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Shenzhen’s 24-hour spa, a glimpse of 1970s Hong Kong: 7 Lifestyle highlights
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Shenzhen’s 24-hour spa, a glimpse of 1970s Hong Kong: 7 Lifestyle highlights

How buildings and cities shape our lives, from ancient Rome to Hong Kong today
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How buildings and cities shape our lives, from ancient Rome to Hong Kong today

Drink in Focus: Apple Cooler at Bar Oasis
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Drink in Focus: Apple Cooler at Bar Oasis

Review | The Voice of Hind Rajab movie review: harrowing Gaza docudrama is breathless, vital cinema
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Review | The Voice of Hind Rajab movie review: harrowing Gaza docudrama is breathless, vital cinema

The story of Snow Garden, legendary Hong Kong restaurant loved by the rich and famous
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The story of Snow Garden, legendary Hong Kong restaurant loved by the rich and famous

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this wet weekend, May 22-24
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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this wet weekend, May 22-24

Mouthing Off | Why do so many people in Hong Kong eat too fast or too slow?
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Mouthing Off | Why do so many people in Hong Kong eat too fast or too slow?

How doing housework can declutter both your home and your mind. What the experts say
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How doing housework can declutter both your home and your mind. What the experts say

How a Hong Kong mother of 3 who runs a restaurant also wins gruelling trail races
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How a Hong Kong mother of 3 who runs a restaurant also wins gruelling trail races

Review | Cannes 2026: The Samurai and the Prisoner movie review – Kiyoshi Kurosawa back on top form
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Review | Cannes 2026: The Samurai and the Prisoner movie review – Kiyoshi Kurosawa back on top form

Japanese, Vietnamese, Cantonese – where a Hong Kong food critic likes to eat
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Japanese, Vietnamese, Cantonese – where a Hong Kong food critic likes to eat

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 21-24
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 21-24

How Asian artists at the 2026 Venice Biennale are making their voices heard
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How Asian artists at the 2026 Venice Biennale are making their voices heard

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 22-25
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 22-25

Review | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu movie review – plays like an extended TV episode
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Review | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu movie review – plays like an extended TV episode

What are Shenzhen’s 24-hour spas like? A Hong Kong couple stays overnight at one
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What are Shenzhen’s 24-hour spas like? A Hong Kong couple stays overnight at one

Review | Cannes 2026: Bitter Christmas movie review – Pedro Almodovar’s engrossing meta drama
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Review | Cannes 2026: Bitter Christmas movie review – Pedro Almodovar’s engrossing meta drama

Who should get a mammogram and how often. 4 things to know about breast cancer screening
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Who should get a mammogram and how often. 4 things to know about breast cancer screening

Swatch drops US0 Royal Pop watch. Then ‘people got crazy’ from Hong Kong to US
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Swatch drops US$400 Royal Pop watch. Then ‘people got crazy’ from Hong Kong to US

How Colony features a new kind of zombie to reflect modern fears
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How Colony features a new kind of zombie to reflect modern fears

Review | Cannes 2026: Fjord movie review – Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve lead child welfare drama
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Review | Cannes 2026: Fjord movie review – Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve lead child welfare drama

How an architect is healing Hongkongers’ ‘inner child’ with free sketches, figurines
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How an architect is healing Hongkongers’ ‘inner child’ with free sketches, figurines

She rejected her Chinese heritage as a child. Now, she leans into it through her novels
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She rejected her Chinese heritage as a child. Now, she leans into it through her novels

East meets West in melodic concert as Hong Kong musician Eric Chan blends suona with organ
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East meets West in melodic concert as Hong Kong musician Eric Chan blends suona with organ

Review | Cannes 2026: Paper Tiger movie review – Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson lead dark mob tale
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Review | Cannes 2026: Paper Tiger movie review – Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson lead dark mob tale

Indonesian artist’s Venice installation reimagines CIA-backed female guerrilla fighter
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Indonesian artist’s Venice installation reimagines CIA-backed female guerrilla fighter

Review | Cannes 2026: Hope movie review – The Wailing director Na Hong-jin back with a monster mess
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Review | Cannes 2026: Hope movie review – The Wailing director Na Hong-jin back with a monster mess

Where to eat in food paradise Singapore, from hawker centres to Michelin restaurants
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Where to eat in food paradise Singapore, from hawker centres to Michelin restaurants

Being optimistic can lower dementia risk by 15%, Harvard study finds
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Being optimistic can lower dementia risk by 15%, Harvard study finds

How should we greet aliens? Neil deGrasse Tyson has the answer
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How should we greet aliens? Neil deGrasse Tyson has the answer

Review | Soprano-pianist Rachel Fenlon blends intensity and innovation in dexterous Hong Kong debut
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Review | Soprano-pianist Rachel Fenlon blends intensity and innovation in dexterous Hong Kong debut

Why Hong Kong filmmaking couple Alex Law and Mabel Cheung’s nostalgia films are must-sees
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Why Hong Kong filmmaking couple Alex Law and Mabel Cheung’s nostalgia films are must-sees

Hong Kong yoga master’s new app uses AI to provide personal insight and advice
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Hong Kong yoga master’s new app uses AI to provide personal insight and advice

Year of the Horse 2026 fourth month predictions for all 12 Chinese zodiac signs
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Year of the Horse 2026 fourth month predictions for all 12 Chinese zodiac signs

Review | Cannes 2026: Sheep in the Box movie review – Hirokazu Koreeda tackles grief in sci-fi tale
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Review | Cannes 2026: Sheep in the Box movie review – Hirokazu Koreeda tackles grief in sci-fi tale

HBO’s The A List explores AAPI stories with names like Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani
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HBO’s The A List explores AAPI stories with names like Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani

Reflections | How Chinese people did laundry before washing machines, from ash ‘soap’ to stone beatings
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Reflections | How Chinese people did laundry before washing machines, from ash ‘soap’ to stone beatings

Profile | Who is Cha Eun-woo, the handsome K-pop idol starring in Netflix K-drama The Wonderfools?
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Profile | Who is Cha Eun-woo, the handsome K-pop idol starring in Netflix K-drama The Wonderfools?

Review | Cannes 2026: Colony movie review – Jun Ji-hyun returns in slick but empty zombie thriller
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Review | Cannes 2026: Colony movie review – Jun Ji-hyun returns in slick but empty zombie thriller

Chinese tourists flock to Teochew sites after indie film becomes surprise hit
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Chinese tourists flock to Teochew sites after indie film becomes surprise hit

The difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ stress and how to beat the harmful kind
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The difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ stress and how to beat the harmful kind

China’s Silk Road Express, best things to do in Nanjing: 7 Lifestyle highlights
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China’s Silk Road Express, best things to do in Nanjing: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Review | Cannes 2026: All of a Sudden movie review – Ryusuke Hamaguchi wows with Paris-set drama
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Review | Cannes 2026: All of a Sudden movie review – Ryusuke Hamaguchi wows with Paris-set drama

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 15-17
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for May 15-17

Why Stranger Things star Maya Hawke actually likes her new album for once
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Why Stranger Things star Maya Hawke actually likes her new album for once

3 young chefs helping to define Shenzhen’s new fine dining wave
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3 young chefs helping to define Shenzhen’s new fine dining wave

Review | Netflix K-drama The Wonderfools review: Park Eun-bin lifts fun but flawed superhero romp
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Review | Netflix K-drama The Wonderfools review: Park Eun-bin lifts fun but flawed superhero romp

Review | Cannes 2026: Parallel Tales movie review – Asghar Farhadi wastes a stellar French cast
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Review | Cannes 2026: Parallel Tales movie review – Asghar Farhadi wastes a stellar French cast

How Hollywood’s 55 Days at Peking turned China’s Boxer rebellion into a racist Western
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How Hollywood’s 55 Days at Peking turned China’s Boxer rebellion into a racist Western

China’s hotel sector shines, poised to outperform through 2026 on strong travel demand
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China’s hotel sector shines, poised to outperform through 2026 on strong travel demand

Why Chinese-Canadian Derek Kwan is so much more than a ‘token Asian’ actor
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Why Chinese-Canadian Derek Kwan is so much more than a ‘token Asian’ actor

From Hong Kong to London, why travellers have a plan B lined up for summer 2026
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From Hong Kong to London, why travellers have a plan B lined up for summer 2026

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this rainy weekend, May 15-17
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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this rainy weekend, May 15-17

Review | Cannes 2026: Nagi Notes movie review – Koji Fukada ponders the meaning of art in wartime
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Review | Cannes 2026: Nagi Notes movie review – Koji Fukada ponders the meaning of art in wartime

What to eat in China’s Chengdu, from fiery hotpot to the original mapo tofu
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What to eat in China’s Chengdu, from fiery hotpot to the original mapo tofu

Dish in Focus: Pasta mista at Dieci
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Dish in Focus: Pasta mista at Dieci

On the Menu | Influencer who spat out food on Japan trip leaves a bad taste in the mouth
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On the Menu | Influencer who spat out food on Japan trip leaves a bad taste in the mouth

Photographer’s snaps of 1970s Hong Kong given life 5 decades on by grandson he never met
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Photographer’s snaps of 1970s Hong Kong given life 5 decades on by grandson he never met

HBO Max K-drama The Legend of Kitchen Soldier: Park Ji-hoon leads winning military comedy
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HBO Max K-drama The Legend of Kitchen Soldier: Park Ji-hoon leads winning military comedy

10 Japanese parenting tips to raise your children to be well-behaved, mindful and creative
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10 Japanese parenting tips to raise your children to be well-behaved, mindful and creative

Japanese, Korean, Chinese: a guitarist-restaurateur’s top Hong Kong eats
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Japanese, Korean, Chinese: a guitarist-restaurateur’s top Hong Kong eats

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 15-18
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Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for May 15-18

Hong Kong’s Big JJ Seafood Hotpot gets fancy in new Central location at Landmark Prince’s
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Hong Kong’s Big JJ Seafood Hotpot gets fancy in new Central location at Landmark Prince’s

Hong Kong parks are this fitness coach’s gym of choice, no expensive memberships required
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Hong Kong parks are this fitness coach’s gym of choice, no expensive memberships required

Where is Skibs the Kid now? ‘Hong Kong Kids’ rapper on viral hit, school and ‘Asian vibe’
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Where is Skibs the Kid now? ‘Hong Kong Kids’ rapper on viral hit, school and ‘Asian vibe’

Sex, desire and intimacy explored in Singapore art exhibition for over-18s
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Sex, desire and intimacy explored in Singapore art exhibition for over-18s

Bar Patuá: Travelers’ Whispers of East Meets West in a Glass
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Bar Patuá: Travelers’ Whispers of East Meets West in a Glass

How The King’s Warden sold 16 million tickets and saved the Korean box office
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How The King’s Warden sold 16 million tickets and saved the Korean box office

Netflix K-drama My Royal Nemesis: Lim Ji-yeon leads period-infused fantasy romantic comedy
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Netflix K-drama My Royal Nemesis: Lim Ji-yeon leads period-infused fantasy romantic comedy

Paris crowns a new best baguette maker in prestigious bakery competition
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Paris crowns a new best baguette maker in prestigious bakery competition