You Can’t Swim in Hong Kong’s Newest Pool – Because It’s Art

Oliver GilesMarch 22, 2023

Learning to swim opened artist Chan Wai-lap up to the fascinating world of swimming pools, and helped him escape a creative rut in the process...

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Hong Kong’s Skyline Icons: The Faded Glory of Tsim Sha Tsui East

Christopher DewolfMarch 15, 2022

Once famous for its holiday displays and over-the-top nightlife, TST East has fallen on hard times – but it's still a Hong Kong icon...

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Three Photographers, Three Visions of Hong Kong

Christopher DewolfFebruary 25, 2022

The photos of Lee Fook Chee, Hedda Morrison and Brian Brake come together to form a compelling portrait of Hong Kong – and the photographers themselves....

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Jingle Bells: The Surprising Story Behind TST’s Silent Clock Tower

Ilaria Maria SalaDecember 22, 2021

There’s a bell inside Hong Kong’s most famous clock tower, but it hasn’t been used in 71 years. Why not? ...

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Hong Kong’s Skyline Icons: ICC and IFC, Guarding the Harbour

Christopher DewolfOctober 21, 2021

What do the icons of Hong Kong’s skyline say about the city?...

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Telling History with Objects: The Mengdiexuan Collection

Edith TerryApril 12, 2021

An impactful new exhibition showcases China's overlooked gold treasures in a spectacular setting. ...

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L’ÉCOLE Shares 3,000 Years of Chinese Treasures in The Art of Gold

Partner ContentMarch 30, 2021

Extraordinary gold objects from the Mengdiexuan Collection come to light in a new exhibition....

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Hong Kong’s Colonial Heritage, Part III: 1881 Heritage, the Malling of History

Christopher DewolfMarch 26, 2020

Why a project that saved a historic marine police complex is roundly criticised...

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Witnesses to History: Hong Kong’s Clock Towers

Haider KikabhoyApril 10, 2019

As the Garden bakery clock tower is set for demolition, a look back at the iconic towers that have stood watch over Hong Kong's cityscape....

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Hong Kong’s Missing Trees

Christopher DewolfJanuary 24, 2019

The destruction of Typhoon Mangkhut underscored the precarious nature of Hong Kong's urban forest. ...

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Hong Kong’s Train to China: A Brief History of the Kowloon-Canton Railway

Christopher DewolfNovember 7, 2018

As Hong Kong opens its new high-speed rail link to mainland China, we look back at its original cross-border railway....

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The Vertical City, Part VI: A Hundred Hong Kong Towers at the Venice Biennale

Christopher DewolfMay 31, 2018

Hong Kong brings its skyscrapers to the world’s largest architecture exhibition, asking how high-rise living can become more humane...

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Hong Kong’s Jewish Governor and the Road that Bears His Name

Christopher DewolfFebruary 28, 2018

There's a surprising history behind the concrete façades of Kowloon's most famous street....

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Hong Kong’s Skyline Gets Dressed Up for Christmas

Christopher DewolfDecember 20, 2017

Thousands of people once flocked to Tsim Sha Tsui East to see the Christmas lights. While the crowds have thinned, the displays still shine....

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A Contemporary Carmen: Bold and Ambitious, Yet Vulnerable

Elle KwanMay 18, 2017

A Chinese and Japanese choreographer team up to put a new, made-for-2017 twist on the classic ballet Carmen....

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The World Inside a Building: Chungking Mansions

Christopher DewolfMarch 30, 2017

A middle-class apartment block, a centre of nightlife, a seedy flophouse, a centre of global trade and a haven for asylum-seekers: the many lives of Hong Kong's Chungking Mansions. ...

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How Hong Kong’s Once-Thriving Portuguese Community Nearly Vanished

Christopher DewolfOctober 12, 2016

The Portuguese were one of the most important ethnic groups in Hong Kong. Now the community has nearly disappeared. What happened?...

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A Snapshot of Hong Kong History – Part III: Across the Harbour, the early days of Kowloon

Jason WordieFebruary 19, 2016

"From stonecutters" villages to a Portuguese enclave - the overlooked history of the Kowloon peninsula...

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