
Christopher DeWolf
Christopher, author of Borrowed Spaces: Life Between the Cracks of Modern Hong Kong. What art event would you travel for? ‘I plan to go to Ottawa for Howie Tsui’s show “Retainers of Anarchy”, a mashup of Taoist hell and Kowloon Walled City. I saw it once before; it was mesmerising.’
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Urban life
Examining the Legacy of Rats in Hong Kong
As we welcome the Year of the Rat, here's a look back at the rodents' legacy in Hong Kong, where rat bins on lampposts were once pervasive
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Urban life
How Hong Kong’s MTR Stations Got Their Colours
The vibrant hues of Hong Kong’s MTR stations have their roots in an austere government
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Food and drink
Restaurants That Serve Up Hong Kong Nostalgia
Get a fix of retro Hong Kong at restaurants that channel vintage cha chaan teng design and, sometimes, their diner-style dishes too
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Art and culture
How Hong Kong Is Embracing Retro Design
A new generation of Hong Kong-based designers is finding inspiration in the city’s rich culture and history
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Urban life
Hong Kong’s Land Reclamation: Past, Present and Future
If you’re standing on the world’s most expensive land, why not simply create some more? We examine Hong Kong’s never-ending land grab
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Top hotels
Hong Kong Heritage: Hotels We’ve Loved and Lost
As The Excelsior hotel in Causeway Bay closes, we look back at other celebrated hotels in Hong Kong that are no longer with us
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Art and culture
Meet the Leaders of Hong Kong’s Art Scene
Hong Kong is an art world meeting point, especially during March, with the arrival of major art fairs. But what about the city’s own scene? Here's an insider's view from artists, curators and more
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Food and drink
A brief, poignant history of Hong Kong’s street food hawkers
From pig blood congee to quail eggs, as long as Hong Kong has had streets, it's had street food hawkers
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Shopping
Hong Kong’s Best Shopping: The Sham Shui Po Experience
With flea markets sitting alongside galleries, bars and boutiques, Hong Kong’s working-class heartland may be the most dynamic spot in the city right now
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Aviation
The Hong Kong Airport Story: Then, Now and the Future
On 6 July 1998, in a staggering overnight operation, the Hong Kong airport moved from the crowded streets of Kowloon to a small island 30 kilometres to the west. But that wasn’t the end of the story: 20 years on, both Kai Tak and Chek Lap Kok are braced for a fresh surge in development
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Beaches
Best places to swim in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, suits also refer to the bathing kind. We look at the territory’s 733 kilometres of coastline
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Sustainable travel
10 ways to become a greener traveller
Visiting new places is one of life’s great pleasures. Here's how to do so in a more sustainable and environmentally friendly way
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Architecture
Travel Trend #2a: Central Police station
What does ‘authentic’ mean? The Tai Kwun project in Hong Kong is a hotly debated topic for architects and conservationists even before it reopens
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Food and drink
The History of Beer in Hong Kong
We savour Hong Kong’s beer-brewing history and remember a time when a pint cost HK$1.50
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Beijing
Hutong revolution: Beijing’s alleyway renaissance
Urban farming, hipster coffee, cultural incubators – in the face of extinction, Beijing’s historic neighbourhoods have transformed into one of the city’s most thriving centres of creativity
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Urban life
50 years beyond the riots of San Po Kong
The story of San Po Kong, 50 years after it dominated global headlines
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Art and culture
The Rise of Hong Kong Street Art
Amid Hong Kong’s rise as an art capital, street artists have emerged to transform the city from the outside in
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Architecture
Why we love Hong Kong’s tong lau
Seeks out Hong Kong’s fast-disappearing walk-up tenement buildings





