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Shock as teen surrogate gives birth to twins for Chinese man, receives US$124,000

There has been a wave of public outrage in China after it emerged that a man paid a teenage girl US$124,000 to bear surrogate twins for him. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Americas

Venezuela received first high-level criminal among US deportees

Venezuelan migrants deported from the US look out from an aircraft as they arrive in Maiquetia, Venezuela. Photo: Reuters

Science

From underdog to genius: Yale computer scientist Sun Huanbo returns to China

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Computer scientist Sun Huanbo has taken up a position at Peking University. Photo: Peking University

Trending in China

‘Selfish’ Chinese man who used mall baby room for online meeting ridiculed online

A graduate student in China became trapped in a shopping mall baby nursing room after he used it for an online meeting. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Global Economy

Car trouble: is a drop in China-Russia auto shipments a bad omen for trade?

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China and Russia’s previously ironclad trade ties may be softening as the US attempts to bring Moscow out of Beijing’s orbit. Photo: Reuters
Chen Rui, known online as @trumpbyryan and by his English name Ryan, is a content creator from Chongqing, China known for imitating Donald Trump. Photo: @trumpbyryan/ Instagram
Profile

The influencer from China who speaks exactly like Donald Trump

Chen Rui, a Chinese marketer who went viral for his spot on Trump impressions, teaches English through his social media.

Science

What’s in a Chinese name: scientists bid for identity when using Latin alphabet

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Singapore

‘It’s easy’: as Singaporeans rediscover China, young travellers lead the way

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Chinese zodiac predictions

Is Year of the Snake’s third month lucky for you? 12 zodiac sign horoscopes

Feng shui master Andrew Kwan breaks down this lunar month’s prospects for love, career, health and finance for the 12 Chinese zodiac signs.

The third lunar month of the Year of the Snake begins on March 29, 2025. What does the month have in store for you? Photo: VCG via Getty Images
TV shows and streaming video

Addictive China micro-dramas show how commercial demand fuels netcasting boom

The head of China’s body overseeing film and TV calls micro-dramas a ‘new growth pillar for China’s online audio and video industry’, with growing influence overseas.

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Art

Angelle Siyang-Le tells of her journey to Art Basel Hong Kong

The director of Asia’s largest contemporary art fair on finding her voice through art and immersing herself in the artistic community.

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Asian diaspora

50 years of growth and cultural change in London’s Chinatown

Early Chinatown was a place of restaurants, underground gambling dens and brothels, but it has grown more affluent and diverse over time.

Wardour Street, Chinatown, London. The area, which dates back to the 1970s, has evolved over time to become the multicultural enclave it is now. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong culture

Video | Sunset for Hong Kong’s Sunbeam Theatre

The church group that purchased the theatre plans to convert the building into a community centre.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong’s intangible cultural heritage to be celebrated in new annual initiative

Different types of craftsmanship, performances, traditions and rituals among activities to be showcased across the month of June.

Food and Drinks

All about cinnamon, and how to use the spice in cooking and baking

The spice, derived from the bark of a plant, is used in Chinese, Indian and Middle Eastern cooking, and by bakers. See our easy recipe ideas.

Cinnamon is sold in stick and powder form. It has wide use in cooking and baking, to make things such as cinnamon rolls. Photo: Shutterstock
Food and Drinks

Ketchup? Ramen? Adobo? Thank Chinese food culture for these and more

While Chinese cuisine has absorbed outside ingredients and techniques, many dishes around the world have drawn from it.

Many know of the connection between China’s la mian (pulled noodles) and Japan’s ramen. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

Ne Zha 2 inspires John Lee to ‘overcome obstacles, forge path’ for Hong Kong

Hong Kong leader reveals on social media he and his wife have watched record-breaking animated film.

Art

It’s showtime for 4 must-see art exhibitions this week

This week’s thought-provoking shows from the queer cosmos of ‘How to be Happy Together?’ to exploring human destiny in ‘Veering’ and more.

Hong Kong

This week in PostMag: senior ballerinas, Canadian-Chinese fusion and more

Age is no barrier to new adventures, as HK Ballet’s Silver Ballet programme shows. Plus, creative home solutions and Indian palaces reimagined as hotels.

Mary Chan, a Silver Ballet student taking dance exercise classes for the over-55s pictured outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Eugene Chan
Trending in China

4 fun, dangerous festivals in China – knife climbing, frog dancing

From risky blade climbing to legalised thievery, China’s cultural diversity makes the country home to numerous strange festivals.

The Post runs the rule over a few of China’s most bizarre annual festivals. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Baidu/Sohu/YouTube
Art

Explore China’s culinary heritage at the Hong Kong Palace Museum

Discover artworks and national treasures tracing the Chinese culinary evolution from Neolithic times to the Qing dynasty, until June 18.

Asia travel

Chinese-Thai Phuket hotelier channels ‘true spirit of being Peranakan’

The owner of Hotel Verdigris in Phuket Old Town, Thailand, Pichakorn Phanichwong reflects on her ‘mixed concept’ heritage.

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Art

Post cartoonist’s Year of the Snake collection goes up for auction

Harry Harrison’s set of eight original watercolour and ink works takes cheeky digs at Hong Kong culture and politics; bidding ends March 18.

Consumer Confidence by Harry Harrison. Photo: Harry Harrison
Art

Profile | Father of modern ink art fused painting styles from East and West

An émigré from post-war China, in Hong Kong Lui Shou-kwan married Chinese ink art with Western abstract art to forge the New Ink Movement.

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.

China’s film industry

China’s Ne Zha 2 still flying high as highest-grossing animated movie of all time

Gone are the days when Chinese filmmakers were left scrambling to recreate the economic success of foreign offerings such as Kung Fu Panda.

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Children pose for photos on Sunday in front of a poster at the Singapore premiere of the Chinese animated film “Ne Zha 2”, which saw its global box office haul top US$2 billion on Monday. Photo: Xinhua
Women and gender

Being Chinese | How far Chinese women have come since my grandmother’s time

I have more equal status than my grandmother did in the pre-communist era. But young women are still pushing back against discrimination.

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Women in period costume record a dance with a phone in Beijing on February 25. Photo: EPA-EFE
Horoscopes

What’s your luck looking like for March 2025, the Earth Rabbit month?

This is your month if you’re a Rabbit like Angelina Jolie or Johnny Depp, while Horses and Roosters should tread carefully.

Food and Drinks

Japan, Mexico or a baker’s mind? Hong Kong pineapple bun origin theories

Pineapple buns are named for the pattern of their golden-brown crust. Do we owe them to Japanese occupation or Chinese expelled from Mexico?

Books and literature

How an American experienced a ‘gay awakening’ before the Beijing Olympics

In the new memoir Beijing Bound: A Foreigner Discovers China, Glen Loveland recalls learning the nuances of the local LGBTQ scene.

Glen Loveland poses in front of Beijing’s Olympic Stadium. Photo: Courtesy of Glen Loveland
Art

Unsold artworks, kapok flowers, post-human landscapes and more this March

With Arts Month upon us, here’s a round-up of shows in Hong Kong from local, regional and international talent.

Michele Fletcher in the studio. Photo: courtesy White Cube
Books and literature

Explainer | What Journey to the West reveals about early China-India exchanges

16th century novel tells the tale of Xuanzang, a monk who contributed to Chinese religion and medicine after his travels to Buddhist India.

History

Chinese stories of California gold rush told in Hong Kong exhibition

Sojourning in Gold Mountain at Hong Kong Museum of History shines a light on migrants’ journeys from China to San Francisco in the 1800s.

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