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Forgotten Hong Kong Icon: The Better ‘Ole, a Classic Pub 72 Years in the Making

Christopher DewolfDecember 4, 2019
Pop Cantonese: Husking Peanuts Like An Electric Lightbulb 電燈膽剝花生

Zabrina LoDecember 4, 2019

Reiko Sudo

Reiko Sudo at CHAT: Japanese Textile Ingenuity

Zolima CityMagNovember 27, 2019

Dim Sum

Saam Hui Yaat: Inside a Tea House That Makes Dim Sum With Heart

Zabrina LoNovember 27, 2019

Kowloon Walled City

One of a Kind: The Kowloon Walled City Through the Eyes of Photographer Greg Girard

Christopher DewolfApril 25, 2019

light bulb

Pop Cantonese: Husking Peanuts Like An Electric Lightbulb 電燈膽剝花生

Zabrina LoDecember 4, 2019

Ray Yeung

Filmmaker Ray Yeung Brings Queer Representation to Hong Kong’s Screens

Elizabeth KerrDecember 4, 2019

Bank of China

Hong Kong’s Modern Heritage, Part XI: The Bank of China Tower

Christopher DewolfNovember 27, 2019

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Ole Better pub

Forgotten Hong Kong Icon: The Better ‘Ole, a Classic Pub 72 Years in the Making

Christopher DewolfDecember 4, 2019

Ray Yeung

Filmmaker Ray Yeung Brings Queer Representation to Hong Kong’s Screens

Elizabeth KerrDecember 4, 2019

light bulb

Pop Cantonese: Husking Peanuts Like An Electric Lightbulb 電燈膽剝花生

Zabrina LoDecember 4, 2019

Dim Sum

Saam Hui Yaat: Inside a Tea House That Makes Dim Sum With Heart

Zabrina LoNovember 27, 2019

Bank of China

Hong Kong’s Modern Heritage, Part XI: The Bank of China Tower

Christopher DewolfNovember 27, 2019

Reiko Sudo

Reiko Sudo at CHAT: Japanese Textile Ingenuity

Zolima CityMagNovember 27, 2019

auspicious eight

Hong Kong Numerology: Lucky Number Eight

Rachel LeungNovember 20, 2019

Hong Kong by Foot: A New Generation of Tours is Immersed in Street Life

Christopher DewolfNovember 20, 2019

Out and Loud With Hong Kong Poetry

Zabrina LoNovember 20, 2019

Gin

Hong Kong’s First Gin Tastes Like Ginseng and Cinnamon

Christopher DewolfNovember 15, 2019

char siu

Pop Cantonese: 生舊叉燒好過生你 – Better to Give Birth to Char Siu Than You

Zabrina LoNovember 15, 2019

Microwave festival 2019

Tear Gas City: How the Microwave Arts Festival Reflects Hong Kong in 2019

Christie LeeNovember 13, 2019

Snake Soup: How a Cold-Blooded Reptile Became Hong Kong’s Winter Warmer

Zabrina LoNovember 6, 2019

What’s Happening With M+? An Update on Hong Kong’s Museum of Visual Culture

Christopher DewolfNovember 6, 2019

Willy Tsao

Willy Tsao: Hong Kong’s Dance Pioneer Embraces the Mainland

Simon CartledgeNovember 6, 2019

hong kong international literary festival 2019

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival – How Did It All Begin?

Zabrina LoNovember 2, 2019

corner buildings

Hong Kong’s Modern Heritage, Part X: Corner Buildings

Christopher DewolfOctober 31, 2019

How to Swim Around Hong Kong Island: Ocean Swimming Reborn

Edith TerryOctober 31, 2019

fake dog

Pop Cantonese: 裝假狗 – Installing a Fake Dog

Zabrina LoOctober 24, 2019

Edouard Malingue

Why Gallerists Edouard and Lorraine Malingue Put Their Faith in Asian Art

Christie LeeOctober 23, 2019

Ed van der Elsken

Ed van der Elsken at F11: Dive Into Hong Kong the Way it Was

Christopher DewolfOctober 23, 2019

Xiqu Centre

Design Trust, Design Criticism: Does the Xiqu Centre Live Up to Its Promise?

Zolima CityMagOctober 16, 2019

Brewed beer

Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part IX: Locally-Brewed Beer

Christopher DewolfOctober 16, 2019

four

Hong Kong Numerology: Why Is Four So Unlucky?

Rachel LeungOctober 16, 2019

wong kan-tai

Hong Kong’s History Is Kept Overseas: Wong Kan-tai Delves Into Archives

Christie LeeOctober 10, 2019

Montreal

Char Siu and Cocktails: Can a New Generation Save Montreal’s Chinatown?

Christopher DewolfOctober 10, 2019

Hong Kong’s Modern Heritage, Part IX: PolyU

Christopher DewolfOctober 3, 2019

Farewell My Concubine Is Rekindling Hong Kong’s Interest in Cantonese Opera

Zabrina LoOctober 3, 2019

Chop Suey Canada: Karen Tam is Turning Chinese Restaurants Into Art

Christopher DewolfOctober 3, 2019

protests

Rubber Bullets and Cockroaches: Hong Kong Artists Respond to the Protests

Christie LeeSeptember 26, 2019

Design Trust, Design Criticism: Why Hong Kong’s Buildings Are Clad in Bathroom Tiles

Zolima CityMagSeptember 26, 2019

Jyutping or Yale? How to Write Cantonese in the Roman Alphabet

Christopher DewolfSeptember 26, 2019

collective

It Takes A Team: Collective Studio Rethinks Kapok’s Space

SponsoredSeptember 24, 2019

The Sight of Sound: Samson Young Explores the Audio of Authenticity

Christie LeeSeptember 19, 2019

Pop Cantonese: 炒魷魚 Stir-Fried Squid

Zabrina LoSeptember 19, 2019

lantern

Dragons and Rabbits: Inside Hong Kong’s Lantern-Making Workshops

Billy PottsSeptember 18, 2019

Diego Caro Serrano Mei Foo

Design Trust, Design Criticism: The Strange Intimacy of High Density

Zolima CityMagSeptember 12, 2019

Heiward Mak Fagara

Filmmaker Heiward Mak on Gender, Sexuality and How Hong Kong Film is Changing

Elizabeth KerrSeptember 10, 2019

Rennies mill

Hong Kong’s Industrial History, Part VIII: The Ill Fate of Rennie’s Mill, AKA Little Taiwan

Christopher DewolfSeptember 4, 2019

Stage 64

The Date That Must Not Be Named: Stage 64 Looks at the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Zabrina LoSeptember 4, 2019

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