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Chinese culture
Latest news and updates on Chinese culture including the country’s traditions, food, values, history and festivals.
What does October 2026, the Earth Dog month have in store for you? Here’s a look at what your luck looks like. Photo: SCMP Graphic
Horoscopes

Horoscopes: what’s your luck like in October 2026, the Earth Dog month?

The Dragon clashes with the Dog, but not all is negative, while the Sheep and Monkey have a smooth ride; the Rabbit needs to watch for double-crossing.

Food and Drinks

How Vietnam’s twist on Hainan chicken rice tells a rich story of migration

US-China relations

Chinese art takes long march home from US museums

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Food and Drinks

Meet the doctor baking some of the UK’s best Cantonese-inspired bread

Doctor by weekday, baker by weekend, Hai Lin Leung runs her award-winning microbakery Lucky Yu from her East London home.

Hai Lin Leung, the founder of Lucky Yu Bakery, a home bakery based in Walthamstow, East London. The doctor’s Cantonese-inspired bakes are sold through her kitchen window. Photo: Instagram/luckyyubakery
Fashion

Appropriation or appreciation? Artisans on the great Chinese fashion debate

The owners of Hong Kong’s Sindart and Qipology discuss when brands using traditional designs is cultural promotion – and when it is not.

Lessons from China's history

Reflections | The surprising history of beer in China, from li to Tsingtao

From ancient China’s fermented grain drink li to the founding of Tsingtao Brewery, China has a long history of brewing.

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Fashion

Chinese designers Susan Fang, Yuhan Wang and more at London Fashion Week 2026

London Fashion Week featured the most Chinese designers in years. Here are looks from the likes of Yuhan Wang and less-established talents.

Looks from Susan Fang at London Fashion Week 2026. Photos: Gorunway.com
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why the Hong Kong New Wave was a pragmatic win over commercial genres

Directors like Ann Hui, Tsui Hark and Patrick Tam were united by a desire to experiment and an ambition to modernise the local film industry.

Science

Online claims revive mercury mystery around tomb of first Chinese emperor

A Weibo hashtag about ancient cinnabar sites has reignited debate over the ‘rivers and seas’ in Qin Shi Huang’s mausoleum.

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China travel

China’s ‘mountain of immortals’: why millions flock to the peaks of Wudang

The sacred mountain range dotted with ancient Taoist temples attracts pilgrims and visitors praying for everything from peace to good weather.

Visitors climb up the stairs near the Golden Hall in Wudang Mountains in central China’s Hubei Province on Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
New Zealand

Slow is beautiful: China’s war against AI drama goes beyond algorithms

Rapid expansion in production has intensified concerns over copyright and the mounting pressure on human creators.

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A screenshot from The Laid-off Girl, one of more than 275,000 AI microdramas released online this year. Photo: Douyin
Food and Drinks

What truly defines the melting pot that is Cantonese cuisine?

The region’s diverse food culture spans Cantonese, Chiu Chow and Hakka cuisines, each with unique traditions yet interconnected flavours.

China consumption

As Chinese retirees boost consumption, some hope for greater respect in society

Age bias is an obstacle to the growth of China’s silver economy, researchers say.

Mainland China

Remote section of China’s Great Wall damaged by 20 years of mine waste dumping

Whistle-blowers were repeatedly ignored as mining interests removed Ming dynasty stones to create a short cut to slag dump, CCTV reports.

China’s state broadcaster says local authorities did not respond to repeated reports by whistle-blowers. Photo: CCTV
Lessons from China's history

Reflections | When centuries of Chinese knowledge were destroyed by warlord who burned a city

Xiang Yu’s razing of the Qin capital Xianyang, which left libraries full of vital texts in ruin, was echoed centuries later in Warsaw.

Chinese actress Sun Li plays Xiang Yu during a stage production of Farewell My Concubine in New York in 2008. Xiang Yu is known for his demolition of the Qin dynasty capital in 206BC, during which his forces destroyed libraries and the thousands of books within them. Photo: Getty Images
Food and Drinks

Chinese Restaurant Awards 2026: Mott 32 takes Canadian top spot

Mott 32 locations in Toronto and Vancouver were crowned the best Chinese restaurants in Canada in the 17th edition of the awards.

China consumption

Mooncakes for the dog? How China is reinventing its iconic festive snack

China’s consumers appear to be going off the dense Mid-Autumn Festival treat, but tiny mooncakes for pets are a different story.

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Chinese history

Who was Wang Zhenyi? Chinese female scientist who defied gender expectations

Wang shot for the stars with her work in astronomy and mathematics at a time when learned women did little more than write poetry.

Qing dynasty astronomer and mathematician Wang Zhenyi defied societal norms and the expectations set upon her gender to study and demystify complex scientific and mathematical concepts. Illustration: Huy Truong
Fashion

How Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan is a symbol of China’s fashion soft power

Peng once again shows off exclusively Chinese designs as she accompanies President Xi Jinping on Washington visit.

Music

Pipe dream: traditional wind instruments blow up a storm in Hong Kong

Wind instruments from China, Japan, Laos and beyond joined the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra to close the International Sheng and Reeds Festival 2026.

Hong Kong society

From moongazing to bus tours: how to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong

Here’s a round-up of things to do and see for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Friday this year.

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The World Lantern Boulevard at Victoria Park. Photo: Dickson Lee
Food and Drinks

History of mooncake moulds and their designs, and those preserving the craft

Mooncake artistry flourished during the Ming and Qing dynasties, carved onto wooden moulds depicting flowers, birds and even deities.

(Left) Wooden mooncake moulds for sale at Man Kee Chopping Board in Hong Kong; and (right) mooncakes from Lung King Heen, which makes only small batches of its handmade artisanal mooncakes each year. We look at others helping preserve the ancient craft and how the design of the snacks has changed over the centuries. Photos: Charmaine Mok/Four Seasons Hong Kong
Mid-Autumn Festival

Few still make Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns the classic way. This artisan does

Hong Kong lantern artisan Wan Wong explains why she keeps the traditional craft alive, barriers she faced as a woman and the key techniques.

Food and Drinks

Hong Kong-style milk tea that has customers queuing out the door – in Tokyo

Despite none being from Hong Kong, the three founders of Urushi to Hibi have created a unique – and popular – cultural fusion experience.

Style Edit

Style Edit: Chow Tai Fook’s Song collection draws on the Chinese drum

Double-drum forms, gourd motifs and diamond-set details express blessings, family ties and traditions passed down through the generations.

Chow Tai Fook’s Song collection transforms the Chinese drum into contemporary jewellery. Photo: Handout
Wellness

All about Hong Kong’s herbal teas and how Gen Z is reviving the health tradition

These century-old ‘leung cha’ cooling teas for ailments such as excess internal heat are finding new fans among health-conscious Gen Z.

A staff member fills bowls with herbal tea known as leung cha ("cooling tea") from a giant copper pot at Pak Po Tong on Temple Street in Hong Kong. Photo: Elson Li
Lessons from China's history

Reflections | A Polish priest’s perilous mission to save a doomed Chinese dynasty

In 1651, the embattled Ming court, which included several Christian converts, sent Michal Boym to seek the Pope’s aid. It never came.

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Chinese history

Being Chinese | The unspoken reason my Chinese friends choose America

When friends say they can just ‘exist’ in the US, they mean they can stop performing to the Confucian expectations that define Chinese life.

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