Outside China, a number of Asian athletes are capable of winning gold, including Filipino boxer Eumir Marcial, Malaysian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang and wrestler Risako Kawai.
Taiwan have marched under the name of ‘Chinese Taipei’ since the 1984 Olympic Games, while Hong Kong are allowed a separate team under ‘one country, two systems’.
Which of China’s many Olympic legends rank among its greatest of all time?
Which of China’s many Olympic legends rank among its greatest of all time?
China is expected to be the world’s biggest market for luxury goods by 2025, and 55 per cent of spending is expected to come from young people. Bilibili, a video platform many young Chinese use, is seeing a surge in fashion-related content.
A new exhibition at the Hong Kong Science Museum, ‘Ecology in the Making (1816-present)’, highlights the contributions of the city’s amateur naturalists.
Giant lucky cats, goldfish swimming above the Hong Kong skyline, and stoic citizens amid the mayhem – Vivian Ho’s solo exhibition shows her fantastical, cartoonish reimagination of the city.
A dance trio from Hong Kong watched their city in turmoil but could not get a sense of how it felt until they returned and gained fresh inspiration. An illustrator looked to its most famous son for inspiration.
With support from the Rolex Awards for Enterprise, American technologist has installed a network of mobile phones that can detect and report illegal activity in remote and vulnerable areas of forest.
The apparel industry was a target of trade union efforts to unionise labour in Myanmar, which made it easy for workers to organise protests against the military’s takeover and appeal to multinational clothing brands to apply pressure on the generals.
Some liken Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre to a prison, but it doesn’t have to be if you know what to pack. Forget clothes, and fill your luggage with snacks, drink, candles, and hot sauce, survivors say. Also, take something to divert you.
Luxury sales have recovered the fastest from the coronavirus pandemic in China, but why? Brands grew their online presence, consumers unable to go abroad shopped with gusto despite the higher prices, and holidays and eating out fell out of favour.
Each of the tracks on the debut EP of guitarist Dylan Halbroth – who records under the alias Dark at Three – embodies a different feeling, struggle or disorder.
An exhibition at Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts assembles more than 50 swords and pole arms dating back as far as 1800BC, 40 of which have never before been on public display.
Digital art carrying unique blockchain-based ID tags that confirm authenticity is selling for big money, with even 255-year-old auction house Christie’s getting in on the action.
Some Hong Kong residents with BN(O) passports decide against Britain, choose to go elsewhere.
Western governments express alarm over move to require inmates to declare a nationality, saying it could infringe upon an individual’s rights.
The city’s government no longer recognises BN(O) documents as valid for travel. But for many ethnic minority group members, the passport is all they have and applying for an HKSAR one is fraught with uncertainty.
