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Lessons from China's history
Reflections
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Unlike Trump, ancient China embraced foreign students, even made exams easier
As China has shown at various periods in its history, the greater a civilisation, the more open and magnanimous it is to foreigners.
28 Jun 2025 - 8:59AM
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Lessons from China's history
Reflections
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How extreme heat proved Chinese military officer’s undoing in classic novel
21 Jun 2025 - 8:45AM
Food and Drinks
The history of Chinese miso and why a Hong Kong version is so special
20 Jun 2025 - 5:22PM
Lessons from China's history
Reflections
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What is the Three Letters and Six Rites, ancient Chinese wedding custom?
A complex series of ceremonies, the Three Letters and Six Rites aimed to ensure social recognition, family consent and spiritual blessing.
14 Jun 2025 - 8:15AM
Chinese culture
Language Matters
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What to know about intangible cultural heritage amid Hong Kong celebrations
With Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Month in full flow, a look at ICH’s five main domains and the importance of linguistic heritage.
9 Jun 2025 - 8:09AM
Lessons from China's history
Reflections
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Oxen, sheep or pigs? Ancient Chinese rules on animal sacrifices
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha this weekend, which involves ritual animal sacrifice, something Chinese started performing in the Zhou dynasty.
7 Jun 2025 - 8:16AM
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Horoscopes
Chinese horoscopes: your luck for June 2025, the Water Horse month
This may not be a great month for those born in the year of the Rat – or in fact Horses themselves, which include Greta Thunberg, Rowan Atkinson and Joe Biden.
6 Jun 2025 - 11:17AM
Food and Drinks
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What’s in a Chinese olive? The history behind the congee ingredient
Chinese olives are not a local variant of what you put in your martini. One Hongkonger recalls her first encounter with the umami-rich fruit.
5 Jun 2025 - 11:26AM
Japan
‘Lies into truth’: outcry in Japan over Chinese bias at Canadian history museum
With exhibits on Unit 731 and wartime atrocities, critics in Tokyo warn the museum is eroding Japan’s ‘credibility and national dignity’.
4 Jun 2025 - 8:18AM
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Old Hong Kong
Then & Now
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Perils of Hong Kong summer could spell disaster for a winter wardrobe
The city’s cooler months require heavy warmer clothes, but how to care for these often luxury items during gruelling summers?
27 May 2025 - 6:00PM
US-China relations
Editorial
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Heritage items belong in their home country
The return of 2,300-year-old silk books from the US to China is not only ethically correct but can also restore faith at a low point in relations between the two nations.
27 May 2025 - 2:23AM
US-China relations
His Asian-American ancestor defined birthright citizenship. He fights to save it
Wong Kim Ark won a landmark 1898 Supreme Court ruling; his great-grandson Norman Wong joins battle against Donald Trump’s bid to unravel it.
24 May 2025 - 6:38AM
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Art
Hidden history of Aboriginal-Chinese culture comes alive in exhibition
Australian show of art and artefacts highlights a doubly marginalised community for whom racism has long kept their stories in the shadows.
19 May 2025 - 8:10AM
Food and Drinks
Language Matters
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How whisky took its name from the Gaelic ‘water of life’
‘Whiskie shall put our brains in rage’, a phrase in a 1715 book, marked the first appearance in English of the term for the distilled drink.
18 May 2025 - 8:16AM
Science
Genes whisper ancient tales of longest human migration out of Asia
DNA analysis helps researchers unlock mysteries of indigenous groups who crossed prehistoric land bridge to western hemisphere.
16 May 2025 - 4:57PM
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Asian cinema: Chinese films
How disaster struck for Air Strike, a Chinese film with Bruce Willis
Rated 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, 2018 film Air Strike with Bruce Willis, Liu Ye and Fan Wei is a mishmash of genres and underwhelming action.
16 May 2025 - 7:15AM
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Chinese culture
How Mexico’s oldest and largest Chinatown rose despite terrible xenophobia
America’s Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 saw many immigrants turn to Mexico, but their broad business dominance led to dreadful consequences.
19 May 2025 - 11:48AM
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Macau’s Poly MGM Museum draws 500,000 punters with hi-tech historical displays
Fusing ancient artefacts with cutting-edge technology, Macau’s new Poly MGM Museum is drawing huge crowds eager for an immersive historical experience.
14 May 2025 - 6:15AM
Lessons from China's history
Reflections
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How China’s first modern elections bred a wave of politically active people
Despite being deeply flawed, China’s initial experiments with representative politics starting in 1907 left a lasting legacy.
10 May 2025 - 8:16AM
US-China relations
Opinion
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Why China has refused to back down in the face of Trump’s tariffs
China’s elites, going back to the late Qing, have been waiting for this moment – to push back against the world’s strongest power.
9 May 2025 - 5:30AM
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Art
Q&A
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How this artist transforms historical Chinese symbolism into paintings
New York-based Dominique Fung speaks about her creative journey, Empress Dowager Cixi, and why she wants audiences to leave her show feeling expansive.
8 May 2025 - 12:45PM
History
Recap
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China’s religious history features many faiths and a cult that started a war
Traditional Asian beliefs and Abrahamic religions have existed in China for centuries, columnist Wee Kek Koon looks at their impact.
30 Apr 2025 - 11:32AM
Science
A fiery conquest in 112BC may have led to decline of the Chinese swamp cypress
Han military campaign toppled the rebel Nanyue kingdom but also decimated vast stands of cypress, study finds.
28 Apr 2025 - 2:16PM
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When the Terracotta Army came to Hong Kong
A historic exhibition showcases artefacts from the Shang and Qin dynasties, drawing over a quarter million visitors.
21 Apr 2025 - 8:00AM
Old Hong Kong
Then & Now
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When sedan chairs and rickshaws dominated Hong Kong private transport
Taxis may be ubiquitous in Hong Kong today, but for much of the city’s urban history, human-powered transport was the only choice.
20 Apr 2025 - 7:00AM
Lessons from China's history
Reflections
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The ancient Chinese general whose calm during surgery is still told of today
Worshipped by many Chinese, Lord Guan so personified the virtues of courage and loyalty that he was deified after his death.
21 Apr 2025 - 9:49AM
Lessons from China's history
Reflections
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How ancient China’s standardised vehicle ‘specs’ transformed the country
Besides the Qin dynasty’s standardisations pertaining to Chinese writing and currency, equally significant was that of carriages’ axle width.
12 Apr 2025 - 8:15AM
History
Why Kochi, in India’s southwest, is reviving historical links to China
Many of Kochi’s historical monuments focus on Kerala’s European colonisers, but this city might owe more of its character to the Chinese.
31 Mar 2025 - 1:00PM
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