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Janice Lau of David Boring performs at Current Plans in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong, on March 15, 2025. The one-off show, titled “Stare Out From Your Own Burning”, included the band live-scoring horror music videos by local filmmakers with new songs. Photo: Elton Fung
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Deliciously terrifying David Boring show mixes post-punk sounds with horror

The underground indie group’s one-off event included them live-scoring horror music videos by local filmmakers and a Butoh performance.

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China society

Opinion | China’s youth must be taught bad behaviour will not be tolerated

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Hong Kong culture

Opinion | Cantonese opera need not be popular to be part of Hong Kong heritage

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WNBA

Hong Kong ‘inspired me just as much’, WNBA’s Ionescu says after wowing pupils

New York Liberty player says she shared a bond with local girls who ‘haven’t had a team to play for’, and was happy to share her story.

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Sabrina Ionescu poses with students as she visits Heep Yunn School in Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Lee
US-China relations

Opinion | What was unsaid at China’s ‘two sessions’ and why it matters

Having recognised the limits of its economic model, Beijing is attempting a recalibration that will be highly consequential for its competition with the US.

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Art

Hong Kong’s corporate culture challenged in defiant art show

‘Re:Urgent’ is a satirical art exhibition being held at Young Soy Gallery in Central featuring four office cubicles and a boss’ office.

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China economy

Opinion | Adhering to reforms can help Beijing pop ‘Peak China’ bubble

To see off scepticism about China’s growth potential, the government’s latest reform push must be effective and make good on its promises.

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An employee works on a car assembly line at a factory of FAW-Volkswagen company in Qingdao, in eastern Shandong province, on March 12. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong population

Opinion | Hong Kong is right to get out of way of women who do want children

The proposal to lift the 10-year cap on embryo storage must come with more measures to make it easier to both give birth and raise a family.

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Sex and relationships

Sadness, fear, even disgust? How young Koreans view marriage and childbirth

A study finds young South Koreans overwhelmingly associate marriage, parenting and childbirth with negative emotions.

Wellness

This world champion bartender quit alcohol. How does he feel now?

Hongkonger Leo Ko talks about giving up booze three years ago, while a doctor explains the major benefits of reducing or quitting drinking.

Leo Ko holds his world bartender of the year award, given at the International Bartenders Association (IBA) World Cocktail Championship in 2023. Photo: Cordis, Hong Kong
Asia travel

Women designers showcase Laotian hand weaving in gorgeous garments

An exhibition at Laos’ Sofitel Luang Prabang hotel highlights how artisans are both preserving the traditional art form and modernising it.

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Designer Touk Maicome, founder of the brand Maicome, attends an exhibition celebrating traditional Laotian hand weaving at the Sofitel Luang Prabang’s new art space La Boutique, in Luang Prabang, Laos, on March 8, 2025. Maicome was one of five women designers whose works were showcased at the exhibition. Photo: Jayson Albano
Wellness

Could a ‘yes, no, maybe’ list reinvigorate your sex life?

A sexual health expert explains how to reignite your sexual relationship and describes the benefits of enhanced intimacy.

China-EU relations

Opinion | How China can use US-EU split to hasten more multipolar world

Beijing and Brussels both have vested interests in preventing a closer alignment between the US and Russia. They also prefer a less dominant US.

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Education

Could a week in Japan transform your preschool child’s education?

A Japanese preschool exchange programme is attracting Hong Kong families who hope to expose their children to new cultural experiences.

Vegetable harvesting is one of the activities that children may participate in as part of the Japanese Preschool Exchange programme. Photo: Japanese Preschool Exchange
Tourism

25 years on, how the London Eye became a symbol of the UK’s capital

Now one of the UK’s most visited paid attractions, the London Eye’s future was not always so assured, architect Julia Barfield says.

The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is the world’s tallest cantilevered observation wheel and one of the world’s tallest Ferris wheels. Photo: AFP
Art

Contemporary Chinese ink artist tips hat to singer Anita Mui in show

Artist Hong Wai’s exhibition ‘No Way To Be Good’ pays homage to the late Cantopop diva and to Hong Kong’s ‘golden age’ of entertainment.

Wealth management

Women in Hong Kong face huge retirement income shortfall, Fidelity study shows

Women expect an average monthly expense of HK$24,235 (US$3,120) after retirement but face an income-gap, study shows.

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Wellness

No phones. Only real people. Welcome to The Offline Club

Over 2,000 people have attended The Offline Club’s London events in just a few months, mostly adults aged 20 to 35 eager to digitally detox.

People attend a digital detox event run by The Offline Club at the Sherriff Centre in London on February 12, 2025. Photo: AFP
Wellness

Do you think you have autism? Why more adults are being diagnosed

Many of the signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can go unnoticed until adulthood, though symptoms present differently for everyone.

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Hong Kong politics

Opinion | Hong Kong’s poor communication may point to bigger problems

Good stories cannot be told if basic information is lacking about the city’s progress as part of the development of the nation.

Asean

Opinion | Southeast Asia’s rice crisis is a ticking time bomb

Ensuring food security for the region and beyond requires urgent action to modernise agriculture, diversify suppliers and strengthen cooperation.

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A worker carries a sack of rice inside the National Food Authority warehouse in Valenzuela City, the Philippines, on February 4. Photo: Xinhua
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

‘Extremely risky’ for NJZ, formerly NewJeans, to pursue new direction

Lawyers raise concerns as the K-pop girl group – due to perform in Hong Kong in March – remain mired in lawsuits with Hybe Labels’ Ador.

The five members of K-pop girl group NewJeans, now NJZ, attend the ULKIN show at Seoul Fashion Week spring/summer 2024 at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) on September 5, 2023. Photo: Getty Images
Tourism

A Balkans tour led by a Serbian and a Bosnian? The rise of peace tourism

Mejdi Tours takes groups to places like Uzbekistan and Israel led by pairs of locals with opposing religious, political or ethnic views.

Tourism

Why more Americans are holidaying on farms, saving farmers in the process

Picking fruit, going on hayrides and other farm-stay experiences are attracting city folk as farmers turn to Airbnb amid volatile markets.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Profile | Chinese ballet dancer and social media star shows what’s behind the curtain

Hong Kong Ballet dancer Sun Jia’s viral video content has garnered her hundreds of thousands of fans across Douyin, RedNote and Instagram.

Chinese ballet dancer Sun Jia joined Hong Kong Ballet - which she considers “the most famous ballet troupe in Asia” - in 2022 after 15 years in North America and Europe. Photo: Instagram/jiajia_sun
Asia travel

Staged China rural scenes go viral, tourists pay US$40 to film them

Rural residents in China’s Fujian province have gone viral on Douyin and RedNote by indulging visitors’ nostalgia with staged country scenes.

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Chen Weizuo (centre) poses for tourists with his buffalo in Xiapu, in eastern China’s Fujian province, on December 11, 2024. The 62-year-old, who charges up to 300 yuan for a photo, poses several times a day and rents costumes for extra income. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong property

Rare deals, distressed sales to prevail in Hong Kong property

Traditional investors to stay on the sidelines while educational and church organisations scoop up assets, analysts say.

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong doesn’t need a fortune stick to know to avoid wasteful spending

If there is so little to go around, government officials should do their part by curbing extravagant spending, perhaps even taking a pay cut.

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