https://www.scmp.com/rss/524460/feed The latest news and updates on Andy Lau Tak-wah, a highly acclaimed Hong Kong actor, singer, and film producer, he is renowned as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" of Cantopop. With a prolific career spanning over 150 films and 100 albums, he holds a Guinness World Record for most Cantopop awards. Lau has won multiple Best Actor accolades at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards. Beyond performing, he founded Teamwork Motion Pictures, nurturing new talent, and actively engages in... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP SCMP We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Top Chinese nuclear, radar and missile experts vanish from engineering body site The profile of one of China’s top nuclear weapons scientists has been scrubbed from the website of the nation’s engineering brains trust. Similar online references to radar specialist Wu Manqing, 60, and missile designer Wei... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3347780/top-china-arms-experts-vanish-andy-laus-ming-dynasty-mystery-7-science-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3347780/top-china-arms-experts-vanish-andy-laus-ming-dynasty-mystery-7-science-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:12:08 +0000 Holly Chik Holly Chik A 600-year-old brick bearing Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau Tak-wah’s name has gone viral on social media in mainland China. Three characters, identical to the actor and singer’s Chinese name, were carved into the city wall of Nanjing, the ancient capital of the early Ming dynasty (1368-1644). The inscriptions, carved into a brick now preserved at the Nanjing City Wall Museum, offer clues about the identity of the ancient namesake – whose name is pronounced “Liu Dehua” in Mandarin. The Ming-era... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3346658/why-andy-laus-name-carved-600-year-old-brick-ming-dynasty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3346658/why-andy-laus-name-carved-600-year-old-brick-ming-dynasty?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:00:07 +0000 Richard James Havis Richard James Havis Herman Yau Lai-to began his career as a cinematographer before transitioning to the director’s chair. He gained notoriety as a pioneer of Hong Kong’s Category III (adults-only) exploitation era, directing gruesome genre classics such as the 1993 serial killer thriller The Untold Story and 1996’s Ebola Syndrome. Since then, the prolific filmmaker – an academic with a PhD in cultural studies who is just as often recognised by his signature rock ‘n’ roll T-shirts – has worked ceaselessly. Known for... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346304/how-hong-kong-director-herman-yau-went-gory-cult-films-action-blockbusters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3346304/how-hong-kong-director-herman-yau-went-gory-cult-films-action-blockbusters?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Mar 2026 04:45:07 +0000 Ashlyn Chak Ashlyn Chak Magical illusions have existed as a form of entertainment for almost as long as human civilisation itself – think Tales of Khufu and the Magicians from ancient Egypt – but despite its long tradition, why do so few consider it a performing art? Zenneth Kok is a professional magician and mentalist seeking to change Hongkongers’ general perception of his craft with a 70-minute interactive mind-reading show titled The Memory Wall this weekend. Kok, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3338388/how-hong-kong-magician-and-mentalist-changing-perceptions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3338388/how-hong-kong-magician-and-mentalist-changing-perceptions?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:15:10 +0000 Wynna Wong Wynna Wong Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Andrew Lau Wai-keung, chief director of the National Games opening ceremony in Guangzhou on November 9, has revealed the event was designed not just for mainland viewers, but as a heartfelt showcase of Chinese culture and unity for the global Chinese diaspora, many of whom were grappling with their own post-1997 stories. Lau is famous for directing classic Hong Kong films such as the Infernal Affairs trilogy, Legend of the Fist, the Young and Dangerous series and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3333686/hong-kong-director-andrew-lau-reveals-inspiration-national-games-opening-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3333686/hong-kong-director-andrew-lau-reveals-inspiration-national-games-opening-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 04:00:10 +0000 Richard James Havis Richard James Havis Hong Kong romances are often melodramatic, and in the 1990s, increasingly geared towards teenagers. However, some filmmakers were still experimenting with the genre. We look at three outliers: a surreal science fiction romance, a love story that morphs into a fantasy and a film about a presumed incestuous relationship. Saviour of the Soul (1991) This postmodern sci-fi romance, loosely based on the popular Japanese manga City Hunter, is a thoroughbred romance at its core. Set in a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3332751/when-hong-kong-romance-movies-got-weird-saviour-soul-anna-magdalena-and-isabella?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3332751/when-hong-kong-romance-movies-got-weird-saviour-soul-anna-magdalena-and-isabella?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 08:15:09 +0000 Ambrose Li Ambrose Li A giant, floating, mythical fish puppet at the National Games’ opening ceremony on Sunday captured the hearts of the live audience and those watching on television, in a show that also featured performances by Hong Kong pop stars, the lighting of the game’s cauldron and more. Spectators of the ceremony, which kick-started the 13-day quadrennial event at the Guangdong Olympic Sports Centre, rushed to the social media platform RedNote to share close-up clips of the luminous, colourful puppet... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332164/magical-mythical-fish-puppet-steals-show-national-games-opening-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332164/magical-mythical-fish-puppet-steals-show-national-games-opening-ceremony?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2025 06:05:40 +0000 Josh Ball,Ada Li,Harvey Kong,Zhao Ziwen,Wynna Wong Josh Ball,Ada Li,Harvey Kong,Zhao Ziwen,Wynna Wong President Xi Jinping opened China’s 15th National Games in Guangzhou on Sunday, on a night filled with symbolism and heavy on emphasising the role the Greater Bay Area will play in the country’s future. As might be expected from an opening ceremony at a major sporting occasion in China, there was a stunning mix of old and new on display, with water at its centre and fire at its end. Hong Kong, co-hosting for the first time in its history, was well represented too, not just by its athletes and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3332118/stunning-mix-old-and-new-show-national-games-officially-opened-xi-jinping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3332118/stunning-mix-old-and-new-show-national-games-officially-opened-xi-jinping?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:23:54 +0000 Jiang Chuqin Jiang Chuqin The National Games’ opening ceremony on Sunday evening will showcase regional cultural elements using advanced technologies, including AI and virtual reality, with Cantopop stars Andy Lau Tak-wah and Joey Yung Cho-yee among performers. The 75-minute ceremony will be staged at the Guangdong Olympic Sports Centre in Guangzhou starting at 8pm, displaying the cultural heritage and integrated development of the Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong is a co-host of the Games with Guangdong province and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332097/andy-lau-joey-yung-among-hong-kong-stars-performing-national-games-opening?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332097/andy-lau-joey-yung-among-hong-kong-stars-performing-national-games-opening?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2025 08:52:59 +0000 Ambrose Li Ambrose Li With more than six decades of experience, veteran tailor Benny Woo has dressed some of Hong Kong’s most prominent figures, including tycoon Li Ka-shing and Cantopop star Andy Lau Tak-wah. The 77-year-old, who has decided to close his eponymous street-level shop in Sheung Wan by the end of the month, has also witnessed how the city’s once-booming, world-famous tailoring industry has gradually waned amid changing fashion trends and disappearing shoppers. “Business used to be great. Managerial... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3332003/it-used-be-great-suit-maker-recounts-rise-and-fall-hong-kong-tailoring-industry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3332003/it-used-be-great-suit-maker-recounts-rise-and-fall-hong-kong-tailoring-industry?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:00:44 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Can you train your mind to be happy? Yes, experts say. Here’s how Happiness can be elusive. When you get what you expect will bring happiness – a cool new job, a flashy car, the date you always wanted – for a time, you feel great. But that feeling subsides, and you start to feel that, really, you had it wrong, and you... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3324125/training-your-mind-be-happy-meaning-chinese-red-thread-7-lifestyle-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3324125/training-your-mind-be-happy-meaning-chinese-red-thread-7-lifestyle-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:30:08 +0000 Richard James Havis Richard James Havis Like all Hong Kong actors who have sustained long careers, Louis Koo Tin-lok has performed in many genres. The last 15 years in particular have seen Koo excelling in hardcore action roles, even though, unlike Andy Lau Tak-wah, he received no early training in martial arts. Koo always tries to instil his action performances with human drama. Here we look at three of his best 21st-century action films. 1. Drug War (2012) Koo mainly plays it introspective and quiet in this rough crime caper from... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3323485/how-hong-kong-movie-star-louis-koo-fared-his-action-roles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3323485/how-hong-kong-movie-star-louis-koo-fared-his-action-roles?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:15:07 +0000 Jose-Antonio Maurellet Jose-Antonio Maurellet Regular readers of this column will have noticed that Eugene Yim and I are big fans of Hong Kong movies from the 1990s to early 2000s, in particular those featuring Andy Lau Tak-wah. One of my favourite movies of that period is undoubtedly the Lee Rock two-part movie series produced in 1991, which I have watched too many times to count. Without spoiling the plot, the two films trace the rise and fall of a very corrupt police officer from the 1960s until the establishment of the Independent... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3323401/keeping-hong-kong-corruption-free-51-years-icac?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3323401/keeping-hong-kong-corruption-free-51-years-icac?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 01:30:18 +0000 Richard James Havis Richard James Havis Lawrence Ah Mon, sometimes known as Lawrence Lau Kwok-cheung, was one of the second group of Hong Kong New Wave directors who made their mark in the late 1980s. Lau, who cut his teeth at Hong Kong broadcasting company RTHK, made his name with two documentary-style social realist dramas: 1988’s Gangs and 1990’s Queen of Temple Street – still one of the city’s finest films. But his follow-up, the two-part Lee Rock, was something entirely different: a four-hour-long Godfather-like crime epic... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3318567/how-andy-lau-played-hong-kongs-most-corrupt-cop-godfather-crime-epic-lee-rock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3318567/how-andy-lau-played-hong-kongs-most-corrupt-cop-godfather-crime-epic-lee-rock?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Jul 2025 04:15:08 +0000 Wynna Wong,Ambrose Li Wynna Wong,Ambrose Li In the second of a two-part series on Hong Kong’s efforts to boost its tourism industry, the Post takes a look at other attractions the city can offer beyond the nine hotspot products the government has floated. Read part one here. Even as Hong Kong has kick-started efforts to promote nine “tourism hotspots” identified by a government working group, industry players and experts say the city has much more to entice visitors. To revive the city’s flagging tourism scene, they suggested tapping its... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3317047/hong-kong-wants-more-visitors-hook-them-great-food-cantopop-and-bruce-lee?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3317047/hong-kong-wants-more-visitors-hook-them-great-food-cantopop-and-bruce-lee?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:13 +0000