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Latest news and updates on all things Cantonese, including its slang terms and the culture and customs of the millions of people who speak the southern Chinese dialect in Hong Kong, Guangdong and around the world.
Donnie Yen’s stand-out appearance in John Wick: Chapter 4 is an excellent opportunity to raise Hong Kong’s global prominence, and the city’s government must step up to take it.
From the ‘Hello Hong Kong’ campaign’s free air tickets to the need to ‘grab’ talent from elsewhere, Hong Kong seems desperate – and that’s ugly. We must focus on why we are unique.
- Authors write that China’s past policies ‘entrenched ethnic differences, fostered a narrow sense of ethnicity and … ethnic minority exceptionalism’
- Analysts expect affirmative action for ethnic minority groups will be further rolled back as Beijing backs down from emphasising their distinctive qualities
Guidelines aim to preserve region’s food heritage, but some say they stifle chefs’ creativity, innovation.
Hong Kong Heritage Museum opens the nine-month exhibition, titled ‘Timeless Diva: Anita Mui’, with 70 items on show.
US-based, Hong Kong-raised chef Jon Kung went TikTok viral with his deeply personal approach to food – new cookbook Kung Food: Chinese-American Recipes from a Third Culture Kitchen collects his greatest hits
Top arts and performance venue says it will bid to retain distinctive Old Dairy Farm Depot home after government puts the space up for tender.
Organisers announce first Yu Lan Cultural Festival since end of pandemic as city’s Chiu Chow community prepares to mark traditional period for appeasing spirits.
The city’s rising pop sensation has mastered the art of pairing street style looks with luxury handbags – channelling diva vibes in chunky platforms and monochrome ensembles
Macau-born businesswoman and philanthropist who was casino magnate Stanley Ho’s third wife launches a Cantonese opera troupe in Hong Kong and a centre to research the art form, hoping to widen its appeal.
Janet Kung, winner in 2019, and five-time champion Angel Wong say they have been preparing mentally and physically for race after three-year hiatus from pandemic
Only contractor with skills to construct bamboo towers pledges to continue the tradition after festival forced to use shorter steel structures this year.
Traditional event returns after three-year hiatus, but in a much watered-down iteration.
A Japanese television crew filming a documentary about Hong Kong’s food and culture have given a huge thumbs up to cuisine in the city, sparking a wave of culinary praise on social media.
In Los Angeles, a new generation of chefs and restaurateurs with Hong Kong roots have made it their business to revitalise the city’s Cantonese food scene.
Forget the futuristic title “The Stage Door on Mars” given this production – it was very much a tribute to the present-day vibrancy of Cantonese opera and music.
