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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

The next generation of mahjong players around the world is preserving and reinventing a Hong Kong tradition.

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Macau’s late-night dining culture sets the city aglow. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Craving a midnight bite in Macau? The city’s top chefs are here to help

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Journalist Gonçalo César de Sá at his home in Macau. Photo: Eduardo Leal

His mother stuffed zebras. He broke the biggest story in Macau’s history

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Women with peach blossoms they bought at a flower market in January 1979. Photo: SCMP Archives

In pictures: Hong Kong readies for Lunar New Year

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Naveen Sadhwani – who also goes by Nick – and his 23-year-old daughter Bianca run a charity dedicated to feeding the homeless and underprivileged in Hong Kong. Photo: Alexander Mak

Meet the father and daughter duo feeding Hong Kong’s forgotten folk

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Ricardo Pinto. Photo: Carlos Pimentel

He planned to only stay in Macau for a year. Now he runs the literary festival

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Investigators looking into practices at Nanjing Museum in eastern Jiangsu province carried out 1,100 interviews and reviewed 65,000 archival documents. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Crime in China

China’s Nanjing Museum scandal probe uncovers historic mismanagement, corruption

Museum admits to ‘systemic problems’, pledges reform after ‘severe’ damage caused to image of cultural and museum industry.

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Chinese culture

It takes a village (or two) to revive the Hakka way of life in Hong Kong

London

2 must-see London exhibitions feature Tracey Emin and Lucian Freud

Hong Kong culture

Goldfish plastic bags and laundry: Hong Kong’s everyday life on show in Venice

Hong Kong artists Angel Hui and Kingsley Ng turn the ubiquitous plastic bag for pet fish and metal windows into art for the Venice Biennale.

A computer rendering of Angel Hui’s planned installation at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Photo: courtesy of HKMOA
Italy

Church angel resembling Italy’s prime minister painted over after outcry

Restorer admits styling the angel on Giorgia Meloni before erasing the face.

Food and Drinks

Your Hong Kong weekend drinks guide for February 5-7

Kick off this month with painter-themed drinks at Dead Poets, guest shifts that bring Asian-inspired cocktails to The Opposites, and Italian flavours to Avoca.

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2026 Olympic Winter Games

Milan as it hosts the Winter Olympics: where to eat, shop and be pampered

Savour authentic cuisine at Rovello 18, get the full Italian barbershop treatment at Eredi Zucca, and admire Robert Mapplethorpe’s sensual photographs.

What to do in Milan: Italy’s fashion capital has great food, nightlife and culture for visitors to the upcoming Winter Olympics. Photos: Handout
Year of the Horse 2026

The unicorn has been revered for 4,000 years. It still has us under its spell

From ancient Indus Valley seals to Starbucks cups, the unicorn has long served as a symbol of magic and hope.

What to do in Hong Kong

Strange, disturbing, visceral: Chinese video art pioneer’s new work at Tai Kwun

‘A Day’ by Zhang Peili is a 12-minute, 360-degree visual onslaught meant to resemble the interior of our own social-media-saturated minds.

Italy

Paying for a selfie: Rome starts charging for Trevi Fountain

The move aims to ease overcrowding, raise funds for upkeep, and grant locals museum access.

Monday was the first day tourists and non-residents must pay to access the Trevi Fountain basin in Rome. Photo: dpa
Books and literature

Ysabelle Cheung gives Asian women the lead in her debut short story collection

The Hong Kong-based writer Ysabelle Cheung, who left journalism to become a gallerist, on returning to her first love: fiction.

Ysabelle Cheung, co-founder of the Property Holdings Development Group gallery, discusses her debut short story collection, Patchwork Dolls. Photo: Jonathan Wong
South Korea

Samsung family’s Korean art collection sees light of day in world tour

Joseon-era treasures and modern paintings feature in Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared, which has made its first stop in the US.

Interview

How a residency in Ireland changed everything for this artist

The Macau-born, New York-based artist makes ceramic sculptures, paying tribute to her late mother and Macau’s architectural history.

High Jewellery

Jewellery for Gen Z: younger buyers want bold, artistic pieces that tell a story

From Chopard’s dancing diamonds to Van Cleef & Arpels’ musical watches, storytelling jewels paved the way for creations by Feng J and Austy Lee.

Austy Lee’s The Caduceus of Hermès necklace. Photo: Handout
Italy

Was this fresco redone to look like Meloni? Italy PM says she’s no angel

Reports have noted the painting’s resemblance to the prime minister after it was restored by an artist with alleged right-wing ties.

An angel said to bear a resemblance to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pictured in the recently restored Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina. Photo: dpa
Tourism

Sit still and listen: inside Renaissance, a musical time capsule in Seoul

Renaissance, the classical music salon at the Arts Council Korea Artist House is packed with vintage vibes and digitised classical records.

Timepieces

New Year, new watches: 4 dazzling timepieces for the Year of the Horse

Vacheron Constantin, IWC, Longines and Jaeger-LeCoultre debut Chinese New Year-inspired watches associated with vitality, joy and success.

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South Korea

Remembering Korean artist Chung Sang-hwa, master of monochrome

Korean modern art icon Chung Sang-hwa was known for his ‘dansaekhwa’ paintings, which demanded ‘foolishly endless repetition’.

Artist Chung Sang-hwa in his studio in Yeoju, Gyeonggi province, South Korea, in 2023. The artist died on January 28, 2026, after a prolonged illness. Photo: courtesy of Gallery Hyundai
Timepieces

Atelier Wen showcases Chinese craftsmanship, from Henan to Dubai Watch Week

The brand showcases dials featuring traditional crafts – from guilloché to enamel and gratté – and the Chinese studios behind them.

What to do in Hong Kong

‘Love letter to my sons’: artist explores motherhood in Hong Kong exhibition

‘No Man’s Land’ reflects how Marian Ang feels about motherhood, as viewed through paintings about her grandmother, family items and more.

Your Perfect Week

The best things to do in Hong Kong, January 25-31

Enjoy new media art courtesy of Austria’s Ars Electronica, a sensory 8-drink menu at Quinary, and an exhibition celebrating time from Van Cleef & Arpels.

Lau Wai, one of the artists featured in the “Pluriversal Futures” exhibition, with their 2024 artwork The Cast of the Invisible. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Asian cinema

Why M+ and Chanel are bringing rare Asian avant-garde films to Mubi

Streaming platform Mubi teams up with Hong Kong’s M+ museum and Chanel to put the spotlight on 10 films, including a John Woo short.

John Woo in a still from “Dead Knot” (1969), which is streaming on Mubi as part of its partnership with M+ and Chanel.
Interiors

This refurbished home is a love letter to old Shanghai

A Hong Kong designer transforms his late aunt’s flat with 1930s East-meets-West glamour.

Chinese culture

World’s first Chinese rosewood cello stars in Hong Kong exhibition

Made over six months from a 200-year-old piece of Chinese rosewood, or huanghuali, the cello is now on show at Sheung Wan’s Liang Yi Museum.

China jobs

Hong Kong degree is ‘passport’ to jobs in the world’s third-largest art market

Art graduates from the mainland, looking to expand their horizons and gain an edge in the job market, are flocking to Hong Kong for further study.

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Chinese culture

This remote Chinese minority uses horsetail hair to create beautiful embroidery

A craft passed down for thousands of years, the horsetail embroidery of China’s Shui people is deemed a local intangible cultural heritage.

A Shui minority woman embroiders with horsetail in Sandu Shui Autonomous County in China’s Guizhou province. Shui minority women can spend months or even years making a piece of horsetail embroidery, which is used as decoration on clothes, shoes, wallets and more. Photo: Visual China Group via Getty Images
What to do in Hong Kong

Beijing artist Bingyi reimagines history in ink for her solo show in Hong Kong

In her solo exhibition, ‘Taihang Rhapsody’, at Asia Society Hong Kong, the Yale University-educated artist challenges Western conventions.

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Japan

Japanese tattoo artists still face stigma despite landmark legal victory

The practice of tattooing has long been associated with the yakuza and many places in Japan still bar people bearing the body art.

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