Vivienne Chow
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Why the Clubhouse app is so popular despite its security risks
The Clubhouse app’s popularity reflects our burning desire to communicate and connect in a pandemic despite the emerging data risks. It is, in essence, a social experiment on how to responsibly exercise our freedom of speech → Read More
Canto-pop has a future, it’s Hong Kong fans who are stuck in the past
The recent debate over the emergence of pop star Keung To is the first time in years Canto-pop has been talked about. Local music is integral to Hong Kong culture, and we should be glad young people are still pursuing their Canto-pop dreams → Read More
From protests to coronavirus, a mask revolution has been taking place in Hong Kong
With just four deaths since January, many in the city credit widespread mask-wearing for keeping them safe. → Read More
In Hong Kong, buying locally-grown vegetables is about more than just fighting coronavirus
Supporting Hong Kong's farms is a way to demonstrate independence from Beijing. → Read More
How people power has flattened the Covid curve in Hong Kong
Quick adaptation has kept down the spread of coronavirus, but it’s no time to relax. → Read More
Hong Kong’s best new romance is about the secret lives of the city’s closeted gay “uncles”
Over dinner scenes, and at saunas, Suk Suk shows the lives of two men who shaped their love for each other around a sense of duty to their families. → Read More
The Hong Kong protests didn’t cancel this year’s Art Basel, but coronavirus did
It looked like the event would go ahead even amid Hong Kong's ongoing protests, but the outbreak in China led organizers to finally call it quits this year. → Read More
As Hong Kong wards off coronavirus, authorities struggle to win trust
The government's refusal to close the border has set off a public panic. Is it overreaction – or justified? → Read More
What lies ahead for Hong Kong in 2020
Tear gas instead of fireworks greeted New Year crowds on the streets in Hong Kong amid a shake-up of a political kind. → Read More
How the Hong Kong Museum of Art can stay relevant, during a time of political turmoil and beyond
The return of HKMoA in a time of crisis is an important reminder of what shaped Hong Kong. In future, however, will the government-run museum be able to showcase Hong Kong contemporary art that is critical of the status quo? → Read More
Twelve works of art that chart the emotional upheavals of the Hong Kong protests
Many Hong Kong artists produced or exhibited works in 2019 that can offer insights into the the emotional roller coaster the city has experienced. → Read More
Hong Kong: The people’s voice
The District Council election was seen as a de facto referendum on the protests – and the pro-democracy camp won. → Read More
The magical world of Japanese anime has become the reality of Hong Kong protesters
To most people, "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is a terrific anime series. But to many Hong Kong protesters, it speaks far more deeply. → Read More
Three bakeries making Hong Kong protest cakes like the one Cake International banned from competition
Anti-government protests have sparked a wave of creativity in Hong Kong. We talk to the creators of cakes such as Tear Gas Cloud and Liberate Hong Kong about the inspiration for their designs and the challenges of creating them. → Read More
Singing showdowns in Hong Kong pit the city’s unofficial new anthem against China’s
When people identify with a song, you don’t need a law to make them sing and love it. → Read More
Hong Kong’s protesters are trying to break free from the “old seafood” generation
Hong Kong's establishment is puzzled by—even suspicious of—a new generation that puts personal freedom ahead of working hard for a comfortable life. → Read More
Hong Kong: popular protests, live-streamed
Public backing for the demonstrations is bolstered by their propaganda-puncturing uses of social media. → Read More
An art show in Switzerland became an accidental lens into Hong Kong’s protests
A show about Hong Kong's struggles with its shifting identity just happened to open as the city witnessed its biggest protests ever. → Read More
Artists are using virtual reality to convey the perils of climate change
VR is not only the next big thing in the art world, but also a tool to raise awareness of climate change. → Read More
Umbrella Movement 2.0 exposes flaws in ‘one country, two systems’
Even more than the last pro-democracy demonstrations, at stake is Hong Kong’s future with common law at its heart. → Read More