https://www.scmp.com/rss/328759/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Adolfo Arranz,Marcelo Duhalde,Marco Hernandez Adolfo Arranz,Marcelo Duhalde,Marco Hernandez https://www.scmp.com/infographics/china/article/3016607/history-forbidden-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/china/article/3016607/history-forbidden-city?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:30:08 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/series/3329084/chinese-art-appreciation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/series/3329084/chinese-art-appreciation?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 06:42:19 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/series/3226754/hong-kongs-pop-culture-icons?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/series/3226754/hong-kongs-pop-culture-icons?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jul 2023 07:22:49 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3207014/just-japanese-girl?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/article/3207014/just-japanese-girl?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:26:51 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/series/3155499/m-issue?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/series/3155499/m-issue?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Nov 2021 04:02:58 +0000 A Chinese artist and academic has painted himself into a pickle with art lovers who have accused him of plagiarising cultural icons. But the artist, Feng Feng, a professor at one of China’s top fine-art academies, has hit back at critics, saying the works achieved his goal of getting people to talk about art. Feng stands accused of plagiarising Miffy, the world-famous cartoon rabbit created by a Dutch artist in 1955.  But he refuses to apologize for putting a duck’s beak on the cultural icon in... https://www.scmp.com/arts/cultural-icon-plagiarism-sparks-debate-about-art/article/3119428?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/cultural-icon-plagiarism-sparks-debate-about-art/article/3119428?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:11:29 +0000 An English construction worker has found a valuable Chinese artifact initially thought to be a “teapot” while clearing out family belongings from a garage during lockdowns to fight the spread of Covid-19. The 51-year-old from Derbyshire in the UK said he was about to send the item to a charity shop before discovering it was an 18th-century imperial wine ewer. It fetched a life-changing sum at an auction this week. https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinese-emperors-teapot-found-clear-out-uk-garage/article/3102978?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinese-emperors-teapot-found-clear-out-uk-garage/article/3102978?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:34:54 +0000 In the 1970s, rattan furniture could be found in almost every Singaporean household. The pieces were also popular throughout Europe, where they were prized for their lightness and durability. For more than 50 years, Chen Foon Kee has been handweaving raw rattan – the thin stems of a type of palm that grows throughout Southeast Asia – to make shelves, chairs and tables. Today, Chen, 72, is one of Singapore’s last few rattan craftsmen. His small furniture store cuts a distinct profile, located... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/topics/persevering-preservations/article/3098627/singapore-rattan-furniture-craftman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/topics/persevering-preservations/article/3098627/singapore-rattan-furniture-craftman?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:35:10 +0000 The Covid-19 pandemic has turned face masks into an essential part of life for human beings and then some. https://www.scmp.com/arts/statues-don-face-masks-during-coronavirus-pandemic/article/3085204?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/statues-don-face-masks-during-coronavirus-pandemic/article/3085204?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 May 2020 10:42:17 +0000 As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ricochet around the world, closing cities and slamming entire sectors of the economy, museums are turning to live streaming in an effort reach the public and avoid catastrophic losses. China’s third-largest ecommerce player Pinduoduo said it is working with New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and six other Chinese museums on live streaming exhibits, developing virtual tours and promoting gift shop merchandise to consumers in China.   “This is the first... https://www.scmp.com/culture/chinese-ecommerce-site-helps-new-york-met-live-stream-exhibits/article/3077538?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/chinese-ecommerce-site-helps-new-york-met-live-stream-exhibits/article/3077538?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:54:37 +0000 Chinese film fans still don’t know if, or when, they will get to see Parasite, the South Korean film that made history by winning the 92nd Academy Award for best picture, along with three other Oscars. Some expressed doubts the film would be shown in China given its unflinching criticism of social inequality and extreme poverty, and its amoral storyline. It wouldn’t be the first Korean film to fall foul of Chinese censors. Korean directors have not been shy about depicting their country under... https://www.scmp.com/arts/will-parasite-be-allowed-screen-china/article/3050649?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/will-parasite-be-allowed-screen-china/article/3050649?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Feb 2020 11:21:42 +0000 Most people choose what they wear to flatter their bodies.  For Chinese artist Kong Ning, fashion is a soapbox she can employ to call people’s attention to some of the most pressing issues affecting the world. And when she uses that soapbox, Kong goes all out. In 2015, she wore an outfit dotted with hundreds of anti-pollution breathing masks and sauntered around smog-choked Beijing.  In 2013, she stitched 999 respirators onto a wedding dress. She titled it “Marry the Blue Sky” and wore it at... https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinese-woman-travels-globally-using-wacky-dresses-help-change-world/article/3045193?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinese-woman-travels-globally-using-wacky-dresses-help-change-world/article/3045193?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:42:37 +0000 It’s 5.50am, with just a faint purple light glowing on the horizon, when a group of children aged six to 15 march diligently towards their classrooms.  At 6.15am, they begin lessons in Chinese, English and math. At 7.50am, they stop for breakfast.  There’s no time to linger, students must be clean and dressed by 8.30am, when they head upstairs to two spacious rooms on the first floor of an L-shaped building near the center of Liaoning’s provincial capital, Shenyang.  Here the real training... https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinas-acrobatics-schools-once-ticket-world-are-struggling-survive/article/3043409?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/chinas-acrobatics-schools-once-ticket-world-are-struggling-survive/article/3043409?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Dec 2019 10:45:51 +0000 Each winter, about 100 workers toil on the frozen Songhua River in Harbin to harvest ice for the city’s famed Ice and Snow Festival, the largest of its kind in the world. The blocks will be moved to the capital of China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang where they will be shaped into giant crystal palaces and sculptures at the event opening in early January. https://www.scmp.com/china/frozen-chinese-icemen-brave-cold-harbin-festival/article/3043192?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/frozen-chinese-icemen-brave-cold-harbin-festival/article/3043192?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:32:14 +0000 Some independent directors in China are avoiding performing in traditional theater venues in favor of the streets. Official theater spaces require pre-approval of scripts and are often frequented by government officials monitoring for sensitive content. Instead, many directors are opting for pop-up style performances on the streets in an effort to balance censorship and artistic freedom. https://www.scmp.com/china/chinese-playwrights-wage-guerrilla-campaign-artistic-freedom/article/3042395?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/chinese-playwrights-wage-guerrilla-campaign-artistic-freedom/article/3042395?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Dec 2019 11:07:13 +0000 Chinese shadow plays are estimated to be about 2,000 years old. The tradition is passed down from generation to generation. This specific show, The Luoshan Shadow Play, which originated in central China’s Henan province, has a history dating back 400 years. Let's take a look behind the scenes. https://www.scmp.com/society/tour-ancient-chinese-tradition-shadow-puppetry/article/3041362?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/tour-ancient-chinese-tradition-shadow-puppetry/article/3041362?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:24:25 +0000 United States congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was left unable to speak with severe brain injuries after being shot in the head by a would-be assassin in 2011. Her slow recovery included music therapy, which trained her to engage the undamaged right side of her brain and pair words with melody and rhythm. Ready for a sadomasochistic Japanese satire inspired by Gulliver’s Travels author Jonathan Swift? She was able to sing a word before she could speak it, as the music helped her to bypass the... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3039703/can-robot-love-inspired?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3039703/can-robot-love-inspired?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Nov 2019 03:46:16 +0000 In China, the craze for buying sneakers is at a fever pitch. With the growth of digital platforms, fueled by China’s deep love for basketball, the resale sneaker business is growing and enthusiasts are driving soaring prices on online “sneaker exchange” platforms. https://www.scmp.com/style/chinas-resale-sneaker-business-drives-soaring-prices/article/3038381?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/style/chinas-resale-sneaker-business-drives-soaring-prices/article/3038381?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:03:25 +0000 The Shanghai visual arts scene is buzzing and everyone wants a piece of the action. Leading the pack is France’s Pompidou Centre, which opened its first outpost outside Europe on the West Bund last week. Inaugurated by French President Emmanuel Macron and opened to the public last Friday, the Pompidou Centre x West Bund Museum Project is the latest in a series of institutional collaborations that exemplify the Chinese city’s growing appetite for culture. There is the privately run Yuz Museum,... https://www.scmp.com/arts/old-factory-neighborhood-now-shanghais-art-mecca/article/3037301?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/old-factory-neighborhood-now-shanghais-art-mecca/article/3037301?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Nov 2019 09:54:27 +0000 The actions of Finnish deaf rapper Signmark’s sign language speak louder than words in many ways. The 41-year-old artist, who is preparing for his second performance in Hong Kong in November, is using big, bold gestures and animated facial expressions (just as he does in his concerts) to explain – through a sign language interpreter – how he experiences his own music without being able to hear it. I always had this dream to be an artist, but nobody believed in me. Everybody was saying, ‘You're a... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/nordic-stage/article/3033613/how-deaf-finnish-rap-artist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/nordic-stage/article/3033613/how-deaf-finnish-rap-artist?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:47:13 +0000 Belgian dancer and choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has been a creative force in the world of dance for almost two decades. Known for an egalitarian artistic approach to dance moves and body language, he has curated a wide variety of performances, ranging from contemporary dance to ballet and opera. The complex themes in Puz/zle, such as evolution, society and human relations are the building blocks of how we behave everyday … it's interesting to step back and see the ways we do the things we... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3033372/puz/zle-award-winning-dance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3033372/puz/zle-award-winning-dance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:51:49 +0000 Today’s young classical musicians play to a higher standard than those of 30 years ago, says Gabriel Kwok, one of Hong Kong’s piano greats – and it’s all thanks to the internet. “Youngsters today can easily get hold of music recordings, for example, on YouTube or via downloading, whereas when I was young, we had to buy LPs [long-playing vinyl records] and then CDs, says Kwok, professor and head of keyboard studies at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Youngsters today can easily get hold... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3031798/remember-lps-why-internet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3031798/remember-lps-why-internet?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:10:22 +0000 As people become more familiar with different music styles from around the world, musicians are increasingly looking to appeal to these multilingual audiences with surprising blends of styles and contemporary reinterpretations of traditional classics. Chinese musical virtuoso Xu Ke – described as the “Paganini of the erhu world” – is known for revolutionising the erhu. “I started learning to play the erhu when I was six,” says Xu, who will play in Hong Kong in December. “I was a fan of Peking... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3030459/how-xu-ke-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3030459/how-xu-ke-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Sep 2019 06:31:29 +0000 Jazz is, by its nature, multilingual. Originating in the African-American communities of New Orleans in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it evolved from a meeting of African and European musical traditions with its roots in blues and ragtime. Yet jazz is also a mindset that can be applied to playing other styles of music. A few years ago, many people claimed jazz was dying, but I don’t hear that any more. Even major commercial music stars, from Lady Gaga to Kendrick... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3027382/jazz-lovers-can-expect?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3027382/jazz-lovers-can-expect?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Sep 2019 03:11:06 +0000 Contrary to popular belief, classical music is alive and kicking. In fact, it is thriving in Hong Kong, according to local musicians. “I often hear people say that opportunities are scarce and classical music is dying, but I actually find it quite nurturing and enriching here for young artists,” pianist Wong Ka-jeng says. “Classical music is taught widely in Hong Kong, so there is no shortage of students, nor concerns about struggling to sustain a livelihood as a musician. If music graduates... https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3025803/young-performers-celebrate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/native/lifestyle/arts-culture/topics/sights-and-sounds/article/3025803/young-performers-celebrate?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Sep 2019 04:25:37 +0000 Almost five years ago on a local TV show in New York, the host was taken aback when the Jamaican reggae artist Gyptian was introduced by a diminutive, elderly Asian woman. “He was not expecting to see a Chinese woman talking about reggae,” Patricia Chin, now 82, recalls with a laugh, during a telephone interview from New York. But the half-Chinese, half-Indian Chin, who was born in Jamaica, knows just about everything there is to know about reggae.  She and her late husband, Vincent “Randy”... https://www.scmp.com/arts/inside-reggae-empire-built-chinese-jamaican-family/article/3022443?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/inside-reggae-empire-built-chinese-jamaican-family/article/3022443?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Aug 2019 12:11:07 +0000 Artem Zhdanov fell in love with Chinese culture during his first trip to China. He settled down in Shenzhen to start a business, and now the 29-year-old Russian has lived in China for seven years.  After stumbling on a hit product combining Western and Chinese humor, he started selling his T-shirts online under the LaowaiMe (“I’m a foreigner”) label. The clothing features Chinese phrases like “ni hao, xie xie, ting bu dong” (hello, thank you, I don't understand). Zhdanov says they’re his way of... https://www.scmp.com/china/foreigner-promoting-chinese-culture-world/article/3004617?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/foreigner-promoting-chinese-culture-world/article/3004617?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Apr 2019 08:27:55 +0000 The Chinese-owned Pearl River Piano Group makes around 150,000 instruments each year. But while the factory in the southern city of Guangzhou supplies more pianos than any other manufacturer in the world, only about 10% of their products reach international customers. The reason: an enormous domestic market, and limited interest from overseas. China may have the volume, but it has yet to nail the level of quality sought by international musicians. Check out our video, above, for a look inside... https://www.scmp.com/china/chinas-pearl-river-piano-group-biggest-piano-maker-world/article/3000558?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/chinas-pearl-river-piano-group-biggest-piano-maker-world/article/3000558?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:27:59 +0000 I went to see British theatre company Punchdrunk’s award-winning play Sleep No More fully prepared. I wore sneakers to the immersive theatre piece, directed by Maxine Doyle and Felix Barrett, which takes place in the five-storey McKinnon Hotel in Shanghai. And I reread Shakespeare’s Macbeth, on which the play is loosely based, so that, even if I got lost in the maze that is the performance venue, I would not be totally in the dark. Immersive theatre makes audience part the action What I did not... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/2163193/chinese-audiences-novel-approach-immersive-theatre-mob?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/2163193/chinese-audiences-novel-approach-immersive-theatre-mob?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Sep 2018 09:15:30 +0000 Beijing-based photographer Sim Chi Yin has been named this year’s winner of the Getty Images and Chris Hondros Fund Award. The award and its grant supports photographers whose work shines a light on the shared human experience. It was created in memory of Chris Hondros, a Getty Images photographer who was killed in 2011 while on assignment in Misrata, Libya. Christina Piaia, the president of the Chris Hondros Fund board, noted the ”intelligence and rigor” of Sim's documentary work. Sim’s series... https://www.scmp.com/society/photography-getty-images-and-chris-hondros-fund-award-winner-sim-chi-yim/article/2144673?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/photography-getty-images-and-chris-hondros-fund-award-winner-sim-chi-yim/article/2144673?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 May 2018 10:00:00 +0000 Singer Jessie J has just won the Chinese version of “American Idol,” with a stirring rendition of “I Will Always Love You.” Whitney Houston’s version of the Dolly Parton song is hugely popular with Chinese audiences. In China, she has become known as “Stone Sister,” a name which sounds similar to “Jessie J.”  The British singer, best known for her hits “Price Tag,” “Domino” and “Bang Bang,” was the first non-Asian participant in “Singer,” a televised competition for professional musicians. She... https://www.scmp.com/arts/jessie-j-wins-chinas-american-idol-i-will-always-love-you/article/2142254?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/jessie-j-wins-chinas-american-idol-i-will-always-love-you/article/2142254?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:33:02 +0000 The annual WYNG Media Award (WMA) is one of the largest photography contests in Hong Kong. The theme of 2018’s edition is “Transition,” and the finalists have explored different contexts of transition in the city – from historical and political to spatial and gender-related.  If you’re in Hong Kong, their works are on show at the city’s Hong Kong Central Library through April 24. https://www.scmp.com/arts/wyng-media-award-photography-contest-captures-hong-kong-transition/article/2141846?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/wyng-media-award-photography-contest-captures-hong-kong-transition/article/2141846?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:16 +0000 American theater director Joseph Graves has been bringing western musicals and theater plays to China since 2002. In 2014, he directed the Chinese version of the smash-hit Broadway show Avenue Q, which played in theaters across 30 different cities in China. This year, Graves and his crew of performers at Seven Ages productions are presenting a classic story – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella – to audiences in Chinese. Theater-goers in Shanghai will first see it in May, before it tours the... https://www.scmp.com/arts/rodgers-and-hammersteins-cinderella-opens-shanghai/article/2141850?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/rodgers-and-hammersteins-cinderella-opens-shanghai/article/2141850?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:45:15 +0000 Liu Tao, 36, is a water meter inspector working in Hefei, a city of 7.9 million in eastern China. As he has to travel around the city every day for his job, he uses the opportunity to take photos of the daily lives of Chinese people – from market workers to commuters.  His humorous photos caught the attention of readers worldwide and went viral. If you happen to be in Hong Kong, his photographs are on display in the city’s .jpg cafe until June 1. https://www.scmp.com/arts/street-photography-chinese-water-meter-inspector-liu-tao/article/2141276?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/street-photography-chinese-water-meter-inspector-liu-tao/article/2141276?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:00:30 +0000 How well does your Uber Eats guy know his Shakespeare? A food courier in eastern China wowed viewers and judges alike with his unrivaled knowledge of poets and poetry last week, taking first prize in a popular verse-themed television quiz show. Lei Haiwei, who works in Hangzhou, in eastern Zhejiang province, said he was as surprised as anyone when he emerged victorious in the latest series of Chinese Poetry Congress, The Beijing News reported. “I didn’t expect to win at all,” the 37-year-old was... https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-food-courier-wins-tv-poetry-competition/article/2141206?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/chinese-food-courier-wins-tv-poetry-competition/article/2141206?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:00:15 +0000 Photographer Alexandra Leese lives and works in London, but Hong Kong – thousands of miles away – is the city she calls home.  Leese has created a series of intimate portraits of the city’s young men, titled “Boys of Hong Kong,” celebrating the diversity of male beauty in the city. In this collaborative project with director Luke Casey, a group of young Hong Kong men from a variety of backgrounds welcomed the duo into their lives. They’re emblematic of a generation of Hong Kong youth that’s... https://www.scmp.com/arts/boys-hong-kong-alexandra-leeses-portraits-citys-youth/article/2141053?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/boys-hong-kong-alexandra-leeses-portraits-citys-youth/article/2141053?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:11:23 +0000 Photos of Hong Kong’s skyline show a city dominated by gleaming skyscrapers and curtains of glass. But for much of the city, life is lived a little lower to ground level, in walk-up buildings known as “tong lau” – densely-packed tenements, marked by shops on the ground floor and apartments above. But increasingly, these buildings have been earmarked by the government and property companies for demolition, followed by redevelopment. They may look unique – and are often homes for hundreds of... https://www.scmp.com/arts/photographer-stefan-irvines-panoramas-disappearing-tong-lau/article/2141016?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/arts/photographer-stefan-irvines-panoramas-disappearing-tong-lau/article/2141016?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:11:17 +0000 It was 15 years ago on April 1, 2003, that Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, one of the brightest stars in Hong Kong entertainment, died. He was 46. Cheung enjoyed great success as a pop star, starting out as a teen idol in the 1980s. He is considered one of the founding fathers of Cantopop. He later also took on film roles, building up a notable career and a fruitful partnership with auteur director Wong Kar-wai.  Openly bisexual, Cheung was and remains an icon for Hong Kong and China’s gay... https://www.scmp.com/society/hong-kong-cantopop-star-leslie-cheung-remembered-black-and-white-photos/article/2139878?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/hong-kong-cantopop-star-leslie-cheung-remembered-black-and-white-photos/article/2139878?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Apr 2018 10:00:15 +0000 They were once indispensable fixtures on our streets. But like flashlights, the Sony Walkman and maybe even cameras, phone booths have been made largely redundant by the rise of mobile phones. In Shanghai, there are about 7,000 phone kiosks still standing, left unused most of the time – and costing a small fortune to maintain. But a new initiative is giving these old boxes new life, by turning them into mini libraries.   Together with China Telecommunications and other booth operators, the... https://www.scmp.com/society/shanghais-phone-booths-are-reborn-mini-libraries/article/2139082?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/shanghais-phone-booths-are-reborn-mini-libraries/article/2139082?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:56:24 +0000 Siyu Cao is a Beijing-born graphic designer, currently living in Paris. She's the mind behind “Tiny Eyes,” a series of comics comparing the cultures she has experienced in China, France and the US. Her work has been widely shared, racking up more than a million views online. It’s the type of work that makes her readers go: “That’s so true!” Inkstone talked to Siyu to find out more about celebrating cultural differences – and bringing empathy to how we interact. What's the story of your... https://www.scmp.com/comics-tinyeyes-chinese-culture/article/2138172?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comics-tinyeyes-chinese-culture/article/2138172?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:00:15 +0000 What a difference a few years make. These photos show the pace of Hong Kong’s development in the Central business district since the 1970s and 80s, when the city’s construction boom began to propel its skyline ever-upwards. The price of that progress? The loss of a few of Hong Kong’s most beautiful heritage buildings, for one. Wyndham Street, 1978 1) The distinctive stripes mark the Dairy Farm Depot, built in 1892 as a cold storage warehouse and dairy.  2) Jimmy’s Kitchen opened in 1928,... https://www.scmp.com/society/photographs-central-hong-kong-1970s-vs-today/article/2137817?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/photographs-central-hong-kong-1970s-vs-today/article/2137817?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:00:45 +0000