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White Rabbit lip balm? Chinese food brands sell crossover beauty products

From spicy duck lipstick to liquor perfume, China’s food brands are offering unexpected crossover beauty products.

13 Oct 2018 - 7:14pm 3 More on Beauty

Improper storage and use of contact lenses can lead to damage and even blindness. Photo: Alamy

10 things you should never do if you wear contact lenses

11 Oct 2018 - 7:01pm

Singapore is full of glitzy, cookie-cutter shopping malls selling major fashion brands, but some retail outlets prefer to stock emerging labels and local designs

Eight Singapore stores and boutiques that dare to be different

6 Oct 2018 - 9:02am

Parents need to guide children to make a decision, not make it for them. Photo: Alamy

Six ways to help your children be confident decision-makers

5 Oct 2018 - 1:32pm

Fan Bingbing at the Cannes Film Festival in May, shortly before her disappearance from the public eye. Photo: Reuters

Not just Fan Bingbing: five other lawbreaking Chinese entertainers

3 Oct 2018 - 5:58pm 2

Ben Robinson’s book Beer Hacks includes tips on getting warm beer cold as soon as possible. Photo: Shutterstock

Beer hacks: from warm booze to missing openers, vital tips and tricks

28 Sep 2018 - 8:01pm

Are you making the most of your time in transit? Airports are often labyrinths designed to make people waste time – but you don’t have to. If you are travelling for work, here are five tips for how to use your time wisely

How business travellers can make the most of airport transit time

26 Sep 2018 - 6:17am

The aurora borealis (Northern Lights) seen in western Iceland. Photo: Shutterstock

You don’t have to go to Alaska or Scandinavia to see Northern Lights

22 Sep 2018 - 1:43am

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing’s disappearance since her tax evasion scandal in July poses some difficult questions for the luxury brands she endorses. Photo: EPA

Four luxury brands caught up in Fan Bingbing’s fall from grace

3 Oct 2018 - 6:26pm 17

Kim Kardashian leaves the West Wing of the White House after meeting with senior officials. Photo: TNS

Kim, Cate, Leo ... celebrities who use their fame for good causes

6 Sep 2018 - 7:10pm 1

Hong Kong personal trainer Angela Hancock doing lunges at XP Fitness Hub in Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Five workouts for time-pressed people stuck to office chairs

5 Sep 2018 - 7:08pm

Sakura, who created the much-loved manga and anime series Chibi Maruko-chan, died of breast cancer aged 53, but other female manga artists will continue making their mark on the traditionally male-dominated industry

Japanese women manga artists who’ll keep spirit of Momoko Sakura alive

29 Aug 2018 - 11:01pm

US President Donald Trump appears to have coloured in the US flag wrong on a visit to an Ohio hospital yesterday. Photo: Twitter/Alex Azar

After Trump colours in US flag wrong, five other high-profile gaffes

27 Aug 2018 - 5:55pm 2

Jamie Oliver’s Punchy Jerk Rice didn’t go down well with a British politician of Jamaican heritage. Photo: SCMP

What do TV chef’s jerk rice and M&S curry kit have in common?

20 Aug 2018 - 6:32pm 3

Superstar Cruise has long insisted on doing his own stunt work in the Mission: Impossible series; that has included scaling the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, with suction cups. Here are some others who do their own

Five actors who do their own stunts like film superstar Tom Cruise

26 Jul 2018 - 1:15pm 1

The Chinese calendar is peppered with events and festivals alien to Western calendars. We explain why

Great Heat day? Four more days only found on Chinese calendars

23 Jul 2018 - 7:46pm

From its historic coffeehouses to classical music nights to grand, glitzy ballrooms, the Austrian capital has a wealth of cultural joys for the visitor to experience. Here are the highlights

Five things to do and see in Vienna, capital of culture

18 Jul 2018 - 7:23am

The famed “Seven Bridges” view from Amsterdam’s Reguliersgracht Canal. Photo: Shutterstock

Destination Amsterdam: five things you shouldn’t miss

14 Jul 2018 - 6:42pm

Customs officers caught this woman trying to smuggle 102 iPhones and 15 Tissot watches out of Hong Kong.

The weirdest things found by Hong Kong and Chinese customs

10 Jul 2018 - 6:47pm

The Rock’s Skyscraper is just the latest film to have used the city’s forest of skyscrapers the perfect backdrop for all kinds of CGI-generated mayhem. Here are some other times Hollywood has trashed city buildings, or Hong Kong itself

Five times Hong Kong landmarks, or entire city, were trashed in movies

6 Jul 2018 - 6:49pm 1

Over the years, Western pop music’s typical portrayals of Hong Kong have been ignorant, ridiculous and shallow. Here is a round-up of the best-known ones

10 songs about Hong Kong that have little in common with the city

1 Jul 2018 - 1:16pm 2

All our picks are elegant places to eat, and the food is impressive – from the best jellyfish dish we’ve ever eaten at Xin Rong Ji to the high-end French fare with Japanese touches at Arbor to homestyle Cantonese at Guo Fu Lou

New Hong Kong restaurants in June: our top three picks

29 Jun 2018 - 12:47pm 1

Every summer, runners and hikers have to be rescued from Hong Kong’s trails after falling victim to heatstroke and dehydration. We talk to local trail runners, who share their tips for staying cool and hydrated while out in the open air

Five tips for runners and hikers to stay safe in hot, humid summers

29 Jun 2018 - 12:30pm

A trainload of crayfish was sent from China to Russia for World Cup fans to enjoy.

Chinese World Cup snacks: crayfish, duck necks and chicken feet

27 Jun 2018 - 7:00pm 4

From choosing the right pair of boots to layering up for whatever nature throws at you, hiking and trekking experts offer advice on what you’ll need to make the most out your next trip into the wild

Travel checklist: six things to pack for your next outdoor adventure

27 Jun 2018 - 7:05am

Women walk to a polling station in Lesotho, southern Africa, where they are barred from owning land independently. Photo: AP

So Saudi women can drive – five other anti-women laws around the world

25 Jun 2018 - 5:59pm 2

Melania Trump in her controversial jacket visits the US-Mexico border area. Photo: Reuters

Not just Melania Trump: 5 more fashion slogans that caused controversy

22 Jun 2018 - 10:08pm 3

A portable computer with – wait for it – 8KB of memory, a classic waterproof stopwatch, the first digital camera: in the week Casio co-founder Kazuo Kashio died, we look back at five of his company’s most innovative products

From Casio, pioneer of the G-Shock watch, five other innovations

21 Jun 2018 - 6:54pm

John Lennon was gunned down in New York in 1980. Photo: Alamy

Five singers gunned down in their prime, like rapper XXXTentacion

20 Jun 2018 - 6:48pm 2