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Joe Wong poses for a portrait after his Joe Wong: The Twin Tariff Show in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak

Joe Wong, Ronny Chieng and the rise of Asian voices in comedy

Asian comedians were once forced to resort to stereotypes to find a platform – but a wave of pioneering stars is changing that.

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Lam Lau with his son Aidan at Lau Kee Boat Noodles in Hong Kong, which has been in business since 1981. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

How a vanishing Hong Kong boat culture has kept its cuisine afloat

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The study of a lawyer’s dream flat in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, with interior design by Win Key Workshop. Photo: Eugene Chan; Styling: Flavia Markovits

Dream flat in Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay a fortuitous find

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Christmas lights on Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong, in 1981. Photo: SCMP Archives

How a washing machine inspired Hong Kong’s most magical Christmas lights

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A picture of a young Teresa Teng in Bangkok from The Story of Teresa Teng by Billy. A former employee of the Chiang Mai hotel where she lived and died reveals what happened on the day she died in 1995. Photo: The Story of Teresa Teng by Billy

The day Teresa Teng died in Thailand – what the butler saw

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The living room of the renovated apartment in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong, designed by Craft of Both. Photo: Patrick Stefanus

Light. Views. Flow. How designers scored a trifecta in a young family’s home

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Visitors at the souvenir shop in the Hong Kong Palace Museum on November 24. The museum expects the Egyptian exhibition to be its most profitable so far. Photo: Jelly Tse

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Frenzy around Hong Kong Palace Museum’s Egyptian show offers food for thought

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Your Perfect Week

The best things to do in Hong Kong, December 20-26

20 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM

Architecture and design

Building on waves: a Chinese triumph in temporary architecture

19 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, December 19-21

Head to a Christmas market, buy restaurant dinnerware to help Tai Po Fire victims, watch Two Seasons, Two Strangers and more this weekend.

19 Dec 2025 - 11:07AMvideocam

Stanley Plaza Christmas Market in 2019. The annual event celebrates its 10th edition this year with “Merry Gingermas”, featuring 100 stalls selling everything from cheese to German food. Photo: courtesy of Stanley Plaza

Louvre crisis: why jewel heist, staff unrest push museum to breaking point

A US$102 million jewel heist exposed the Louvre’s security flaws, but strikes and decaying infrastructure threaten the world’s most visited museum.

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The Lord of the Rings

Want to watch Tolkien illustrator John Howe as he works? Now you can

At Howe’s ‘Tower of Fantasy’ studio in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, visitors can watch him as he creates and view hundreds of his illustrations.

17 Dec 2025 - 9:15PM

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Why knitters around the world love visiting Scotland’s Shetland Islands

Events like Wool Week and a deep passion for all things knitting make Scotland’s Shetland Islands a paradise for knitters and crafters.

17 Dec 2025 - 1:00PM

Knitwear is seen at a shop in Scotland’s Shetland Islands. The Shetlands are famous for knitwear, and people from around the world visit to learn knitting techniques and patterns, exchange ideas with like-minded people, and, of course, to see the Shetland Islands. Photo: Verena Wolff/dpa-tmn

Hong Kong selects 2 artists to represent the city at 2026 Venice Biennale

The pairing of Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui for Hong Kong’s exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale presents a study in contrasts.

16 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM

Labubu’s growth from books to viral doll craze shown in Hong Kong exhibition

A touring exhibition celebrating Lung Ka-sing’s The Monsters, which birthed the popular Labubu, has come to Hong Kong.

16 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

Books and literature

Hidden histories of China revealed at rare book fair in Hong Kong

At Firsts Hong Kong, several rare book exhibits gave visitors the chance to peruse first-hand accounts of China’s complex past.

15 Dec 2025 - 6:16PM

Marco Polo’s De le maraueliose cose del Mondo is seen at the Firsts Hong Kong rare book exhibition at the Hong Kong Maritime Museum on December 6, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Wong

New Shanghai art exhibitions tackle revolution and climate change head-on.

The Rockbund Art Museum’s ‘The Great Camouflage’ and the 15th Shanghai Biennale offer compelling and refreshing perspectives.

15 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM

Installation view of “The Great Camouflage” exhibition at the Rockbund Art Museum, in Shanghai, China. The exhibition is a powerful exploration of anti-colonial thought that looks at the meaning of revolution not only as mass uprisings, but also as “the quiet persistence of reflection, grief and meaning-making”. Photo: Ling

Hong Kong culture

Opinion | Frank Gehry’s vision for Hong Kong’s arts hub was an opportunity lost

Years after Gehry delivered the Guggenheim Bilbao, one of the world’s most successful museums, his vision for Hong Kong was rejected.

14 Dec 2025 - 9:30AM

World of performing arts

Famous horse-related works of art as the Year of the Horse 2026 approaches

To celebrate the nearing Year of the Fire Horse, we look at paintings, books and plays that show how the use of horses in art has evolved.

16 Dec 2025 - 3:28PM

UK police hunt suspects after 600 British Empire artefacts stolen from museum

Police release images of four men after many items with ‘significant cultural value’ were stolen in Bristol on September 25.

12 Dec 2025 - 1:41PM

This image of CCTV footage shows men carrying bags outside a building which housed items from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection. Photo: Avon and Somerset Police via AFP

Louvre thieves escaped 30 seconds before police arrived: probe

Misdirected police and a lack of control room screens let robbers flee the Paris museum with a US$102 million haul moments before help arrived.

11 Dec 2025 - 2:51AMvideocam

Apolice car is parked in the courtyard of the Louvre museum on October 26 in Paris, one week after a jewellery heist. Photo: AP

Hong Kong society

Artworks snapped up as Hong Kong’s mentally disabled students show off talent

Leading charity Hong Chi Association partners with art and luxury auction house Christie’s on four-day exhibition at The Henderson.

10 Dec 2025 - 11:08PM

‘Transformative’ collection of Hong Kong art donated to Vancouver gallery

An anonymous donation of 131 artworks to the Vancouver Art Gallery elevates the international profile of Hong Kong art.

11 Dec 2025 - 10:29AM

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New arts venues in Shenzhen and Guangzhou, including the ‘Airpod building’

The Shenzhen Bay Culture Square and Aranya Art Centre Guangzhou show the Greater Bay Area’s ongoing efforts to become a cultural destination.

10 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM

Shenzhen Bay Culture Square opened in November 2025, the latest public cultural landmark to open in the Greater Bay Area (Photo: Zhu Yumeng; Courtesy of MAD Architecture Studio)

Love your baby bump? How to get a bespoke pregnancy sculpture in Hong Kong

Samantha Waterhouse was not able to capture her own unique curves during pregnancy, so now she helps other mothers-to-be preserve theirs.

10 Dec 2025 - 12:15PM

Autistic Scottish artist Nnena Kalu smashes Turner Prize ‘glass ceiling’

The Glaswegian is known for her large-scale abstract drawings and hanging sculptures.

10 Dec 2025 - 5:44AM

Paris Louvre faces strike after major leak and robbery

Louvre staff warn of ‘collapse’ as they protest work conditions at the world’s most visited museum.

9 Dec 2025 - 3:00PM

The Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Photo: AFP

Singaporean buyer of US$69 million Beeple NFT opens art and technology space

Vignesh Sundaresan explains the aim behind Padimai Art & Tech Studio, which opens with a virtual reality work by artist Olafur Eliasson.

8 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM

Singapore-based blockchain entrepreneur Vignesh Sundaresan (right), also known as Metakovan, has opened a new experimental art and technology space, Padimai Art & Tech Studio, in Singapore, whose first commission is a virtual reality work by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (left). Photo: Yanina Isla

Water leak at Paris Louvre damages books at Egyptian antiquities department

The leak underscores the deteriorating state of the world’s most visited museum just weeks after a jewel heist exposed security flaws.

8 Dec 2025 - 4:01AM

Renowned British photographer Martin Parr dies at 73

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

8 Dec 2025 - 11:35AM

This man has gone viral for his resemblance to an ancient Egyptian king

Egyptian influencer Youssef Mohamed hopes his resemblance to Pharaoh Akhenaten fuels further interest in ancient Egyptian history.

7 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM

Egyptian influencer Youssef Mohamed has gone viral for a photo he posted showing his resemblance to a pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Photo: Christoph Meyer/dpa

SCMP Exclusives

Exclusive | Tai Kwun art head Pi Li to step down for new role in Shenzhen

Tai Kwun is closing in on a successor for Pi, who leaves in February after his contract at the Hong Kong heritage and arts centre expires.

5 Dec 2025 - 5:15PM

Pi Li will step down as Tai Kwun’s head of art when his three-year contract expires in February 2026. The Hong Kong heritage and arts centre is yet to name his replacement. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Eileen Chang exhibition in Hong Kong reveals the woman behind the icon

Photos, letters, manuscripts and even furniture at the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature preserve Chang’s legacy 30 years after her death.

3 Dec 2025 - 5:11PM

The ‘Mona Lisa’ of Faberge eggs sells for a record US$30.2 million

The Winter Egg, made of crystal and diamond, was crafted for Russia’s royal family before it was toppled by revolution.

3 Dec 2025 - 2:55AM

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