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Learn all about what makes Hong Kong special: its people, their history, habits and quirks.
Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Lloyd are part of the celebrity line-up at Hong Kong’s first event, which takes place May 29-31
Hong Kong

Video | Hong Kong Comic Con makes its debut

Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Lloyd are part of the celebrity line-up at Hong Kong’s first event, which takes place May 29-31.

The rise and fall of Hong Kong comics, once a 50-million-copy-a-year industry

Hong Kong society

Opinion | Why Hong Kong must measure the social impact of its cultural events

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Hong Kong society

Editorial | Cheung Chau Bun Festival flies flag for Hong Kong’s cultural heritage

The festival’s success adds momentum to the citywide heritage promotion drive aiming to bolster the city’s cultural identity.

Spectators take photos as fireworks sparkle after the bun scrambling competition final at the annual Bun Festival in Cheung Chau on May 24. Photo: Karma Lo
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.

Video | Cheung Chau’s Piu Sik Parade highlights rising oil prices

The event, also known as Da Jiu Festival, includes the Piu Sik parade.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

The best car stunts in Hong Kong cinema: Police Story, Initial D and more

The most famous car stunt in Hong Kong movie history, and one that made its stuntman instantly famous, feature on our list of the best.

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Shawn Yue in a still from Motorway (2012), a cops-and-robbers revenge tale that puts car handling at its centre and one of the titles on our list of the films featuring Hong Kong’s best car stunts.
Hong Kong society

Bun king and queen scramble to victory once again at Cheung Chau festival

Kwok Ka‑ming wins the men’s crown for the 11th time while Janet Kung also successfully defends her title.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong villager steps up ‘adopt a tree’ bid amid Northern Metropolis evictions

Ken Mak says he wants to save decades-old trees planted by his grandfather from ‘being crushed to death by excavators’.

Chinese culture

Origin of Hong Kong’s ‘peace buns’, Cheung Chau Bun Festival’s iconic snack

‘Ping on bao’ are both happily eaten and the focus of the festival’s famous bun scrambling competition. One baker explains how he makes them.

An employee of Kwok Kam Kee, a bakery on Hong Kong’s Cheung Chau island, prepares traditional ping on bao, or “peace buns”, ahead of the annual Cheung Chau Bun Festival. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Got7’s Jackson Wang went from Hong Kong fencing prodigy to global music icon

One of the world’s most prominent Chinese singers, Jackson Wang was a star fencer before his music career exploded with K-pop boy band Got7.

Jackson Wang poses at the Met Gala in New York City in 2023. Long before he was a singer, the Got7 rapper was a fencer. Photo: Reuters
Food and Drinks

Mouthing Off | Why do so many people in Hong Kong eat too fast or too slow?

Whether it’s people speeding through meals staring at phones or dawdling when there’s a queue out the door, dining etiquette is dwindling.

From our archives

In pictures: crossing the Hong Kong-mainland China border through the decades

Discover how Hong Kong-mainland border crossings transformed from slow, queue-filled journeys in the 1970s to today’s seamless high-speed rail trips.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Alex Law and Mabel Cheung’s nostalgic films are among their finest

Two of the most poignant movies by life partners Law and Cheung explore migration and memory, and star the likes of Sammo Hung and Simon Yam.

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Simon Yam (left) and Sandra Ng in a still from Echoes of the Rainbow (2010).
Icons and Influencers

Couture craft meets whimsical walls in Laura Cheung’s Lala Curio

Craft traditions inform bespoke wall coverings and collectable objects for the contemporary home at the brand’s Peninsula Hong Kong showroom.

Laura Cheung, founder of Lala Curio, at its flagship store at The Peninsula, Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong society

Residents of historic Hong Kong village run out of options as eviction looms

Tin Sam Tsuen set to be levelled to make way for Hung Shui Kiu/Ha Tsuen New Development Area as part of Northern Metropolis megaproject.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | How to prevent Hong Kong from becoming just another Asian city

As urban experiences become more homogenous, Hong Kong must lead with what makes it different if it hopes to keep bringing in visitors.

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Fashion

Lu’u Dan x Bruce Lee collab celebrates Asian masculinity

The collection’s launch on May 14 coincides with AAPI Heritage Month and the release of the brand’s fall/winter 2026 collection, All Bets Are Off.

London-based Lu’u Dan has a new collab out... with Bruce Lee Enterprises. Photo: Handout
Music

Where is Skibs the Kid now? ‘Hong Kong Kids’ rapper on viral hit and future

Lucas Scibetta opened for Pharrell Williams off the back of his 2012 hit and launched a clothing line at 18. Now he’s an Ivy League student.

Hong Kong economy

Would you invest in a play? Hong Kong sets the stage for tokenised funding

‘We also anticipate that future investment tokens and tokenised experiences will be settled using stablecoins,’ fintech group firm says.

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Letters | Abrupt end to Kai Tak concert tarnishes Hong Kong’s mega-event ambitions

Readers discuss shortfalls in Kai Tak Stadium’s operation, Hong Kong’s unfulfilled promise to protect the rights of same-sex couples, and the penalty for a lawmaker’s traffic offence.

Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium. Modern stadium concerts often last well over two-and-a-half hours. Encores, speeches, costume changes and surprise segments are part of the product. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong economy

Small grocers’ neighbourhood links can help them beat price war, experts say

Latest price war erupted ahead of Mother’s Day with ParknShop, Wellcome offering 12 per cent off for shoppers who met minimum spending threshold.

A customer at ParknShop’s store in Tai Hang. Photo: Edmond So
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Lau Ching-wan’s best mid-1990s films, from Loving You to Big Bullet

Several of Lau’s mid-1990s roles strongly hinted at the greatness to come for the four-time best actor winner.

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Hong Kong society

Meet 3 vinyl-spinning Hong Kong mothers finding a new rhythm after hardships

Bonding over struggles of single parenthood, three DJs are hoping to turn their music into a business with help from a social enterprise.

Wellness

Why tai chi and qigong are great for health, and English classes in Hong Kong

The Chinese ‘internal’ arts of tai chi and qigong offer a host of health benefits and are slowly becoming more accessible to English speakers.

Lawrence Tse leads a class outside the tea museum in Hong Kong Park. Photo: Lawrence Tse
Food and Drinks

Mandarin peel ice cream? Chun pei, a TCM ingredient, is gaining favour

Dried mandarin peel was first used in dishes to impress Chinese emperors. Today, it can be found in everything from drinks to desserts.

In April 2026, Venchi debuted its 30-year dried mandarin peel and red bean dessert gelato. It is one of the many ways that chun pei (dried mandarin peel) is being reinvented. Photo: Joyce Yip
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | ‘I don’t want to be a diva or a billionaire’: Kay Tse’s 20-year Cantopop legacy

Cantopop singer Kay Tse’s two-decade career has been built on authenticity, a commitment to social issues and her love of Hong Kong.

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Video | Hong Kong seeks to regulate claw machines to prevent addiction

Home and Youth Affairs Bureau seeks to amend city’s gambling laws by requiring each device to have an individual licence.

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