Category: Culture
Afro Boom: South African Amapiano and Afro House Find a Beat in China
Shoulders roll, hips sway and feet tap as strangers are united in motion. The only common language at the Shenzhen Afro Pulz Dance Camp is rhythm.
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Women lion dancers take the stage in Hong Kong
Yun Fook Tong’s training hall, a Shatin-based lion-dance company, was filled with martial artists hopping on and off plum-blossom poles to the backdrop of deafening drumbeats.
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From ‘Chop Alley,’ His seals Reach Many Hands
In Hong Kong, locals visit Man Wa Lane in Sheung Wan to have personalized seals made for contracts, paintings or wedding invitations.
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Infree Records: connecting through music in Mong Kok
Infree Records, a music store in Mong Kok selling vinyl records, CDs, cassettes and turntables, is a place people go not only to buy music but also form relationships
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Book collector Zheng Mingren lives a ‘life of paper and ink’
Former journalist turns 50-year book collection into store selling Hong Kong memories
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Xi’an’s last remaining street barbers set up shop under the city wall
Simple, cheap outdoor haircuts nostalgic reminder of village life
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Young Chinese Fear Marriage
China’s marriage rate is at a record low, and more and more young people, especially women, are rejecting the institution.
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Little Wars: a day inside the Hong Kong Society of Wargamers
For 40 years, the club has been attracting history buffs and internationally ranked players who re-enact historical battles in miniature
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Voice of the people: Hong Kong saves its beloved multicultural karaoke bar
Legendary Junels Restobar survives eviction, protests and a pandemic to serve Filipino food, drinks and multilingual songs to loyal regulars
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