https://www.scmp.com/rss/326848/feed Chris Healy worked for the Post until 2020. He has more than 10 years of experience shooting news, video features and documentaries. His travels with the lens have taken him all across Europe, Asia, North and South America, and the Middle East, covering armed conflicts, environmental disasters and major political developments. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hong Kong marked the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown amid a police ban on the annual Victoria Park vigil because of Covid-19 social distancing restrictions. Thousands defied the ban and gathered in the park anyway. Elsewhere in the city, people gathered to light candles and held a moment of silence to commemorate those who died in the crackdown on June 4, 1989. https://www.scmp.com/politics/hongkongers-defy-ban-mark-tiananmen-crackdown/article/3087662?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/hongkongers-defy-ban-mark-tiananmen-crackdown/article/3087662?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2020 11:20:57 +0000 Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers took to the streets on December 8, 2019, the day before the six-month anniversary of the anti-government protests. For the first time since August, the Civil Human Rights Front, the organizer of the march, received a letter of no objection from the police. https://www.scmp.com/politics/hundreds-thousands-joined-hong-kongs-first-march-approved-police-august/article/3041185?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/hundreds-thousands-joined-hong-kongs-first-march-approved-police-august/article/3041185?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:26:51 +0000 A shocking attack by suspected triad members in Hong Kong has focused attention on Yuen Long, a northern district where the violence took place. It is a bustling district in Hong Kong’s New Territories, where, less than a century ago, visitors found little more than a cluster of agricultural villages. In the 1980s, Yuen Long’s town center was built and a new residential town called Tin Shui Wai was established.  But people in the district still cling to their cultural heritage and traditional... https://www.scmp.com/society/yuen-long-rapidly-changing-district-northern-hong-kong-clings-tradition/article/3021107?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/yuen-long-rapidly-changing-district-northern-hong-kong-clings-tradition/article/3021107?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Aug 2019 09:46:42 +0000 Hong Kong-born actor Jason Tobin plays the role of Young Jun, a Chinese gang leader in 1870s San Francisco, in the Cinemax hit show Warrior. Warrior is a television show based on an original idea from Hong Kong martial arts legend Bruce Lee. Watch the video, above, to see how Tobin embraces Lee’s philosophy in his life and career. https://www.scmp.com/society/warrior-how-hong-kong-actor-jason-tobin-channels-bruce-lee-cinemax-hit-show/article/3019716?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/warrior-how-hong-kong-actor-jason-tobin-channels-bruce-lee-cinemax-hit-show/article/3019716?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jul 2019 10:08:59 +0000 Thirty years have passed since the Tiananmen Square crackdown, where hundreds of pro-democracy protesters were gunned down in the middle of Beijing by Chinese troops. Many people in Hong Kong still vividly recall joining a million-strong march in the city to support the student movement in Beijing. In the decades since the crackdown, pro-democracy advocates have called for justice for the demonstrators. Letting go of their memories is not an option. Watch the video above. https://www.scmp.com/china/tiananmen-square-crackdown-hong-kongs-struggle-against-forgetting/article/3012602?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/tiananmen-square-crackdown-hong-kongs-struggle-against-forgetting/article/3012602?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 May 2019 10:29:30 +0000 The lion dance is an integral part of Chinese festival celebrations. Around Lunar New Year, you’ll see this spirited dance being performed across Chinese communities. The ‘lion’ consists of two performers sharing a single costume, working together as one. A brash, fierce dance performed to the beat of a drum and the crash of symbols, it’s intended to scare off evil spirits and entice in good luck. Watch our video, above, to see a lion dance in action and find out more about this tradition. https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinese-lion-dance-will-be-everywhere-lunar-new-year/article/3000697?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinese-lion-dance-will-be-everywhere-lunar-new-year/article/3000697?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 05 Feb 2019 09:30:35 +0000 Hong Kong was once the world’s biggest toy maker. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the city was a manufacturing hub, particularly specializing in plastics. Since China’s opening up to the outside world, much of the manufacturing business has moved to the mainland. Now the city’s toys offer a historical snapshot of the city in a simpler time, as toy enthusiast and collector Chong Hing-fai reveals. Check out our video, above, for a glimpse at a time when toys didn’t come on smartphones. https://www.scmp.com/society/hong-kongs-history-through-its-old-toys/article/3000634?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/hong-kongs-history-through-its-old-toys/article/3000634?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:21:28 +0000 The Chinese aren’t wasteful when it comes to food. There’s barely a part of an animal that won’t be eaten, somehow. In the colder months, many of the more unusual (well, unusual in the West) parts make their way to hotpot – thin slices of meat and vegetables cooked by diners at the table in a variety of simmering broths. Offal, including the stomach, intestines, blood and brains can all end up as hotpot ingredients. Some are prized for their texture, some for their taste… and some are said to be... https://www.scmp.com/food/offal-you-need-order-hotpot/article/2181163?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/offal-you-need-order-hotpot/article/2181163?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:28:43 +0000 Most Chinese people don’t celebrate Christmas, but that doesn’t stop some cities from putting on Christmas displays. And Hong Kong’s malls in particular go over the top. The festive season is in full swing in the city, and we've rounded up the city's top five Christmas displays. https://www.scmp.com/society/last-wonton-take-look-five-best-christmas-displays-hong-kong-has-offer/article/2178928?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/last-wonton-take-look-five-best-christmas-displays-hong-kong-has-offer/article/2178928?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Dec 2018 08:15:45 +0000 When ex-Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping announced the “reform and opening up” policy, it kicked off unprecedented economic growth that transformed China from a largely rural country to the world’s second-largest economy. The family of Hong Kong politician and industrialist Henry Tang was among the first to invest in mainland China, starting a textile business in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, which sits right on the border with Hong Kong. Watch the video, above, of how people like Tang... https://www.scmp.com/china/how-hong-kong-entrepreneurs-invested-china/article/2174278?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/how-hong-kong-entrepreneurs-invested-china/article/2174278?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:37:29 +0000 The Portuguese egg tart is a must-eat for visitors to the city of Macau, located on China’s southern coast. The sweet, soft tart consists of a baked egg custard inside a flaky case, caramelized on top. They’re close cousins of the Hong Kong-style egg tarts found in dim sum restaurants and Chinatowns across the world. But the name is misleading. The Portuguese egg tart is actually a 100% Macanese creation, invented by a Brit in Macau. Eileen Stow, sister to Andrew Stow, who invented the treat in... https://www.scmp.com/food/how-lord-andrew-stow-created-macaus-portuguese-egg-tarts/article/2173365?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/how-lord-andrew-stow-created-macaus-portuguese-egg-tarts/article/2173365?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:00:15 +0000 The Peninsula is one of the Hong Kong’s great hotels. Known as the “Grande Dame of the Far East,” tourists and locals alike still flock to its beautiful colonial lobby for afternoon tea, or head to the bar for a classic cocktail done right. And the staff are just as loyal as the patrons. Senior bartender Johnny Chung is the hotel’s longest-serving employee. His father worked at the hotel before him, and now Johnny has been at The Peninsula for more than six decades. In his time at the hotel,... https://www.scmp.com/style/peninsula-hong-kongs-longest-serving-bartender-johnny-chung/article/2165809?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/style/peninsula-hong-kongs-longest-serving-bartender-johnny-chung/article/2165809?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:00:15 +0000 Much of Hong Kong’s waste management system is built on the backs of everyday people. Shops leave their unwanted cardboard on the streets, and collectors take them to be recycled. Visitors to Hong Kong are usually shocked to see elderly people pushing carts full of cardboard in one of the world's richest cities. A local concern group invited lawmaker Eddie Chu to shadow a 67-year-old cardboard collector, to see life through her eyes and to come up with ways to improve how the city deals with its... https://www.scmp.com/society/what-its-be-cardboard-collector-hong-kong/article/2163746?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/what-its-be-cardboard-collector-hong-kong/article/2163746?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:00:45 +0000 The 55-year-old Alain Robert, who has been dubbed the “French Spider-Man,” is known for having climbed some of the tallest buildings in the world without ropes or safety equipment, armed only with a bag of chalk and a pair of climbing shoes. Among his conquests are the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. But the free-climber’s daredevil antics have also landed him in considerable legal trouble, with jail time and temporary bans from entering China and Japan. He was banned from... https://www.scmp.com/sports/french-spider-man-alain-robert-banned-hong-kong-vows-keep-climbing/article/2158195?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/french-spider-man-alain-robert-banned-hong-kong-vows-keep-climbing/article/2158195?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:00:15 +0000 Think you’ve got the best sourdough recipe in town? Think you’re hot stuff with a pasta machine? Try making traditional Chinese hand-pulled noodles instead. Lamian – pulled noodles – are made with a specific technique in which chefs stretch, knead, bang and twist the dough on itself until it forms thin, chewy strands. The professionals can do it in about two minutes. How long would it take you? https://www.scmp.com/food/how-make-hand-pulled-chinese-lamian-noodles/article/2157987?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/how-make-hand-pulled-chinese-lamian-noodles/article/2157987?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:15:30 +0000 Hong Kong’s Animation, Comics & Games Expo is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The five-day event has drawn tens of thousands of die-hard fans from all over Asia, to check out its booths, cosplay and eSports competitions. The anime, comics and games industry – ACG, as it’s known in China – is growing rapidly. It’s forecast to hit $90 billion by 2022, up from $22 billion at the end of last year. https://www.scmp.com/business/hong-kongs-animation-comics-and-games-expo-turns-20/article/2157482?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/hong-kongs-animation-comics-and-games-expo-turns-20/article/2157482?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:45:00 +0000 Bombs so powerful they lit up the night sky. Countless bodies strewn on the battlefields. They are memories from more than six decades ago that are still crystal clear in the minds of the men and women who served in the Korean war. An estimated 2.8 million people were killed during the three years of fighting. Sixty-five years after the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities, we speak to South Korean and Chinese veterans about their memories of the war, what they think about present day... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2156906/korean-war-65-years-after-armistice-veterans-recall-horrors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2156906/korean-war-65-years-after-armistice-veterans-recall-horrors?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jul 2018 02:30:30 +0000 July 20 marks the 45th anniversary of the death of Bruce Lee. The Iconic Hong Kong action star died on July 20, 1973, aged just 32. But 45 years after his untimely passing, Lee's legacy lives on. He is remembered for his invaluable contribution to the Hong Kong and global film industry.  Though others have tried, no one has quite been able to replace the martial arts icon.  We spoke to friends and fans about what made Bruce Lee so special. https://www.scmp.com/arts/45-years-after-bruce-lees-death-martial-artists-legacy-lives/article/2156168?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/45-years-after-bruce-lees-death-martial-artists-legacy-lives/article/2156168?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:45:00 +0000 Sticking to vegan diets can be tricky – especially when you also want chow down on Chinese cuisine. Add the demands of a bodybuilder's diet, and you've got a real conundrum.  But personal trainer Olis Chan went vegan years ago, mostly for ethical reasons. He and his wife Ice Ho have found ways to maintain an active lifestyle, without giving up veganism – or Chinese food. https://www.scmp.com/health/how-hong-kong-vegan-personal-trainer-olis-chan-keeps-his-diet-while-still-eating-chinese-food/article/2155450?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/health/how-hong-kong-vegan-personal-trainer-olis-chan-keeps-his-diet-while-still-eating-chinese-food/article/2155450?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:00:45 +0000 Depending on who you ask, July 1 is a day of celebration – or of protest. The day marked the 21st anniversary of the city’s handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997. Every year since 2003, Hong Kong has commemorated the occasion with peaceful protests for democracy. But the turnout was low this year. Event organizer Civil Human Rights Front put the number of marchers at 50,000, while the police estimated 9,800.  By either estimate, it’s a three-year low. https://www.scmp.com/society/hong-kong-protests-democracy-july-1-attendance-muted/article/2153445?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/hong-kong-protests-democracy-july-1-attendance-muted/article/2153445?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:15:00 +0000 Weather in Hong Kong is generally pretty mild, but not if a big typhoon hits. The biggest ones can smash windows, flood low-lying areas and paralyze transportation. This week, the relatively temperate Tropical Storm Ewiniar is sweeping through town. Watch our video to see how Hong Kongers are handling the rain. https://www.scmp.com/china/how-hong-kong-deals-typhoon/article/2149920?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/how-hong-kong-deals-typhoon/article/2149920?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Jun 2018 09:45:45 +0000 We speak to Moon Chung-in, special advisor to South Korean president Moon Jae-in, about upcoming talks between North and South Korea on April 27. Check out the video to see what he thinks of potential denuclearization talks between the two sides, and the role he thinks China can play at this critical juncture. https://www.scmp.com/politics/moon-chung-future-koreas-north/south-talks/article/2142274?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/moon-chung-future-koreas-north/south-talks/article/2142274?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:30:00 +0000