Long Reads
It’s Hong Kong’s ‘bird paradise’. And it’s under threat once again
Hong Kong’s Mai Po wetlands are a magnet for diverse species of birds, but now this natural asset is once again under threat, this time from plans to build an IT hub for its Northern Metropolis.
They said Michael Chow was too Chinese to be an artist. Look at him now
Famous for his celebrity-packed chain of Chinese restaurants, 85-year-old Michael Chow talks about facing prejudice, and why he wants to be known as the world’s greatest living artist.
‘I was always a water baby’ – German in Hong Kong made diving his living
Simon Lorenz, a Hong Kong-based underwater photographer, diving instructor and owner of a dive travel company, tells Kate Whitehead the benefits of an alternative lifestyle and why you need to stay flexible.
‘Keep going’: Hong Kong Brazilian jiu-jitsu gym owner’s fight for success
Kiko Cacella, the founder and head coach at D’Jago BJJ Academy, talks about growing up in Rio de Janeiro, discovering Brazilian jiu-jitsu, his short MMA career, and opening gyms in Hong Kong.
‘Do not turn back!’ Deng Xiaoping’s landmark 1992 Shenzhen tour
In 1992, eight years after his first visit, China’s leader Deng Xiaoping returned to the rapidly growing Shenzhen special economic zone whose transformation he had orchestrated.
How a Chinese family overcame racism to thrive in a US town over 99% white
A California town notorious for a history of racism and exclusion now has one of the highest Asian populations in the US state. The Tu family, who moved to San Leandro in 1960, helped it happen.
The day Teresa Teng died in Thailand – what the butler saw
Teresa Teng’s untimely death in 1995 sparked many a conspiracy theory. A former employee of the Chiang Mai hotel where the singer lived and died recalls what happened on that fateful day 29 years ago.
The Hong Kong-born basketball players shooting for the stars in US schools
Nicole Leung was ready to become a waitress when benefactors saw her potential and sent her to play basketball in the US college system. There she befriended fellow Hong Kong hoops star Yannie Chan.
He loves to swim and to teach. At Hong Kong non-profit Splash he does both
The co-founder of Splash Foundation, a Hong Kong non-profit swim school that helps adults and children from underserved communities, talks to Kate Whitehead about finding his mission.
Grandma, mother, daughter: an emotional story from China to US
Memories of three generations of women from Communist China, Hong Kong and California and the traumas they carried with them are at the heart of Feeding Ghosts, Tessa Hulls’ debut graphic novel.
Why China will be Asia’s next music hub, according to global hitmakers
A recent songwriting camp in Hong Kong brought Chris James, Gaston Pong and Chiyo – who between them have written for BTS, Tia Ray, and Priscilla Abby – to create all-but-guaranteed chart-toppers.
Like a school trip for grown-ups: Hong Kong Philharmonic tours Europe
Named orchestra of the year in 2019, HK Phil planned a tour to capitalise on the accolade, but the Covid-19 pandemic delayed it. Five years later it finally set off. Post Magazine went along for the ride.
Afghan Girl photographer’s book shows ‘the best of the human spirit’
Steve McCurry, the award-winning photographer behind ‘Afghan Girl’, talks about celebrating selfless dedication beyond religion in his new book, Devotion, and blending into sacred situations.
‘I want a Michelin star’: Germany-based Vietnamese chef The Duc Ngo
Having fled to Hong Kong from Vietnam in the 1970s, Berlin-based chef The Duc Ngo has gone on to redefine Asian fusion cuisine in restaurants in Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany.
Boris Johnson’s youngest brother on Hong Kong, Covid, China film
Max Johnson, half-brother of former British prime minister Boris Johnson, talks about his UK childhood, Covid-19 frustrations, being a banker in Hong Kong, and a special trip through mainland China.
Hong Kong martial arts film icon Sammo Hung on his stellar career
Martial arts film icon and the 2024 Hong Kong Film Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sammo Hung talks about his movies, stars like Donnie Yen, Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan – and eating.
How seed of Olympic ambition was sown in Siobhan Haughey, Hong Kong athlete
Swimming sensation Siobhan Haughey takes the Post through the process that led to her becoming the most accomplished Hong Kong competitor of all time in the pool.
From white kneed in Singapore to head of UK armed forces, David Richards
The former head of UK armed forces tells Kate Whitehead about his rise through the ranks and why Colin Firth wanted to play him in a film about fighting rebels in Sierra Leone.
She escaped bound feet, was the first Chinese divorcee. Who was this woman?
A writer and filmmaker recounts her Chinese great-grandmother’s remarkable journey, from rejecting having her feet bound as a toddler in Shanghai to being matriarch of a far-flung and adoring family.
Nazi concentration camp survivor who faced death on seeing the world at last
Ukraine-born Andrei Iwanowitsch is among the last survivors of the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp. After forced labour, a death march, and a ‘narrow’ life in Soviet Belarus, at 98 he’s seeing the world .