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Year in Review

Year in Review
Look back on the best of SCMP coverage of the news-making events of the year. Read round-ups of top stories and review the events and milestones that made the news during the year from US-China relations, to Hong Kong politics, to the coronavirus pandemic and lifestyle topics such as health and wellness and K-pop.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US business leaders, including Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg (left) and Stephen Orlins (right), president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, at the the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in March. Photo: Xinhua
China economy

SCMP Plus year in review

A look back at the biggest China stories of the year and preview of things to come in 2025.

Tourism

Travel stories you read most in 2024, about a horror gang rape and more

Hong Kong sports

Paris Olympics, Messi fail: Hong Kong’s best and worst sporting moments of 2024

Fashion

Fashion and beauty stories you read most in 2024, about Hermès and more

The Post’s top fashion and beauty stories in 2024 included ones about why people wear red at Lunar New Year and a lawsuit against Hermès.

An Hermès Birkin 25 bag. US consumers sued for the right to buy one. Photo: AP
Food and Drinks

Food and drinks stories you read most in 2024, about noodles and more

Among our most-read food and drinks stories this year were explainers about noodles and whisky and one about a Hong Kong tofu shop closing.

Cinema

Entertainment stories you read most in 2024 about adult film stars and more

We look back at some of our top entertainment stories of 2024, including one about how an actress went from soft-porn to mainstream fame.

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Art

Arts stories you read most in 2024, including one about a Cantopop classic

We look back at some of the top arts stories in 2024, from a deep dive into Cantopop song The Bund to the criticised Chubby Hearts project.

On of the most read Post arts stories of 2024 was a deep dive into song The Bund by composer Joseph Koo (left) and lyricist James Wong Jim (right), the most popular version of which was sung by Frances Yip (centre). Photo: courtesy of Frances Yip
Apple

Gadget stories you read most in 2024, about the iPhone 16 Pro Max and more

We look back at our 5 most-read gadgets stories of 2024, from one about a world-first handheld device for ear surgery to an iPhone 16 review.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

The Hong Kong films released in 2024, ranked from worst to best

From We 12 to Papa, Fly Me to the Moon and The Last Dance, our ranking of the Hong Kong films that hit cinemas in the course of the year.

North Korea

Revolution, elections and a baby hippo, this was the year in Asia

From climate change to political storms and a Taylor Swift world tour, Asia in 2024 was characterised by turbulence and surprises.

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Students and other activists carry Bangladesh’s national flag during a protest march to mark one month since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down after a mass uprising, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 5. Photo: AP
Korean drama reviews

The 15 best K-dramas of 2024 ranked, from Queen of Tears to Squid Game 2

From a vigilante thriller to a period political drama, and Korea’s most awaited sequel, here is our pick of the top 15 K-dramas of 2024.

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Lee Jung-jae as Seong Gi-hun in a still from Squid Game season 2. Photo: No Ju-han/Netflix
Asian cinema

The 12 best Asian films of 2024, including The Last Dance

From a Thai tear-jerker to a Korean cross-dressing romcom and a hand-drawn Japanese anime, our pick of the best Asian films of the past year.

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Food and Drinks

Ranked: the 10 best restaurant openings in Hong Kong in 2023

From excellent Indian food that lets the chef’s personality shine through, to an upscale food court, our 10 favourite restaurant openings of 2023 in Hong Kong.

Global Impact

After war and economic turmoil dominated in 2023, what does 2024 have in store?

In this issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the events that shaped 2023, and looks forward to what we can expect in mainland China, Hong Kong and the rest of the world in 2024.

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Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour to celebrate the New Year in Hong Kong, China January 1, 2024. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

Hong Kong’s post-Covid public health wins and battles in 2023

The Post recaps some of the city’s major health-related milestones over the year, from the lifting of testing measures to sustained vaccination efforts.

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March 1 marked the day the government lifted all mandatory mask-wearing requirements. Photo: Dickson Lee
China's economic recovery

What were the top 10 most-read China economy stories of 2023?

A story looking at Chinese investors scrambling to sell overseas properties amid shaky economic conditions took centre stage at the top of a list of our economy stories in 2023.

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Singapore

This Year in Asia: Singapore criminals, Taylor Swift’s snubs, Robert Kuok at 100

Singapore’s massive money laundering case; Taylor Swift’s snub of everywhere else in Southeast Asia – and Malaysian business tycoon Robert Kuok’s 100th birthday: here are This Week in Asia’s highlights of the year.

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Books and literature

Best books of 2023 – with a twist – from Elon Musk biography to Yellow Face

From an Elon Musk biography and Prince Harry’s Spare to Yellow Face and Hong Kong poetry, Post Magazine’s round-up of 2023’s best books takes as its theme the Cambridge Dictionary word of the year, hallucinate.

Elon Musk (the book) was written by a bona fide big-deal biographer: Walter Isaacson.
Indonesia

Problems in paradise and digital despair: Indonesia’s top social media stories in 2023

Indonesia’s online space was rocked by blasphemy arrests, exploitation concerns, and inspiring stories of fearless and talented young people.

China's border reopening

Video | China in 2023: Year in Review

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong politics in 2023: major trials, HK$1 million bounties and a district poll

2023 opened and closed with high-profile national security trials, as well as big firsts for city leader John Lee and district council revamp at other points.

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Outside a district council polling booth in North Point. Hong Kong’s political scene went through a series of shake-ups in 2023. Photo: Sam Tsang
HK and mainland border reopening

Video | Murder, typhoons and an end to Covid: Hong Kong 2023

Murder, end of Covid and a once in a century rainstorm: Hong Kong in 2023
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Disease

Biohacking, CIA spy in China, Michelle Yeoh’s fashion: 2023’s top long reads

The life of Barney Cheng, fashion designer who’s dressed Michelle Yeoh among others, China’s release of a jailed CIA spy, a biohacker’s extreme regime – long reads in Post Magazine you loved in 2023.

Singapore

‘Girl math’, MH370 jokes: Singapore’s biggest social media stories of 2023

Singapore may be small, but its capacity for online drama is surprisingly huge. Read on for the year’s biggest social media stories to set tongues wagging in the city state.

Food and Drinks

On the Menu | The best of 2023 in food: my favourite dishes and drinks of the year

The Post’s food and wine editor Charmaine Mok reveals her favourite dishes and drinks of 2023, from sushi in Hong Kong to street food noodles in Thailand and a very special cocktail in Japan.

Kuay teow kua gai, or wok-fired chicken noodles, from a stall in Bangkok, Thailand, run by Auntie Pien, who has been dubbed “the next Jay Fai”. The dish made Charmaine Mok’s list of the best food she ate in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia in 2023. Photo: Charmaine Mok
Smartphones

Top 5 smartphones of 2023, from iPhone 15 Pro Max to the best camera phone

We rank the five best smartphones released in 2023 – the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max and Google’s Pixel 8 Pro, two important foldable phone entrants and the best camera phone bar none.

Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro Max, with its improved zoom photography capability, was just one of the exciting smartphones of 2023. Photo: Ben Sin
Asia travel

Penang’s Airbnb ban, 7 wonders in 7 days: 2023’s most read travel stories

From Penang’s Airbnb ban to two Swiss towns with macabre art by Alien movie designer H R Giger to a dash to see seven wonders of the world in a week, the travel stories most read by Post readers in 2023.

India

Asia’s weird year: Dalai Lama’s gaffe, a ‘puking’ bird and AirAsia’s topless CEO

What do the Dalai Lama, AirAsia’s CEO and an ex-Singaporean comedian have in common? They are on our list of Asia’s weirdest stories in 2023.

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