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Emily Yuen, chef at one-Michelin-star Chinese restaurant Yingtao in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, prepares lo mai gai - sticky rice, lap cheong and salted duck egg yolk stuffed in a deboned chicken wing. Many chefs in the US are elevating Chinese cuisine and challenging stereotypes. Photo: AP

Food & Drink

Chinese food, but make it fine dining? Chefs push back against stereotypes

Forget fast food in boxes: chefs at upscale restaurants in the US are elevating Chinese cuisine to fine dining status, tasting menus and all.

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Feng shui advice for Snakes for luck in money, health and romance

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At Hollywood’s other awards show, background actors get their own red carpet

Long overlooked, film extras enjoy their moment at the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards.

19 Feb 2026 - 7:15PM

US extra Sherry Brown delivers a speech after receiving the award for the best female multicamera stand-in at the 8th Annual Los Angeles Union Background Actors Awards ceremony, in Los Angeles, California, on February 15, 2026. Photo: AFP

Arts

Qatar is making a bold new cultural play, from Art Basel to museums

All eyes are on the growing cultural scene in the Middle East, thanks in no small part to the inaugural Art Basel Qatar, held in Doha.

19 Feb 2026 - 5:15PM

Health & Wellness

The apple in this picture is not red, but grey. Why your brain lies to you

The representation of reality your brain provides after processing sensory perceptions may not match the real thing, a neuroscientist says.

19 Feb 2026 - 3:15PMvideocam

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Hong Kong-style borscht; when to open your lai see: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From an executive’s weight loss journey to the luckiest time to open lai see, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

19 Feb 2026 - 1:37PM

A bowl of borscht soup at Borsch Spot in Fo Tan, Hong Kong. The restaurant offers traditional borscht quite unlike that commonly found in Hong Kong’s cha chaan tengs. Photo: Borsch Spot

Entertainment

Review | A New Dawn: climate crisis meets fireworks in confusing Japanese anime

Yoshitoshi Shinomiya’s beautiful debut feature is sure to excite fans of Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki, even if a muddled plot lets it down.

19 Feb 2026 - 12:15PMvideocam

Food & Drink

Why do Chinese love water chestnuts? All about the lucky ‘horse’s hoof’

A humble and vastly underrated ingredient, water chestnuts are used in a popular Lunar New Year dessert and also have many health benefits.

19 Feb 2026 - 11:15AM

Chinese Zodiac

Feng shui advice for Dragons for a lucky, healthy Year of the Horse 2026

Feng shui master Andrew Kwan shares where Dragons can put auspicious items at home and work for fortune in the Year of the Fire Horse.

19 Feb 2026 - 7:15AMvideocam

How can those born in the Year of the Dragon use feng shui to improve their luck in romance, wealth and health this coming year? Feng shui practitioner Andrew Kwan shares advice. Photo: Shutterstock

Travel & Leisure

The Instagram effect: an Italian village is paying the price for being too pretty

Santa Maddalena, a photogenic village in the Italian Dolomites, has to endure hordes of unruly visitors showing up just to take a photo.

19 Feb 2026 - 1:22AM

The picturesque village of Santa Maddalena, in Italy’s Dolomites, is drawing hordes of visitors from all over the world, but the overtourism is affecting its residents. Photo: Christoph Sator/dpa

Food & Drink

At Bangkok’s Aqua Bar, White Lotus luxury meets duck-inspired cocktails

For its 20th anniversary, the Aqua Bar at the Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel in Bangkok has crafted cocktails that are a throwback to its past.

18 Feb 2026 - 5:15PM

Entertainment

With Blades of the Guardians, Yuen Woo-ping revives the wuxia blockbuster

Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and director Yuen Woo-ping returns with an epic wuxia, starring Wu Jing and Nicholas Tse.

18 Feb 2026 - 4:15PMvideocam

Arts

In London, a Singaporean artist reimagines St Sebastian, the LGBTQ icon

A film by Ming Wong, artist in residence at London’s National Gallery, recasts St Sebastian with Asian actors and questions identity.

18 Feb 2026 - 3:15PM

A still from Dance of the sun on the water | Saltatio solis in aqua (2025), by Ming Wong. The Singapore-born artist made the film during his residency at the National Gallery, London. Photo: Ming Wong

Food & Drink

Where a Hong Kong chef loves to eat dim sum, hotpot, pizza and more

Keith Yam of Tuber Umberto Bombana and Cannubi reveals his Hong Kong restaurant hotspots for Italian, Japanese, Chinese and more.

18 Feb 2026 - 12:45PM

Roasted goose puff from Man Ho at the JW Marriott Hotel in Admiralty, Hong Kong, a favourite dinner restaurant for chef Keith Yam of Tuber Umberto Bombana and Cannubi. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Health & Wellness

Singaporean started aikido in her 60s in poor health. Now 73, she’s a black belt

The Japanese martial art helped Lily Chan get off osteoporosis medication and massively improved her overall health and mobility.

18 Feb 2026 - 11:03AMvideocam

Chinese culture

When should you open your Lunar New Year red packets? The luckiest time, and why

It is considered rude to open lai see in front of the giver but don’t leave the red packets unopened for more than a couple of months.

18 Feb 2026 - 8:15AMvideocam

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Chinese Zodiac

Which zodiac signs must appease the tai sui in the Year of the Horse 2026?

Horses, Rats, Oxen and Rabbits clash with the tai sui in the Year of the Fire Horse. Here’s how you can mitigate the adverse effects.

17 Feb 2026 - 2:15PMvideocam

Worshippers visit the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong on February 16, 2026, to pray for good luck in the Year of the Fire Horse. Photo: Sam Tsang

Chinese Zodiac

What are the best days to start work after the Lunar New Year break?

Kick-start the Year of the Horse by returning to work on an auspicious day. A Hong Kong feng shui master reveals which days to avoid.

16 Feb 2026 - 12:15PM

Chinese culture

When should you open your Lunar New Year red packets? The luckiest time, and why

It is considered rude to open lai see in front of the giver but don’t leave the red packets unopened for more than a couple of months.

18 Feb 2026 - 8:15AMvideocam

Entertainment

Review | Blades of the Guardians: Wu Jing leads star-studded Chinese martial arts epic

Starring Wu Jing, Nicholas Tse and Chen Lijun, the visually stunning Blades of the Guardians is one of the fiercest wuxia films in years.

18 Feb 2026 - 5:01PMvideocam

Wu Jing (left) and Nicholas Tse in a still from Blades of the Guardians (category IIB, Mandarin), directed by Yuen Woo-ping. Chen Lijun co-stars.

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Plaques that form part of the Benin Bronzes, which were taken from Africa by British troops in 1897, on display at The British Museum in London. Photo: Getty Images

Should museums return antiquities to their countries of origin? Some say no

New fronts have opened up in the war of cultural restitution, raising complex ethical and legal questions as some argue against museums returning foreign artefacts.

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Living area of the flat in Tsim Sha Tsui designed by GAAN. Photo: Eugene Chan

This Hong Kong home sleeps six – and still feels serene

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Today, more than 40 variations of mahjong are played around the world. Photo: Andria Lo/Mahjong: House Rules from Across the Asian Diaspora

Painted tiles, loud tables, new faces: shaping mahjong’s next chapter

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Action from a charity horse race in Sumba, Indonesia. Photo: Charukesi Ramadurai

Sumba – where horses, black magic and beaches shape island life

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A dinner plate, circa 1796-1810, made in China for the American market. Photo: Alamy

Then & Now | A potted history of the Chinese porcelain industry

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The miniature artist became a street vendor after his tiny culinary creations caught the eye of children and adults alike.

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