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How ticks can cause a meat and dairy allergy called alpha-gal syndrome that can kill
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How ticks can cause a meat and dairy allergy called alpha-gal syndrome that can kill

 22/06/2026
What is Chinese dreamcore? Hong Kong exhibition leans into millennial anxiety
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What is Chinese dreamcore? Hong Kong exhibition leans into millennial anxiety

 22/06/2026
Review | Minions & Monsters movie review: a clever, self-aware homage to classic Hollywood
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Review | Minions & Monsters movie review: a clever, self-aware homage to classic Hollywood

 22/06/2026
Why babydoll dresses, worn by Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter, are sparking debate
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Why babydoll dresses, worn by Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter, are sparking debate

 21/06/2026
How Fennie Yuen went from Happy Ghost idol to serious actress for Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark
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How Fennie Yuen went from Happy Ghost idol to serious actress for Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark

 21/06/2026
7 top Hong Kong restaurants offering fine food at bargain prices this summer
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7 top Hong Kong restaurants offering fine food at bargain prices this summer

 21/06/2026
How a 100kg father struggling to keep up with his 4-year-old lost 27kg in 6 months
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How a 100kg father struggling to keep up with his 4-year-old lost 27kg in 6 months

 21/06/2026
New Audrey Hepburn biography is an emotional roller coaster of joy and tragedy
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New Audrey Hepburn biography is an emotional roller coaster of joy and tragedy

 20/06/2026
How YouTube creator Curry Barker turned his filmmaking dreams into Obsession
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How YouTube creator Curry Barker turned his filmmaking dreams into Obsession

 20/06/2026
K-drama casting news about Lee Jun-ho, Seo In-guk, Shin Hye-sun and more
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K-drama casting news about Lee Jun-ho, Seo In-guk, Shin Hye-sun and more

 20/06/2026
Reflections | How Teochew people spread from China, and their outsize influence from Hong Kong to Thailand
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Reflections | How Teochew people spread from China, and their outsize influence from Hong Kong to Thailand

 20/06/2026
How men can best protect themselves against the many health crises they face in midlife
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How men can best protect themselves against the many health crises they face in midlife

 20/06/2026
‘Night of Horrors’: LA’s Chinese massacre of 1871 brought to the fore in new book
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‘Night of Horrors’: LA’s Chinese massacre of 1871 brought to the fore in new book

 19/06/2026
K-Stage Festival to give Hong Kong a dose of South Korean culture beyond BTS, Squid Game
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K-Stage Festival to give Hong Kong a dose of South Korean culture beyond BTS, Squid Game

 19/06/2026
Alice and Steve actress Nicola Walker on playing the ‘mad woman’ everyone wants to shut up
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Alice and Steve actress Nicola Walker on playing the ‘mad woman’ everyone wants to shut up

 19/06/2026
Meet the chef marrying Cantonese and Jiangnan cuisines at Wynn Palace in Macau
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Meet the chef marrying Cantonese and Jiangnan cuisines at Wynn Palace in Macau

 19/06/2026
Profile | How Andy Hui went from Hong Kong Cantopop star to bombshell cheating scandal to redemption
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Profile | How Andy Hui went from Hong Kong Cantopop star to bombshell cheating scandal to redemption

 19/06/2026
TCM for a new generation, Dragon Boat Festival top picks: 7 Lifestyle highlights
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TCM for a new generation, Dragon Boat Festival top picks: 7 Lifestyle highlights

 19/06/2026
5 of the best things to do this long weekend in Hong Kong, June 19-21
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5 of the best things to do this long weekend in Hong Kong, June 19-21

 18/06/2026
Mius bartender wins 2026 Diageo World Class Hong Kong and Macau cocktail competition
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Mius bartender wins 2026 Diageo World Class Hong Kong and Macau cocktail competition

 18/06/2026
Drink in Focus: Daiquiri El Cáscara at Sugar King
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Drink in Focus: Daiquiri El Cáscara at Sugar King

 18/06/2026
Mouthing Off | How do people eat pizza in Naples? Any way they like, it seems
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Mouthing Off | How do people eat pizza in Naples? Any way they like, it seems

 18/06/2026
Hong Kong matcha brand stirs up history by highlighting the tea’s Chinese roots
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Hong Kong matcha brand stirs up history by highlighting the tea’s Chinese roots

 18/06/2026
Review | Dear You movie review: nostalgic Teochew family drama a surprise box office hit in China
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Review | Dear You movie review: nostalgic Teochew family drama a surprise box office hit in China

 18/06/2026
She sells bling to A$AP Rocky and Drake: meet A$AP Eva, Macau-born jeweller in New York
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She sells bling to A$AP Rocky and Drake: meet A$AP Eva, Macau-born jeweller in New York

 18/06/2026
How a former model with PMOS who put on 35kg in 6 months handled it without GLP-1s
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How a former model with PMOS who put on 35kg in 6 months handled it without GLP-1s

 18/06/2026
Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 19-21
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 19-21

 17/06/2026
Review | Palimpsest: The Story of a Name movie review – Mary Stephen’s riveting study of identity
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Review | Palimpsest: The Story of a Name movie review – Mary Stephen’s riveting study of identity

 17/06/2026
Where a French-Canadian CEO eats in Hong Kong for dumplings, seafood and more
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Where a French-Canadian CEO eats in Hong Kong for dumplings, seafood and more

 17/06/2026
Your Hong Kong food guide for Father’s Day weekend, June 19-21
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Your Hong Kong food guide for Father’s Day weekend, June 19-21

 17/06/2026
7 special Hong Kong Father’s Day 2026 lunches, brunches, dinners and more
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7 special Hong Kong Father’s Day 2026 lunches, brunches, dinners and more

 17/06/2026
How an American pastry chef has reinvented the hotpot with immigrant-inspired twists
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How an American pastry chef has reinvented the hotpot with immigrant-inspired twists

 17/06/2026
GO PARK Aqua brings epic summer vibes to Hong Kong with its massive upgrade
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GO PARK Aqua brings epic summer vibes to Hong Kong with its massive upgrade

 17/06/2026
Review | Toy Story 5 movie review: Woody, Buzz and Jessie battle tech in Pixar’s flawed, fun sequel
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Review | Toy Story 5 movie review: Woody, Buzz and Jessie battle tech in Pixar’s flawed, fun sequel

 17/06/2026
How not to eat paella in its home city of Valencia, and the rise of the Spanish speciality
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How not to eat paella in its home city of Valencia, and the rise of the Spanish speciality

 16/06/2026
Pop artist David Hockney’s lifelong love affair with Los Angeles and Hollywood
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Pop artist David Hockney’s lifelong love affair with Los Angeles and Hollywood

 16/06/2026
Review | Dog Day Evening movie review: Kafkaesque comedy reflects on a Hong Kong hostage incident
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Review | Dog Day Evening movie review: Kafkaesque comedy reflects on a Hong Kong hostage incident

 16/06/2026
7 great places to buy sticky rice dumplings in Hong Kong for the 2026 Dragon Boat Festival
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7 great places to buy sticky rice dumplings in Hong Kong for the 2026 Dragon Boat Festival

 16/06/2026
How China’s Empress Xiaozhuangwen shaped the Qing dynasty without ever taking the throne
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How China’s Empress Xiaozhuangwen shaped the Qing dynasty without ever taking the throne

 16/06/2026
Why A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ producer is going even smaller for Season 2
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Why A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ producer is going even smaller for Season 2

 15/06/2026
How Marilyn Monroe owned her beauty and sexuality with pioneering boldness
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How Marilyn Monroe owned her beauty and sexuality with pioneering boldness

 15/06/2026
Why Hirokazu Koreeda paired Haruka Ayase and a TV comic in sci-fi drama Sheep in the Box
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Why Hirokazu Koreeda paired Haruka Ayase and a TV comic in sci-fi drama Sheep in the Box

 15/06/2026
How ultra-processed foods increase your dementia risk, and ‘healthy’ items to avoid
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How ultra-processed foods increase your dementia risk, and ‘healthy’ items to avoid

 15/06/2026
Discover the young collectors shaking up the art scene in China’s Greater Bay Area
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Discover the young collectors shaking up the art scene in China’s Greater Bay Area

 15/06/2026
Before & after: How to make a Hong Kong home feel finished without renovating
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Before & after: How to make a Hong Kong home feel finished without renovating

 15/06/2026
How Pang Ho-cheung’s early black comedies disrupted Hong Kong cinema
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How Pang Ho-cheung’s early black comedies disrupted Hong Kong cinema

 14/06/2026
Two pioneering American artists’ light works go on show steps from each other in Hong Kong
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Two pioneering American artists’ light works go on show steps from each other in Hong Kong

 14/06/2026
The TCM influencers translating ancient Chinese healing practices for a new generation
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The TCM influencers translating ancient Chinese healing practices for a new generation

 14/06/2026
Year of the Horse 2026 fifth month predictions for all 12 Chinese zodiac signs
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Year of the Horse 2026 fifth month predictions for all 12 Chinese zodiac signs

 14/06/2026
How to make a great World Cup song? Shakira, J Balvin, Nora Fatehi and more reveal
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How to make a great World Cup song? Shakira, J Balvin, Nora Fatehi and more reveal

 13/06/2026
What’s under Notre-Dame? Archaeologists discover artefacts stretching back 1,700 years
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What’s under Notre-Dame? Archaeologists discover artefacts stretching back 1,700 years

 13/06/2026
Profile | Meet Park Ji-hyun, rising star of K-dramas Flex X Cop and See You at Work Tomorrow!
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Profile | Meet Park Ji-hyun, rising star of K-dramas Flex X Cop and See You at Work Tomorrow!

 13/06/2026
Reflections | The history of weiqi, or go, Chinese board game dating back over 2,000 years
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Reflections | The history of weiqi, or go, Chinese board game dating back over 2,000 years

 13/06/2026
She was a high-functioning cocaine addict. Daily meditation helped her quit
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She was a high-functioning cocaine addict. Daily meditation helped her quit

 13/06/2026
Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B scene spills the tea about annoying customers
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Word on the StrEAT: Hong Kong’s F&B scene spills the tea about annoying customers

 12/06/2026
12 must-see Hong Kong shows and arts events in 2026
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12 must-see Hong Kong shows and arts events in 2026

 12/06/2026
How RZA channelled Shaw Brothers for his flawed kung fu epic The Man with the Iron Fists
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How RZA channelled Shaw Brothers for his flawed kung fu epic The Man with the Iron Fists

 12/06/2026
What are alkaline rice dumplings, the Dragon Boat Festival sweet treat loved by an empress?
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What are alkaline rice dumplings, the Dragon Boat Festival sweet treat loved by an empress?

 12/06/2026
Hong Kong animations are finally turning heads. Meet the artists behind them
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Hong Kong animations are finally turning heads. Meet the artists behind them

 12/06/2026
Dish in Focus: Scotch egg at Avalon
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Dish in Focus: Scotch egg at Avalon

 12/06/2026
12 new Hollywood films to watch in summer 2026, including Moana and The Odyssey
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12 new Hollywood films to watch in summer 2026, including Moana and The Odyssey

 11/06/2026
Why Steven Spielberg doesn’t consider Disclosure Day to be science fiction
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Why Steven Spielberg doesn’t consider Disclosure Day to be science fiction

 11/06/2026
Tokyo Sézanne’s missing stars; Hongkonger shed 32kg in 8 months: 7 Lifestyle highlights
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Tokyo Sézanne’s missing stars; Hongkonger shed 32kg in 8 months: 7 Lifestyle highlights

 11/06/2026
Review | Beyond Hostage Crisis movie review: 2010 Manila tragedy spawns misguided faith-based drama
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Review | Beyond Hostage Crisis movie review: 2010 Manila tragedy spawns misguided faith-based drama

 11/06/2026
5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, June 12-14
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5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, June 12-14

 11/06/2026
On the Menu | How one bite of oyster in Hong Kong ruined food trip but taught valuable lessons
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On the Menu | How one bite of oyster in Hong Kong ruined food trip but taught valuable lessons

 11/06/2026
Best things to do in Wuxi, China’s lakeside city of gardens and sweet cuisine
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Best things to do in Wuxi, China’s lakeside city of gardens and sweet cuisine

 11/06/2026
Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 11-13
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Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for June 11-13

 10/06/2026
Where to go for delicious steak and Italian in Hong Kong? Omakase chef reveals
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Where to go for delicious steak and Italian in Hong Kong? Omakase chef reveals

 10/06/2026
Why Ragtime remains so culturally relevant in 2026, nearly 30 years since Broadway debut
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Why Ragtime remains so culturally relevant in 2026, nearly 30 years since Broadway debut

 10/06/2026