Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City: best of the South China Morning Post’s past coverage

As martial arts movie Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In receives buzz, we revisit some of the Post’s coverage of the film’s infamous setting

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Published: 1:46pm, 22 May 2024

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Hong Kong martial arts movie Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In made waves at Cannes, receiving a standing ovation during its screening at the film festival. The movie takes inspiration from and is set in Kowloon Walled City, which was torn down in 1994. Thirty years later, the infamous settlement continues to fascinate people and capture their imaginations.

Below is some of the South China Morning Post’s coverage of the Walled City over the years.

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The history of the Kowloon Walled City

1. Dark legacy of Kowloon Walled City lives on in modern-day Hong Kong

2. Decades on, the Kowloon Walled City still evokes awe and revulsion

3. How Kowloon Walled City survived attempts to knock it down for almost a century

4. Once reviled, Kowloon Walled City is now regarded as an example of ‘organic design’

5. Kowloon Walled City: when Hong Kong called time on ‘dirty old wart’

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