https://www.scmp.com/rss/524534/feed The latest news and top stories on Faye Wong. Known as the "Empress of Chinese Pop" and "Heavenly Queen," she is a highly influential singer-songwriter and actress. Her career highlights include being the bestselling Cantopop female artist, selling over 9.7 million albums by 2000, and starring in acclaimed films like "Chungking Express," for which she won a Best Actress award. Wong is celebrated for her ethereal vocals and pioneering blend of alternative and mainstream Chinese pop, influencing... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Fran Lu Fran Lu Former Chinese actor and businessman Li Yapeng, who is also the ex-husband of Cantopop diva Faye Wong, hit the headlines recently after he admitted that a charity hospital he founded was in serious debt. Li, 54, announced on January 14 that the Beijing Smile Angel Hospital, which he and his ex-wife Wong founded in 2012 to help children born with a cleft lip like their daughter Li Yan, was facing closure over unpaid rent. According to the hospital, it has operated on 11,000 children with a cleft... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3340840/li-yapeng-ex-husband-cantopop-queen-goes-greasy-uncle-hero-after-funding-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3340840/li-yapeng-ex-husband-cantopop-queen-goes-greasy-uncle-hero-after-funding-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:00:09 +0000 Alice Yan Alice Yan More than 300,000 internet users have donated about 20 million yuan (US$2.3 million) to a struggling Beijing-based charity hospital which treats children with cleft lips. The Beijing Smile Angel Children’s Hospital, in the Chinese capital’s Chaoyang District, is a comprehensive paediatric centre. It focuses on providing treatment for children born with a cleft lip or palate. Since it opened in May 2012, it has carried out 16,000 free operations on children with these congenital defects. Many of... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3340524/china-public-donate-us23-million-within-days-hospital-cleft-lip-kids-after-urgent-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3340524/china-public-donate-us23-million-within-days-hospital-cleft-lip-kids-after-urgent-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Jan 2026 01:00:09 +0000 Kylie Knott Kylie Knott Among the Post’s top film stories that resonated with readers in 2025 were several in a series profiling Hong Kong’s pop culture icons, in particular Deanie Ip, Faye Wong and Chow Yun-fat. Other stories that proved very popular covered the early films of Donnie Yen, high-profile wuxia films – a genre focusing on sword-wielding, chivalrous martial arts heroes in ancient China – and a 1988 British drama on Hong Kong immigrants. Here, we revisit seven top-performing stories of 2025. 1. A spotlight... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3337427/7-film-stories-2025-readers-loved-including-chow-yun-fat-deanie-ip-profiles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3337427/7-film-stories-2025-readers-loved-including-chow-yun-fat-deanie-ip-profiles?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Dec 2025 08:15:07 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo Once, when pop diva Faye Wong was seen reading on a plane, the book reportedly on her lap was the perennial local bestseller Art of Thinking by Lee Tien-ming. Food critic, columnist and media personality Benny Li Shun-Yan reportedly said that after learning of her interest, he introduced Wong to Lee, arguably Hong Kong’s most famous philosopher, who passed away last week at the age of 80. I remember that some were surprised by Wong’s philosophical interests. Actually, mainland entertainers often... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3334747/hong-kong-will-miss-its-most-popular-philosopher?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3334747/hong-kong-will-miss-its-most-popular-philosopher?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:30:09 +0000 Lisa Cam Lisa Cam This is the 62nd instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. On October 8, news broke that the Cantopop star Shirley Kwan Suk-yee had been hospitalised in intensive care in Hong Kong following emergency cardiac surgery, and her adult son reportedly flew back from America to be by her side. The sudden health crisis has stirred immense concern, placing the fiercely private singer at the centre of public attention. It is the latest chapter in a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3329926/how-shirley-kwan-cantopops-complex-queen-cool-star-no-other?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3329926/how-shirley-kwan-cantopops-complex-queen-cool-star-no-other?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 23:15:07 +0000 Lisa Cam Lisa Cam This is the 56th instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. In the dazzling, neon-drenched heyday of 1980s and ’90s Hong Kong, when Cantopop music reigned supreme across the region and the city’s cinema captivated the world, a voice of unparalleled grace emerged: Sally Yeh Chian-wen. With her silky smooth vibrato, effortless charm and unusual bilingual appeal, Yeh transcended pop stardom to become a cultural icon. From her early days as a... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3320269/when-hong-kong-singer-actress-sally-yeh-dominated-citys-music-and-cinema-scenes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3320269/when-hong-kong-singer-actress-sally-yeh-dominated-citys-music-and-cinema-scenes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:15:08 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre Based in London, designer Chet Lo has built a loyal following thanks to his spiky knitwear, which has become a signature of his five-year-old label. A graduate of Central Saint Martins, New York-born Lo has dressed celebrities from Chanel ambassador Dua Lipa and Doja Cat, to Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and collaborated with brands such as Converse and Charles & Keith. Here, he shares some of his favourite finds from London and beyond. What I’m watching I’ve been laying off Instagram! I’m trying... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3319253/style-according-chet-lo-london-based-designer-who-has-dressed-everyone-dua-lipa-and-doja-cat-kendall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3319253/style-according-chet-lo-london-based-designer-who-has-dressed-everyone-dua-lipa-and-doja-cat-kendall?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:00:18 +0000