ENTERTAINMENT

Beyond the Crown: Miss Hong Kong’s Shifting Influence

How Hong Kong’s once-iconic beauty pageant evolved through decades of cultural shifts, media scrutiny, and changing definitions of beauty

ARTS

A Stark and Intimate Look At Hong Kong’s Homeless

Filmmaker and photographer Chan Hau Chun highlights the lesser-seen side of the metropolis

LIFE

Fabric of Life: The Final Days of Hong Kong’s Famous Pang Jai Market

Catch a last glimpse of Kowloon’s Pang Jai fabric market, once a thriving center of East Asia’s textile industry, before it makes way for new construction

MUSIC

For the Record: How a War Refugee Built His Vinyl Haven in Hong Kong

Record store owner Paul Au has escaped the Vietnam War, slept in the streets, and weathered two pandemics to pursue his passion for vinyl

MUSIC

Rainbow Chan’s Love Song to Cantopop

Rainbow Chan remembers the beauty and cheese of the golden age of Canto and Mandopop, acknowledging its mark on her identity while also stamping it with her own

FOOD

The Hong Kong Dessert with an Immortal Name

Learn how to make the ‘Sweet Dew of the Willow Branch,' a delicious sweet summer treat

NEWS

Viral Week Ep. 218

Giant swine, NBA’s resurgence, noodle collusion, and birthday bans—it’s Viral Week

FILM

Rainbow Screens

Six highest rated films with LGBTQ themes on Douban

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday Special: Hong Kong English

The other language of this Special Administrative Region

DIALECTS

Fangyan Friday #8: Hong Kong Cantonese

English loanwords have changed this language of the Guangfu people and gangster films