Grandma, mother, daughter: an emotional story from China to US

28 Apr 2024 - 7:45AM

From Communist China to Hong Kong and the US, memories of three women and the traumas they carried with them form the heart of Tessa Hulls’ debut graphic novel

Andrew Chan, artistic director of Hong Kong experimental theatre company Alice Theatre Laboratory, discovered German experimental band Einstürzende Neubauten and their industrial album Halber Mensch when he was in Form Four. Photo: Alice Theatre Laboratory

‘Friends at school started to isolate me’ because of this album

Andrew Chan, artistic director of Hong Kong experimental theatre company Alice Theatre Laboratory, explains how Einstürzende Neubauten’s industrial album Halber Mensch changed his life.

2 May 2024 - 12:38AM

Zhang Xiuying (centre), grandmother of filmmaker Zhao Yehui, with fellow former residents of a village in China’s Shanxi province founded by her great-grandfather, in a still from May the Soil Be Everywhere. Photo: Zhao Yehui

Chinese filmmaker charts her family’s rise from harsh rural roots

In her first feature-length documentary, New York-based Zhao Yehui captures the story of four generations of her family, set against a backdrop of hardship high in the mountains of Shanxi province.

30 Apr 2024 - 11:32AM

A spiral staircase at an urban park in Shantung Street, Mong Kok. Photo: Dickson Lee

Steps out of the ordinary: Instagram-worthy staircases in Hong Kong

In a vertical city like Hong Kong, there are stairs everywhere – and some are simply stunning.

29 Apr 2024 - 12:51PM

Chow Yun-fat and Cherie Chung film a scene in Tsim Sha Tsui for The Eighth Happiness in a photograph shot by Canadian Greg Girard. A collection of his 1980s Hong Kong film set photos will be presented in “Greg Girard: Hong Kong Made Me” at M+ museum. Photo: M+/Greg Girard

Photographs from 80s Hong Kong paired with post-punk band at M+ museum

Wong Kar-wai and Chow Yun-fat are among the Hong Kong cinema luminaries featured in photos shot by Canadian Greg Girard on 1980s film sets. They will be presented at M+ with a musical accompaniment.

29 Apr 2024 - 12:51PM

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Grandma, mother, daughter: an emotional story from China to US

‘Friends at school started to isolate me’ because of this album

Chinese filmmaker charts her family’s rise from harsh rural roots

Steps out of the ordinary: Instagram-worthy staircases in Hong Kong

Photographs from 80s Hong Kong paired with post-punk band at M+ museum

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Destinations known | Cash or cashless, China lets foreign tourists know it wants them to spend

Language Matters | Where did jeans and denim come from? The clues are in the names

Then & Now | Good luck finding expert guides to tell tourists truths about Hong Kong

Language Matters | Japanese ‘katsu’, from English ‘cutlet’, now English word in its own right

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