https://www.scmp.com/rss/267369/feed Miguel Candela is a Spanish documentary photographer based in Hong Kong, who specialises in long-term contemporary projects, humanitarian and social issues from the Southern Asia region. He focuses on issues like minorities and gender discrimination, human trafficking and poverty. He also documents cultures and traditions from an anthropological perspective and reports about environmental topics. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A mere 3,144 of Hong Kong’s 7.5 million people are African, or of African descent, according to the 2016 Population By-census. But in the past five years, a massive 492 complaints of racial discrimination against them were lodged with the city’s equality watchdog. In reality, that may be a conservative measure of discrimination. A 2016 study by the Equal Opportunities Commission revealed that many members of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong would not consider filing a complaint, worried that they... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3095154/what-its-be-black-and-african-hong-kong-there?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3095154/what-its-be-black-and-african-hong-kong-there?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Aug 2020 02:15:05 +0000 On Sunday, the 2017 Hong Kong Bodybuilding Championships cum 8th South China Bodybuilding Invitational Championships and HK-GZ Performance Exchange (try saying all that while holding a pose!) take place at Queen Elizabeth Stadium. Photographer Miguel Candela went behind the scenes at last year’s event, capturing an extraordinary series of pictures. https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2097189/pictures-hong-kong-bodybuilding-championships?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2097189/pictures-hong-kong-bodybuilding-championships?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jun 2017 04:48:23 +0000