Social conditions and trends

Letter from Hong Kong

‘Scrappy and so adaptable - like Hong Kong people’: Promoting the city’s iconic food

Hong Kong foodie influencer Virginia Chan sampling dishes at a “daipaidong”-style (street food) restaurant in Mong Kok.

What’s with all the AI videos of cheating fruit?

In these videos, words are often mispronounced and plot logic is almost non-existent.

TikTok’s hottest drama? Crying doctors and crushed dreams

Emotional residency reveal videos captivate viewers, blending joy and heartbreak in a viral online spectacle.

The ‘admin night’ TikTok trend and the infiltration of work into private lives

Many participants have praised "admin nights" as a way to make mundane tasks feel less boring while boosting social time.

3 popular trends to look out for at the HallyuCon Korean culture festival

HallyuCon will be held on March 7 and 8 at Suntec Convention Hall 404.

Commentary

Chinamaxxing? Boiling apples won’t make you Chinese

A woman wearing a traditional costume poses for a photograph on a street next to Yu Garden in Shanghai on January 21, 2026. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

High or low cortisol? S’pore students join TikTok trend rating teachers on level of stress induced

In some videos, the word ‘mogged’ is superimposed on the faces of teachers who induce high cortisol.

Admin error briefly makes Nottingham woman world’s wealthiest with net worth of $108 quadrillion

Ms Sophie Downing, a business owner in Nottingham, shows the receipt that gave her a wealth 22,500 times larger than the British economy.

Young & Savvy

Weddings could come at the cost of relationships

As such costs and hongbao “market rates” rise, making expectations clear may be the only way to protect relationships.

Actor Tom Felton puts up poster of Harry Potter character Draco Malfoy in nod to CNY wordplay

Tom Felton shared on social media, on Feb 19, a photo of himself with CNY couplets and a photo of Draco Malfoy.

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