Chow Yun-fat’s journey to stardom, Qin dynasty’s legacy: 7 Lifestyle highlights
From a Hong Kong teen feeding the city’s ‘cardboard grannies’ to royal Thai food, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting
1. How Chow Yun-fat became one of Hong Kong’s most down-to-earth superstars
For five decades, Chow Yun-fat has been two people. There is the global superstar, and then there is the man Hongkongers simply call “Fat Gor” (Big Brother Fat), the down-to-earth celebrity spotted running marathons, riding the MTR and buses, eating in traditional Hong Kong-style cha chaan teng cafes, and cheerfully taking mobile phone selfies – with his own left hand – with anyone who asks for one.
2. How the Qin dynasty forever changed the Chinese nation in just 15 years
The Qin dynasty was the first unified imperial dynasty of China. It was also one of the shortest. Although its reign, from 221BC to 206BC, only lasted 15 years, the Qin dynasty is widely regarded by Chinese and Western scholars as the beginning of a new age – the Chinese empire – that would prevail until 1911.
3. Hong Kong teen who feeds city’s ‘cardboard grannies’ goes viral on Instagram
