https://www.scmp.com/rss/329092/feed Dan Eady is a filmmaker based in Hong Kong. He also works in journalism and photography, and has experience as an actor on Australian television. Currently on the festival circuit is his most recent film, a short called ‘Harm’. You can find him on IG @daneady en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China’s Forgotten People: Xinjiang, Terror and the Chinese State, by Nick Holdstock, I.B. Tauris, 4 stars When the Chinese government declared itself a “victim of international terrorism” a month after the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, it should have come as no surprise, according to veteran author and journalist Nick Holdstock. “At first glance they had all the key ingredients necessary to make such a claim: a string of violent incidents linked to a Muslim ethnic group... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3019012/orwellian-nightmare-xinjiang-how-china-concocted-islamic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3019012/orwellian-nightmare-xinjiang-how-china-concocted-islamic?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:45:09 +0000 The Shape of a Life, by Shing-Tung Yau and Steve Nadis, Yale University Press, 4 stars “You work really hard for a long time and eventually succeed in doing something that no one has done before – and perhaps something that no one thought could be done – does that make you a genius? Or just an overachieving drudge?” This is a question Hong Kong-raised Shing-Tung Yau, one of the world’s most influential mathematicians, asks in The Shape of a Life, written with co-author Steve Nadis. Yau’s... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3009021/maths-genius-his-journey-hong-kong-berkeley-harvard-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3009021/maths-genius-his-journey-hong-kong-berkeley-harvard-and?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 May 2019 12:30:38 +0000 What made you launch your own brand? “This has always been my dream. I’ve been working in the textile industry for almost 30 years. I have worked with a lot of brands. Two years ago, I thought, ‘I have to take action.’ I decided to create Emanate.” What’s the thinking behind it? “Emanate is about expressing your emotion, expressing your colour, expres­sing yourself. When we walk down the street, everybody is either wearing black, grey or white. They have no choice as every brand is like that. I... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/fashion/article/3001621/if-youre-fan-bruce-lee-youre-going-love-shirt-brand?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/fashion/article/3001621/if-youre-fan-bruce-lee-youre-going-love-shirt-brand?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Mar 2019 17:00:08 +0000 I was in the middle of Tai Hang when the fire dragon took hold. For three nights during the Mid-Autumn Festival, this normally quiet neighborhood in Hong Kong erupts into a frenzy. Crowds of spectators pack this tiny street to watch 300 men parade around a straw dragon adorned with 24,000 slow-burning incense sticks, while performers bang on drums and gongs. Inside Tai Hang's annual fire dragon dance pic.twitter.com/EweqUkE7Fd — Goldthread is haunted (@Goldthread2) October 25, 2018 It is... https://www.scmp.com/culture/fire-dragon-takes-over-streets-hong-kong-once-year/article/3000204?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/fire-dragon-takes-over-streets-hong-kong-once-year/article/3000204?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:00:37 +0000