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European travel
Think Innsbruck is all about skiing? Then think again
From royalty to jewellery and serious cuisine, there’s more to the historically rich Austrian ski town than its popular runs.
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Art
London museum where you can touch ‘5,000 years of creativity’
11 Jun 2025 - 3:15PM
From our archives
When a family of five died tragically in a murder-suicide in 1999
10 Jun 2025 - 2:00PM
South Korea
South Korea’s ties with Japan face new test after ex-forced labourer wins suit
A 107-year-old South Korean has won his case against Mitsubishi after a court ordered the firm to pay him compensation for his labour.
10 Jun 2025 - 8:00AM
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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
Hong Kong society
Chinese legends, Disney characters compete in Hong Kong dragon boat races
Paddlers don dazzling array of colourful costumes for final day of Hong Kong’s International Dragon Boat Races.
8 Jun 2025 - 4:12PM
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Chinese culture
Why China’s leaders seek a culture that is both modern and distinctly Chinese
Historian Wang Gungwu on China’s quest for a unifying national ethos, fusing global insights with heritage to ensure stability in a changing world.
8 Jun 2025 - 1:56PM
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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
Old Hong Kong
Then & Now
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How Hong Kong became a souvenir hunter’s paradise
Long a magnet for tourists, the vast choice of ‘oriental’ curios on sale at visitor hotspots across Hong Kong have been a feature of the city since its urban beginnings.
6 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM
Thailand
Thailand and Cambodia face rising tensions over Emerald Triangle dispute
Thailand warned of military action against Cambodia amid nationalist protests and diplomatic efforts to ease the border crisis.
6 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM
China-Philippines relations
Opinion
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With 50 years of history, Manila and Beijing should do better diplomacy
Stop allowing South China Sea spat to poison the waters when there are in fact many areas of potential cooperation for mutual benefit.
6 Jun 2025 - 5:30AM
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Japan
South Korea’s Lee pledges warmer ties, but past tensions leave Japan ‘worried’
A minor bilateral misstep or the need to push a nationalist agenda could see ties spiral to the lows of 2019, analysts warn.
5 Jun 2025 - 5:35PM
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Indonesia
Then & Now
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When Indonesia was the Hongkonger’s summer destination of choice
Where did well-heeled Hongkongers escape the summer heat in the years preceding mass tourism?
5 Jun 2025 - 5:00PM
Germany
WWII bombs defused in German city’s biggest post-war evacuation
Over 20,000 people evacuated from central Cologne after bombs were uncovered during roadwork.
5 Jun 2025 - 2:25PM
Food and Drinks
Explainer
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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
India
Indian ‘history hunter’ shows children how to use 20th-century tech
Typewriters, rotary telephones, lanterns and tube radios are among the collection of artefacts Aditya Vij demonstrates at his New Delhi home.
4 Jun 2025 - 11:10AM
High Jewellery
Chanel’s Reach for the Stars high jewellery launch in Kyoto
For its latest launch, Chanel unveils pieces featuring comets and wings as motifs; the debut in Kyoto is also a nod to the house’s collaboration with local lacquer artisan Yoshio Okada.
4 Jun 2025 - 10:00AM
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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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Sex and relationships
200-year-old condom made from sheep’s appendix goes on display
Prophylactic on show in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum bears the phrase ‘This is my choice’ and an erotic image of a nun and three clergymen.
4 Jun 2025 - 12:34AM
Books and literature
Review
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Chinese tenacity in US amid a century of hate explored in new book
Michael Luo’s Strangers in the Land tells heart-wrenching stories of exclusion, racism and violence directed at Chinese immigrants to the US.
3 Jun 2025 - 11:17AM
Style Edit
Style Edit: The new Santos de Cartier Petit Modèle timepiece
Over the years, the Santos de Cartier has been worn by everyone from pilots to the character Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film Wall Street: its latest incarnation recognises that small is beautiful.
2 Jun 2025 - 10:00AM
Thailand
How a family’s vision is transforming Bangkok’s historic Chinatown
A transformation is turning the area into a destination for locals and visitors, showcasing rich heritage and striking modernity.
6 Jun 2025 - 11:48AM
From our archives
When a wall collapsed on people at a bus stop near a school, killing 6
Tragedy struck in June 1966 as a woman and 5 children were crushed by a wall near a school that collapsed on Hong Kong’s Boundary Street.
1 Jun 2025 - 6:15AM
Tourism
Rising seas eat away African country’s coast, and a dark history
Ocean surges are eroding the coastline of Ghana, and with it remnants of the West African country’s historical role in the slave trade.
31 May 2025 - 4:29PM
Hong Kong society
Opinion
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Forget tourist fads. Let’s better preserve, promote Hong Kong heritage
Government needs to think twice about demolitions and work with NGOs and professional institutes to highlight historic buildings and sites.
31 May 2025 - 5:30AM
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Music
These ‘floppy discs’ had music that could get you thrown in jail
Back in the USSR of the 1950s and 60s, hipsters, desperate for decadent rock ’n’ roll, cut illegal records using X-ray film.
30 May 2025 - 6:15AM
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
Japan
In Japan, North Koreans ‘very angry’ over funding cuts for their schools
Chosen Soren has called for funding to be restored, saying Japan is ‘politically very unfriendly’ to the local North Korean community.
27 May 2025 - 12:14PM
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