after

applicationIds

count

entityId

authorPageQuery

filter

author

entityUuid

name

urlAlias

types

authorContentListAuthor

authorAuthorContentListAuthor

authorRelatedTopicsAuthor

authorLinkingDataAuthor

authorHeaderAuthor

authorSeoAuthor

query authorPageQuery(
  $entityId: String!
  $applicationIds: [String]
  $after: String
  $count: Int = 30
) {
  author(filter: {entityId: $entityId}) {
    entityId
    entityUuid
    name
    urlAlias
    types
    ...authorContentListAuthor_3In6IJ
    ...authorAuthorContentListAuthor_3In6IJ
    ...authorRelatedTopicsAuthor_3In6IJ
    ...authorLinkingDataAuthor
    ...authorHeaderAuthor
    ...authorSeoAuthor
    id
  }
}

fragment articleCommentArticle on Article {
  ...entityLink
  commentCount
  entityId
}

fragment authorAuthorContentListAuthor_3In6IJ on Author {
  contents(after: $after, first: $count, filter: {applicationIds: $applicationIds}, orderBy: {field: PUBLISHED_DATE, direction: DESC}) {
    edges {
      __typename
      cursor
      node {
        __typename
        id
      }
    }
    pageInfo {
      endCursor
      hasNextPage
    }
  }
  id
}

fragment authorAvatarAuthor on Author {
  ...entityLink
  entityId
  entityUuid
  name
  image(filter: {type: AUTHOR_IMAGE}) {
    style(filter: {style: "300x300"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment authorContentListAuthor_3In6IJ on Author {
  contents(after: $after, first: $count, filter: {applicationIds: $applicationIds}, orderBy: {field: PUBLISHED_DATE, direction: DESC}) {
    edges {
      node {
        __typename
        entityId
        ...secondaryContentItemContent
        id
      }
      cursor
    }
    pageInfo {
      endCursor
      hasNextPage
    }
  }
  entityId
  id
}

fragment authorHeaderAuthor on Author {
  entityId
  name
  location
  socialLinks {
    class
    url
  }
  role {
    text
  }
  bio
  education
  areaOfExpertise
  languageSpoken
  ...entityFollowButtonBase
  ...authorAvatarAuthor
  ...authorSocialLinksAuthor
}

fragment authorLinkingDataAuthor on Author {
  bio
  areaOfExpertise
  urlAlias
  name
  image320x320: image(filter: {type: AUTHOR_IMAGE}) {
    style(filter: {style: "320x320"}) {
      url
    }
  }
  languageSpoken
  location
  role {
    text
  }
}

fragment authorRelatedTopicsAuthor_3In6IJ on Author {
  contents(after: $after, first: $count, filter: {applicationIds: $applicationIds}, orderBy: {field: PUBLISHED_DATE, direction: DESC}) {
    edges {
      node {
        __typename
        topics {
          entityId
          name
          ...entityLink
          id
        }
        id
      }
    }
  }
}

fragment authorSeoAuthor on Author {
  entityId
  bio
  name
  urlAlias
  ...hooksUseDynamicMetaTags
}

fragment authorSocialLinksAuthor on Author {
  socialLinks {
    class
    title
    url
  }
}

fragment contentActionBarContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  entityId
  createdDate
  updatedDate
  publishedDate
  readingTime
  ...articleCommentArticle
  ...helpersIsArticleVideoAsHeroArticle
  ...helpersGetContentTypeNameContent
  ... on Article {
    hasVideoContent
  }
}

fragment contentCoverImageContent_HMm4X on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  images {
    url
    title
    type
    size540x360: style(filter: {style: "540x360"}) {
      url
    }
    size80x80: style(filter: {style: "80x80"}) {
      url
    }
  }
}

fragment contentHeadlineContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  headline
  socialHeadline
  ...contentHeadlineTagContent
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...hooksContentHeadlineTagContent
}

fragment contentLiveTagContent on Article {
  ...helpersCheckHasLiveTagArticle
}

fragment contentSponsorTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
}

fragment contentSummaryContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  summary {
    text
  }
}

fragment contentTopicLinkContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    urlAlias
    ...entityLink
    ...topicLinkTopic
    id
  }
}

fragment entityFollowButtonBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Section {
    entityId
    name
  }
  ... on Author {
    entityId
    name
    disableFollow
  }
  ... on Topic {
    entityId
    name
    disableFollow
  }
}

fragment entityLink on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  __typename
  entityId
  entityUuid
  urlAlias
  urlRedirect {
    toUrl
    id
  }
  application {
    entityId
    id
  }
  ... on Section {
    fullSectionPath {
      entityId
      id
    }
    parentSection
  }
  ...helpersAppBarVariantBase
  ...helpersApplicationBase
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersAppBarVariantBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsLiveArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
  ...helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle
  ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  ...helpersSectionContent
  ...helpersStyleSectionContent
}

fragment helpersApplicationBase on BaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias {
  __isBaseWithApplicationAndUrlAlias: __typename
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusPage
}

fragment helpersCheckHasLiveTagArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsLiveArticle on Article {
  flattenTypeIds
  liveArticle {
    status
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ... on Article {
    paywallTypes {
      entityUuid
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPlusPage on Page {
  urlAlias
}

fragment helpersCheckIsPostMagazineArticle on Article {
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersCheckIsStyleArticle on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetArticleTypeNameArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersGetContentTypeNameContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    ...helpersGetArticleTypeNameArticle
  }
}

fragment helpersIsArticleVideoAsHeroArticle on Article {
  multimediaEmbed {
    json
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  types {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle on Article {
  authors {
    types
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle on Article {
  authors {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersStyleSectionContent on Section {
  fullSectionPath {
    entityId
    id
  }
}

fragment helpersUseContentSponsorContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  topics {
    entityId
    sponsor {
      ...sponsorTagSponsor
      name
      type
      id
    }
    id
  }
  ... on Article {
    sponsorType
  }
  ...helpersCheckIsMainTopicContent
}

fragment hooksContentHeadlineTagContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ... on Article {
    types {
      value {
        name
        entityId
        description {
          text
        }
        id
      }
    }
    ...helpersCheckIsStyleArticle
  }
  flag
  sections {
    value {
      name
      id
    }
  }
  ...hooksContentHelperContent
}

fragment hooksContentHelperContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...helpersSanitizeArticleTypeEntityIdsArticle
  ...helpersSanitizeAuthorTypesArticle
  ...helpersSanitizedAuthorEntityIdsArticle
  flag
}

fragment hooksContentItemProvidersContent_4yR8km on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  ...contentActionBarContent
  ...contentCoverImageContent_HMm4X
  ...contentHeadlineContent
  ...contentLiveTagContent
  ...contentSummaryContent
  ...contentTopicLinkContent
  ...contentSponsorTagContent
  ... on Video {
    __typename
    ...videoDurationOverlayVideo
  }
  ... on Gallery {
    __typename
  }
}

fragment hooksUseDynamicMetaTags on DynamicMetaTags {
  __isDynamicMetaTags: __typename
  metatags {
    key
    value
  }
}

fragment secondaryContentItemContent on Content {
  __isContent: __typename
  __typename
  ...entityLink
  ...helpersCheckIsPlusArticle
  ...helpersUseContentSponsorContent
  ...hooksContentItemProvidersContent_4yR8km
}

fragment sponsorTagSponsor on Sponsor {
  name
  type
  images {
    url
  }
}

fragment topicLinkTopic on Topic {
  ...entityLink
  name
  shortName
}

fragment videoDurationOverlayVideo on Video {
  duration
  sections {
    value {
      entityId
      id
    }
  }
}


Alexander Mak

In pictures: a taste for winter warming fare, Hong Kong style

How Hongkongers keep warm in the winter, from steaming hotpot and snake soup to roasted chestnuts and bowls of crispy claypot rice.

In pictures: when textiles drove the golden age of ‘Made in Hong Kong’

The textile and garment industry was the engine that drove Hong Kong’s economic rise from backwater to boomtown.

In pictures: how Hong Kong made Halloween its own

From street parties to theme park parades, Hong Kong has transformed Halloween into a night of playful spectacle.

In pictures: When 40,000 people queued for stamps in Hong Kong

From Queen Elizabeth’s 60th birthday to the 1997 handover, limited-edition stamps captured the city’s history in miniature.

In pictures: Sheung Wan’s Tai Tat Tei, or ‘Poor Man’s Nightclub’

Before Sheung Wan’s Tai Tat Tei was cleared for reclamation, it was where fortune-tellers, opera singers and hawkers gathered nightly.

In pictures: Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations from the 1970s to 90s

Mooncakes, lanterns and fire dragon dances have long been hallmarks of this festival marking the full moon at the end of harvest season.

In pictures: when Ocean Terminal welcomed the world, from the 1960s to the 90s

Ocean Terminal was visited by Queen Elizabeth, with the most luxurious cruise liners and navy ships alike docking at the pier.

In pictures: what Hong Kong’s mobile phones of the 1980s and 90s looked like

Oversized, aspirational and impossible to ignore. First-gen mobile phones in Hong Kong were, most of all, status symbols.

In pictures: when the Light Rail Transit system transformed transport

The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) opened the LRT in 1988, providing the New Territories with more convenient transport besides buses or minibuses.

In pictures: when Disneyland opened in Hong Kong in 2005

Jacky Cheung goofed around with Mickey Mouse at the park’s castle topping ceremony, and fans queued for the Orbitron ride on opening day on September 12, 2005.

In pictures: the underworld’s gates open for Hungry Ghost Festival

Incense fills the streets and bamboo theatres are erected ... here’s a look at how Hong Kong has marked the return of the spirits over the years.

In pictures: the enduring appeal of Hong Kong’s herbal tea shops

Chinese herbal teas may be bitter, but they are said to have health benefits – even Chris Patten drank them.

In pictures: cruise ships in Hong Kong during the 1970s and 80s

Hong Kong has long been a popular port of call for leisure travellers.

In pictures: in streets or salons, Hong Kong barbers make the cut

Whether it’s on the roadside or at a high-end hair salon, here’s how Hongkongers have been styling it out since the 1970s.

In pictures: Hong Kong’s family-run stores through the decades

Before Hong Kong became dominated by the likes of Wellcome and ParknShop, neighbourhoods were served by corner shops like these ones.