, in 2021. Photo: Getty Images

Q&A | Aric Chen asks: will design-led solutions create more problems?

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The Metropol’s kitchen staff preparing dim sum last month. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

They spent decades at Metropol. Then it shuttered

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Friends Irena Leung (left) and Valerie Kwok, both 15, hug in front of the Wang Fuk Court housing estate, in Tai Po, on November 28. Photo: Alexander Mak

What does a city do after the unthinkable? It shows up

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Swimming around Indonesia’s Gili Islands, home to corals and Hawksbill turtles. Photo: All Blue Swim Tours

Where you can go in Asia for an open-water swimming trip

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