This is the 52nd instalment in a biweekly series profiling major Hong Kong pop culture figures of recent decades. For an acclaimed movie star whose accolades include best actress at the Venice Film Festival, Deanie Ip Tak-han has surprisingly little regard for fame and fortune. Known for standing up for her views even if it…
Books about the Tiananmen Square crackdown have become increasingly scarce in Hong Kong’s independent bookstores, with sellers citing widespread self-censorship fuelled by legal uncertainties surrounding the sale of politically sensitive titles under the national security laws. The disappearance of the books and the loss of the annual June 4 candlelight vigil in Victoria Park, combined…
Patriotic groups in Hong Kong will hold a government-backed carnival for the third consecutive year during the period running through the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, with the event set to return to the site where the annual candlelight vigils commemorating the tragedy used to be held. The five-day “Hometown Market”, featuring some…