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US-China relations

How Chinese drink chains are testing the limits of soft power

New tea and coffee brands from China are winning customers across America, but their broader influence remains unclear.

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Fame and celebrity

Meet Eunice Bae, who plays Barney’s wife Grace in Your Friends & Neighbors

Food and Drinks

Prawn toast as a Scotch egg? How UK chefs are reinventing a Cantonese classic

Fame and celebrity

Meet Thaddea Graham, who plays Susie in Margo’s Got Money Troubles

The young actress, who has been in Doctor Who and Sex Education, is also starring in a BBC audio drama with Lena Headey.

Thaddea Graham plays Susie in Margo’s Got Money Troubles, alongside Nick Offerman. Photos: @thaddeagraham/Instagram, Handout
Food and Drinks

Where to go for amazing steak and seafood in Hong Kong? Food influencer reveals

Jen Balisi, founder of modern Filipino restaurant Barkada in Hong Kong, gives her top picks for steak, noodles, pasta and more in the city.

Fame and celebrity

Bridgerton’s Katie Leung on her love of Hong Kong film stars and motherhood

In an interview with Style at Hong Kong’s first Comic Con, the actress speaks about representation and being at peace with herself.

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Food and Drinks

This Edinburgh Chinese takeaway is ‘dying’. Meet the daughter out to save it

Opened in 1997, China Star has weeks to turn things around before it sinks. Can the founder’s Instagrammer daughter Lisa He serve up success?

Lisa He with her mother Sophie at their family restaurant, China Star. The Edinburgh takeaway is months away from closure, but He’s viral social media post has brought lots of attention, and hope. Photo: courtesy of Lisa He
Fame and celebrity

Meet Megan Lawless, who plays Sarah in the hit horror film Obsession

Lawless, who’s been acting since she was 13, has one of the most memorable death scenes in the 26-year-old director’s much-discussed horror film.

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Books and literature

Hong Kong author Kit Fan on ‘reverse migration’, identity and his new novel

The UK-based writer, whose Goodbye Chinatown follows a food-centric family between Hong Kong and London, talks about how places change people.

United States

Trump’s overseas application for US green card rule unnerves Asian workers

Hundreds of thousands of families and individuals in the US, particularly those from India and the Philippines, could be affected.

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A US flag is waved outside the White House in Washington. The US remains attractive to high-skilled workers from around the world. Photo: AP
Food and Drinks

A Vietnamese-American’s quest to make the perfect Peking duck

Radiologist Hong Pham’s dedication to making roast duck has seen him start his own catering business and even cook the bird at weddings.

Vietnamese-American radiologist and cooking enthusiast Hong Pham pulls a Peking duck from the roaster in his back garden in Los Angeles. Photo: The Theodors Photography
Fame and celebrity

Meet Away’s glam co-founder, Jen Rubio – a fashionista in the making

The co-founder of luggage manufacturer Away has been making fashion waves at Cannes and the Met Gala – so who is she exactly?

Art

Soft Hours: artist Juno Shen’s Song dynasty teahouse for today’s New Yorkers

An ode to slow living that dovetails with ‘Chinamaxxing’ trends, the fully functional artwork/retreat serves teas that change according to the seasons in keeping with ancient Chinese beliefs.

Food and Drinks

The story of Snow Garden, Hong Kong restaurant loved by the rich and famous

Frequented by people such as Run Run Shaw, Jet Li’s wife Nina Li Chi and Macau’s Stanley Ho, Snow Garden continues to delight Hongkongers.

The Snow Garden Restaurant in North Point, which brought Shanghai-Huaiyang dishes usually reserved for private clubs to the general public, opened in the 1980s and served as the chain’s flagship until 2009. Photo: SCMP
Food and Drinks

Where to eat in Singapore, from hawker centres to Michelin restaurants

With a blend of Chinese, Malay and Indian cuisines, and a huge choice of fresh produce and spices, the Lion City is a culinary dream.

Grilled stingray wrapped in banana leaves, sold in Singapore’s Lau Pa Sat hawker centre. Photo: Manuel Meyer/dpa-tmn
TV shows and streaming video

HBO’s The A List explores AAPI stories with stars like Sandra Oh

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas, a new documentary on HBO, dives into what it means to be of AAPI heritage in the US.

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China’s film industry

How a tiny indie movie sparked a major tourist boom in southern China

Made on a shoestring budget, the hit drama Dear You has triggered a surge of interest in the history of southern China’s Teochew diaspora.

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Chinese culture

Why Chinese-Canadian Derek Kwan is so much more than a ‘token Asian’ actor

As Hallmark’s mahjong movie faces a backlash, actor Derek Kwan talks about championing authentic Asian narratives by making his own films.

Chinese-Canadian filmmaker and actor Derek Kwan on the sets of his short film 100 Days, which was filmed in a functioning Chinese restaurant in Vancouver. Kwan wants to move beyond “token Asian” supporting roles in film. Photo: Instagram/seasonsofeastvan
US-China relations

US trial hears witness claims of harassment over Chinese ‘secret police station’

Witness testifies he was harassed after holding a protest against the establishment of alleged Fuzhou-controlled facility in New York.

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Food and Drinks

She swapped fish for veg in her omakase – and Vancouver ate it up

Japanese chef Akiko Gulkison is on a mission to reveal vegetables’ hidden powers at her restaurants in Vancouver, Canada.

Fame and celebrity

Ludi Lin – Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat 2 – talks childhood and representation

Before he resumed his Mortal Kombat role, the actor worked on Power Rangers, Monster Hunt, DC’s Aquaman and Netflix’s Black Mirror.

Ludi Lin, the Chinese-Canadian actor, plays one of lead characters in Mortal Kombat 2. Style photographed him at East Hong Kong hotel. Sweater: Tod’s. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Food and Drinks

There’s a Thai food revolution going on as chefs think outside the box

A new generation of restaurants in the US and beyond is looking past the classics to put unique twists on all kinds of Thai dishes.

Fried chicken with mommy cakes and sticky rice lettuce wraps at Mommy Pai’s, one of the many restaurants in the US that are looking beyond the classics to put unique twists on Thai dishes.
Art

Asian-American artists shine at US fair amid ongoing anti-immigrant rhetoric

Artists including Leland Wong and Liu Tianlian featured at the San Francisco Art Fair whose group exhibition focused on the local Chinatown.

Music

‘This is insane!’ Korean-American rapper Dumbfoundead on family, music and Beef

A writer on Beef season two, battle rapper Dumbfoundead has taken his underground rap mentality with him from the gutter to the stars.

Food and Drinks

Spam musubi? How American flavours were absorbed and adapted in Okinawa

Okinawa’s post-war food story is a delicious blend of American ingredients given a Japanese spin – think taco rice and Spam musubi.

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People in Okinawa transformed US dishes and ingredients such as Spam into beloved local food items, like Spam musubi (pictured). Photo: Getty Images
Mainland China

Being Chinese | 3 months in China became 10 years. Here’s why I stayed

My three-month China stint grew to 10 years, as predictability disappeared from my work around UK-China, EU-China and US-China relations.

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Chinese traffic police officers walk by a US flag on an embassy car outside a hotel in Shanghai on July 30, 2019, as officials from both sides met for talks aimed at ending a tariff war. Photo: AP
Food and Drinks

Asian-American mother challenges tough Chinese traditions for new mums

Clarissa Wei’s cookbook ‘Sitting the Month’ puts a modern spin on the traditional Chinese foods typically given to post-partum mothers.

Identity

The rise of ‘Wasians’ like Alysa Liu and what it means for part-Asian identity

While part-white, part-Asian identity is being celebrated online, some argue these spaces in fact stereotype the communities they represent.

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