Lifestyle, arts and entertainment coverage of Hong Kong, China and Asia from the award-winning South China Morning Post team
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China has launched a two-month campaign to clean up its massive micro drama industry, targeting violent, sexual and ‘wealth-flaunting’ content.
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One of ancient China’s ‘Four Beauties’, Yang besotted an emperor, was the target of a rebellion, and in death became a tragic romantic icon.
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Hong Kong barefoot runners and hikers share the health benefits and risks of going shoeless and give advice on how to start training.
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Opened in 1997, China Star has weeks to turn things around before it sinks. Can the founder’s Instagrammer daughter Lisa He serve up success?
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Jen Balisi, founder of modern Filipino restaurant Barkada in Hong Kong, gives her top picks for steak, noodles, pasta and more in the city.
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A beloved Chinese restaurant dish across Britain, Cantonese prawn toast is being transformed in ways that must be tasted to be believed.
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After her wuxia TV roles wowed viewers across Asia in the 1970s, Yim moved to movies and plays. Now 70, she will hold her first solo concert.
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Reynaldo Espineli took up Iyengar yoga after crippling knee pain and a stage-four osteoarthritis diagnosis. Now he’s got his mobility back.
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‘Optimism Doctor’ and bestselling author Deepika Chopra shares how to reframe your view of bad scenarios and why it may help you live longer.
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As Young and Dangerous turns 30, we look back at the six-film series that marked a shift in how gangsters were portrayed.
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Trainspotting star McGregor and director Boyle share how the 1996 film about Scottish heroin addicts still resonates three decades on.
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In his nineties, Frank Bowling defies age with his vibrant abstract art, as seen in his new Hong Kong exhibition, his first solo show in East Asia.
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A Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club member has partnered the club with an NGO in Hong Kong to upcycle discarded sailcloth.
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From beautiful lavender fields to amazing local produce, there’s plenty to see and eat in Furano during the summer holiday months.
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Chef Leung Chun-wah has taken over from Romain Dupeyre and is bringing his own culinary culture to Michelin-star restaurant Racines.
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Bigger and better venues, lower costs and cheaper visas are all seeing touring music acts opt for gigs in the mainland Chinese city.
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Two years ago, Keizer Cheng had 37 per cent body fat, aching knees and trouble sleeping. Now he’s sculpted and doing Hyrox races.
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More than 900 tags at South Korea’s Omma Poom Park form a quiet monument to years of mass child-parent separations in the country.
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Whether you love it, hate it or veer deliriously between the two, Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 romantic musical is an experience you don’t forget.
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London-based actress who has appeared on Bridgerton and worked with Jeff Goldblum shares how ‘clarity of vision’ drove her from a young age.
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