The poetry of Bruce Lee While everybody knows Bruce Lee as the most famous Chinese film star of all time and one of the greatest martial artists ever, fewer know him as a poet. Yet a poet he was; in fact he was a very accomplished one. Here is a selection of his most enlightening, perceptive and mo...

The Philosophy of Bruce Lee Bruce Lee is, perhaps, the most famous of all Hong Kong stars. The most influential martial artist of the modern age, he became a huge star during the Kung-Fu film boom of the 1970s, before his tragically early death in 1973. He was also a great philosopher and poet, inc...

Hong Kong Stats: Work Our series on the facts and figures that tell us about Hong Kong culture, politics and industry continues with this instalment, regarding the statistics related to working life in Hong Kong. As one of the major financial centres in the world, with low taxes and near free port...

Hong Kong Stats: Geography and Population For those interested in Hong Kong culture, history, geography and politics, this series will collect all of the most important facts and statistics about it. This first instalment will concentrate on the geographical make up of this historic region and its...

Hong Kong Restaurants: Fast Food Hong Kong culture is centred on big business, bustling nightlife and great food. Our last instalment looked at the best restaurants for those looking to splash the cash. This time around we're looking at the most mouth watering guilty pleasures to be found in Hong K...

Hong Kong Restaurants: Big Budget With a mixture of some of the best Cantonese restaurants in the world, some of the best Italian restaurants outside Italy, some of the best French bistros outside France and a host of world class street vendors, Hong Kong's selection of eateries is quite dazzling...

Hong Kong Restaurants: Bargains Hong Kong's food culture is just as vibrant as its cinema, business and nightlife. In previous instalments we looked at the haute-cuisine and the fast food. Now we turn out attention to the best bargain food to be bought on the streets and in the eateries of HK. Lin...

Hong Kong celebrities: Twins Two of Hong Kong's most famous young celebrities are Gillian Chung Yan Tung and Charlene Choi Cheuk-Yin, the two members of all conquering Cantopop duo Twins. For the last 12 years they have dominated the landscape of Asian pop music, scoring hits across the globe. Bot...

Hong Kong celebrities: Maggie Cheung Maggie Cheung is one of the most recognised Hong Kong actresses of all time. Though known by some for her action roles, Cheung is actually a brilliantly versatile performer, with a host of romantic, comedy, art-house and drama roles to her name. Though born in H...

Great writing about Hong Kong Out in the harbour, at the end of summer, fishermen feed the hungry ghosts. They float paper boats shaped like junks and steamships. One is double-prowed like the cross-harbour Star Ferry which plies its way back and forth between Hong Kong [island] and Kowloon, never...

Great quotes from Hong Kong Actors Hong Kong films have inspired some high profile people to utter some highly quotable lines over the years. Here are some of the most memorable. "American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the sp...

Great quotes about Hong Kong culture The wonderful, buzzing culture of Hong Kong has inspired many great and famous quotes down the centuries. Here are some of the best lines uttered about HK. "Hong Kong has created one of the most successful societies on Earth." Prince Charles "Hong Kong girls h...

Famous Hong Kong actors: Jackie Chan Though Bruce Lee may be the most revered Hong Kong martial artist of all time, Jackie Chan is quite probably the best loved. His incredible stunt performance, sense of humour, likable personality and gift for slapstick have made him a star across the planet, wit...

Classic Hong Kong Films Pt. 3 The final part of our look at some of the all-time great Hong Kong films, this instalment looks at three of the most influential movies to come from the island. Long Arm of the Law (1984) Before the likes of John Woo and Ringo Lam made Hong Kong action one of the worl...

Classic Hong Kong Films Pt. 2 Hong Kong films are renowned across the world for their innovation, artistry and brilliant story-telling. In the second of our series on classics from Hong Kong cinema, we look at three undisputed masterpieces, considered amongst the all-time best films to have come fr...

Classic Hong Kong Films Pt. 1 Hong Kong has long been one of the world's most vibrant hubs for cinema. Thanks to its historical roots as a British colony, Hong Kong enjoyed a greater freedom of expression during the middle part of the last Century than mainland China and so its film making thrived...

Hong Kong celebrities: Chow Yun-fat Next to Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat is probably the most famous living Hong Kong actor in the world. Having made his name in hit crime series The Bund in 1980, Chow made the transfer to the big screen as the leading man in John Woo's mid-80s crime/ action flicks th...