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05/12/2024
10 years on
In the first of our four-part series, two sisters share their reflections on the Umbrella Movement, its impact and their contrasting paths 10 years on.
28/11/2024
Breaking the hell's gate
The film celebrates and interrogates Hong Kong’s treasured and distinctive death rituals.
22/08/2024
Going everywhere but belonging nowhere
Playwright and recent Hong Kong migrant Debby Leung explores feelings of dislocation through a close look at Vancouver’s inner-city homelessness. The short play No Fixed Address People explores the Hong Kong migrant experience in Canada and asks what home is and how one can let go of what one has left behind.
15/08/2024
I am worried about ‘Cantosplaining’
How to avoid humiliating someone speaking in a language in which they are not fully proficient.
08/08/2024
Zero waste but all the taste: a new take on Cantonese roast pork
London sustainability hotspot Silo serves a version of char siu that matches its ethics.
02/08/2024
Heunggongwa: Global interest in Cantonese is booming
Language learning is a journey of cultural rediscovery and identity affirmation for heritage learners. In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in global interest in learning Cantonese as a heritage language.
25/07/2024
The pain of migration grief
This week, Ai-Men Lau spoke to several Hong Kongers who had to leave Hong Kong or were unable to return, about their migration grief. A psychology scholar, who himself faces this situation, described it as a pain…
18/07/2024
Activists recall Hong Kong prison life
This week, Bernice Chan spoke to three Hong Kong activists who left prison and moved to Canada to seek new lives. They shed light on their experiences behind bars, how toilet paper was treasured, how awful the food was, and what…
11/07/2024
Revisiting Hong Kong’s 1990s nightlife
This week, veteran journalist Mark McCord takes us back to the late 1990s when a tiny underground club in Central created a new scene in Hong Kong’s nightlife, introducing many new musical genres to the city.
04/07/2024
Life after the Hong Kong protests
July the first was the 27th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to China. To some, it is a day for celebration. To others, it is remembered as the day five years ago when Hong Kong protesters stormed…
11/07/2024
Hong Kongers in the UK general election
We are just a week away from the UK general election, and we spoke to some of the Hong Kongers who have relocated and who have been participating in this massive campaign. And, as usual, we have…
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