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The Khorgos Gateway Dry Port, near Almaty, Kazakhstan, links China, Central Asia and Europe via rail. Photo: Liu Heung-shing
Editor's Letter

This week in PostMag: in celebration of the human spirit

From a photographer on China’s epic belt and road odyssey to the enigmatic man behind Shenzhen’s Weird Building, this edition investigates the people behind the stories.

Belt and Road Initiative

The human faces of China’s belt and road strategy, through Liu Heung-shing’s lens

Fifa World Cup

Photo book This is Football celebrates the game as the Fifa World Cup kicks off

Food and Drinks

The magic of mushrooms, from foraging to fine dining

Taschen’s coffee-table book The Gourmand’s Mushroom looks at how fungi are portrayed in art, literature and music, and explores the health benefits of various species.

Alice Schillaci’s Untitled (2018). Photos: The Gourmand’s Mushroom, published by Taschen
Food and Drinks

Chinese photographers serve a visual feast at World Food Photography Awards 2026

Hotpot feasts, communal banquets and street food scenes were the highlights from Chinese photographers during this year’s competition.

Travel news and advice

5 hot places and happenings to check out this summer

Explore Versace at a Paris museum, view Arthur Elgort’s photos in Los Angeles, shop at Selfridges, relax at Sant Roch sauna, and peruse The Mark Hotel’s new book.

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Style Edit

Style shoot: Chanel’s shimmering high jewellery collection Signes & Symboles

The opulent collection is inspired by some of the brand’s most famous icons, including the sun, star, lion and camellia.

Chanel’s high jewellery collection Signes & Symboles is suffused with imagery that’s meaningful to the house. All outfits & jewellery: Chanel
Hyrox

Hyrox Hong Kong saw dim sum sleds and a dragon boat row-off

Beyond wall balls and the leaderboard, the city’s functional fitness race transformed into a high-energy carnival for racers and spectators.

Style Edit

Style shoot: Chanel’s Métiers d’Art collection celebrates artistry and New York

Matthieu Blazy’s first Métiers d’Art collection for the brand is a love letter to New York and the maison’s 11 resident ateliers alike.

Malaysia

In Malaysia, unlicensed street photography becomes focus of crackdown

Kuala Lumpur authorities have seized photographic equipment from five foreigners since a warning in early April.

The Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur is popular with street photographers, who offer tourists a more professional alternative to a selfie for a fee. Photo: dpa
Style Edit

Style shoot: Chapter 3 of Cartier’s En Équilibre high jewellery collection

The final instalment of En Équilibre, unveiled in Paris in January, is once more all about balance, with harmonising colours and complementary shapes.

Earrings: Cartier. Shirt: Maison Margiela. Photography: Pierre-Emmanuel Testard
Art

Top Hong Kong bartender swaps cocktails for cameras for first photo exhibition

Jay Khan of Coa and The Savory Project compares mixology and photography as his first photography exhibition opens at Sin Sin Fine Art.

Art Basel

Art Week on a budget: 8 must-see free events in Hong Kong

From Tai Kwun to M+, Gagosian and more, here’s a round-up of venues hosting admission-free exhibitions, home-grown talent and retrospectives.

Art

Showtime: 4 unmissable art exhibitions to keep you cultured this week

Mary Weatherford gets her first solo exhibition in Asia, and Greg Girard showcases 40 years of photography in Hong Kong and Tokyo.

Chow Yun Fat and Cherie Chung, photographed in 1987 by Greg Girard. Photo: courtesy Greg Girard and WKM Gallery
Art

From pirate dreams to public text, a restless creative voice arrives in the city

Capitán explores connection, belonging and why imagination may be the most valuable currency of all.

Coco Capitán poses for a portrait at ArtisTree, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong ahead of her upcoming show. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Chinese culture

How AI is helping bring Hong Kong history to life on Instagram and beyond

Cultural preservationists use generative AI to breathe life into photos from the past, but does this practice promote or distort history?

From our archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year obsession with good fortune

To celebrate the Year of the Horse, we take a look back at how Hong Kong invited good luck through traditional customs from the 1970s to the 2000s.

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Fashion

Milan’s most stylish: a photographer’s view of the city’s best dressed

Shots of Miuccia Prada, Luciano Barbera and the late Giorgio Armani and Franca Sozzani vie with those of ordinary people in The Sartorialist’s coffee-table book for Taschen.

Via Senato (2023) by Scott Schuman, one of the portraits included in his book Milano, published by Taschen. Photo: Handout
2026 Olympic Winter Games

Milan as it hosts the Winter Olympics: where to eat, shop and be pampered

Savour authentic cuisine at Rovello 18, get the full Italian barbershop treatment at Eredi Zucca, and admire Robert Mapplethorpe’s sensual photographs.

From our archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s coldest days from the 1970s to 2010s

It doesn’t happen often, but Hong Kong occasionally experiences frost and ice during cold snaps, as these images from our archives capture.

From our archives

In Pictures: majestic sailing ships that made Hong Kong a port of call

Hong Kong waters have long attracted some of the world’s most impressive sailing boats, harking back to the days when wind power ruled the waves.

Ship ahoy ... the Sail Training Association of Japan’s full-masted brigantine, the Kaisei, visits Hong Kong to drum up support for an Asian society of novice sailors, in 1994. Photo: SCMP Archives
From our archives

Hong Kong swimmers braving the cold on New Year’s Day, from the 1970s to 2000s

A perennial test of courage, the city’s New Year Winter Swimming Lifesaving Championships race celebrates its 50th year in 2026.

Young participants in the 1978 New Year Winter Swimming Lifesaving Championships organised by the Hong Kong Life Guard Club, now called the Hong Kong Life Saving Society. Photo: SCMP Archives
From our archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s parties of Christmas (and New Year’s) past

The festive season is a good excuse to let your hair down – and Hongkongers do love to party.

Smartphones

Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging

The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.

From our archives

In pictures: Hong Kong’s Christmas festivities, from the 1970s to 90s

In the late 20th century, Hong Kong transformed into a hub of festive cheer with bright lights, seasonal decor and plenty of Christmas treats.

Christmas decorations in Landmark in Central, Hong Kong, in 1988. Photo: SCMP Archives
Obituaries

Renowned British photographer Martin Parr dies at 73

The celebrated photographer documented everything from beach life to global consumerism across a decades-spanning career.

Martin Parr during a photo session in Paris on October 31, 2025. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong

What does a city do after the unthinkable? It shows up

Near Wang Fuk Court, volunteers from across the city gathered to offer help, lay flowers and turn Tai Po into a place of shared care.

Art

He asked taxi drivers in Iraq to choose their destination. These are his photos

The result of trips to unknown destinations, Thomas Chan’s photos in his Hong Kong exhibition are a study in trust, war and identity.

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