British Pathé recently posted its trove of 85,000 historical newsreels, cinemagazines, and documentaries on YouTube. Included are 1- 5 minute videos from China, Taiwan (aka Formosa), and Hong Kong that span from the 1920s to...
Tag Archives: Hong Kong
Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker Fruit Chan’s (陳果) The Midnight After (那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角開往大埔的紅van / 那夜凌晨，我坐上了旺角开往大埔的红van, literally “That midnight, I got on a red public light bus that headed from Mong Kok to Tai...
![[Updated] Neon Hong Kong](https://i0.wp.com/www.beyondchinatown.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/47120895_0ac15dde17_z.jpg?resize=335%2C251)
Neon signs have long been part of Hong Kong’s look. Mostly invisible by day and unremarkable when they are first electrified around twilight, they really come alive when it gets...
Before the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement (now in its fifth week) occupied business districts in Hong Kong, the former British colony visibly expressed its desire for autonomy from Beijing under the “One Country,...
![A Look at the Pro-Democracy Protests in Hong Kong [updated]](https://i0.wp.com/www.beyondchinatown.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/15261014037_3e1ee10ebf_k1-e1412563574534.jpg?resize=335%2C166)
A few additional links have been added since the original publication. Facing a government-imposed Monday deadline to disperse, the protest movement in Hong Kong against Beijing’s version of democracy for the former British...
There are so many things that are awesome about Hong Kong’s culture. Now, it’s becoming official. In response to the UN Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Hong Kong government has...