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SCMP went to Hong Kong's annual "Winter Fever" pro-wrestling match for what the fans called "martial arts opera”.

Derek Cheung Yu-keung is a former British soldier who is responsible for the maintenance of war cemeteries in Hong Kong. For his service, he was appointed an MBE by the British government.

The goal of coasteering – a combination of climbing, swimming, and cliff jumps – is to navigate along a coast staying as near the waterline as possible. Hong Kong’s rugged headlands offer plenty of opportunities for adventure.

Organ meat is considered as a delicacy by many Hongkongers. Fresh organ meat is considered the best, however there is only 16 organ meat collectors left in the city. 72-year-old Cheng Chuen-fat is one of them.

Just a handful of the craftsmen who make traditional chopping blocks are still in the business, and they're proud of what they do. Read the full story here:http:// www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1309288/chairmen-board-hong-kongs-last-few-chopping-block-craftsmen-toil

Before supermarkets came along in Hong Kong, most people bought their rice in traditional rice shops. Shopkeepers would create custom rice blends with various textures for their many customers. But today, these shops are almost extinct. In this episode of Uniquely Hong Kong, we visit a rice shop and speak to the owner who tells us about this now dwindling trade.

In the past, those who were illiterate in Hong Kong relied on "se seon lou", or letter writers, to correspond with relatives abroad. But demand for this professional service has plunged dramatically in recent years. In this episode of Uniquely Hong Kong, we talk to a letter writer who is also a poet at heart.

Grandma Yeung is the most venerated villain-hitter under the Canal Road Flyover in Wan Chai. For the past ten years, Yeung has been providing 'da siu yan (villain-hitting)' services to Hong Kongers who want to be rid of bothersome 'petty persons' by participating in a traditional Cantonese ritual that sacrifices a specific set of paper effigies (including a yellow paper tiger). In this video, the 78 year-old villain-hitting master tells The Post about her past, how she entered the trade, and what she thinks about this particular form of folk witchcraft.

China’s Xinjiang autonomous region has suspended all passenger trains leaving the region in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19. There has been a resurgence of cases since mid-September 2022. Xinjiang officials have admitted mistakes in their virus-control measures, citing a lack of testing capacity and mishandling of samples.

Japan fully reopened to tourists on October 11, 2022, as the country started allowing travellers to enter without a PCR coronavirus test and restored visa-free travel from designated countries. Japan also lifted a restriction that had capped daily tourist arrivals at 50,000.

The Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress will take place in Beijing on October 16, 2022. The gathering, which takes place once every five years, will reveal the country’s next leadership line-up. Preparations in the capital have been well under way to welcome delegates to the event.

Chinese artist Zhisheng Wu squeezed into dozens of hazmat suits before he walked through New York City’s Times Square on October 16, 2022. Wu, who came to the US in 2021 to pursue a master’s degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, said he experienced China’s Covid lockdowns in 2020 and felt powerless under the severe restrictions. He said his performance was an “expression of personal emotions” he felt at the time. “As a tiny individual, I really need to vent out some of these emotions,” Wu said. “I must do this for myself.”

China’s zero-Covid policy slammed shut the gates of Shanghai Disney Resort on November 1, 2022, for a second time this year and the third such closure since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The snap lockdown dealt was another major blow for the beleaguered tourism sector in the city, where officials are on alert to fight a possible Omicron variant outbreak ahead of a major trade exhibition.

More than 150 people have died in a crush as huge Halloween crowds surged into a narrow street in South Korea's capital, Seoul, officials have said. At least another 82 were injured in the incident in the Itaewon nightlife area which was holding its first unmasked Halloween celebrations since Covid. Reports describe a desperate scene of people caught up in the crush piling on top of each other. Most of the dead were teenagers or in their 20s. Nineteen were foreigners. The cause of the disaster is still being established.

The father of a U.S. student killed in the Halloween crowd surge in South Korea is speaking out. His son, Steven Blesi, was a 20-year-old Georgia college student in a study abroad program in South Korea. Before the tragedy, he texted his son, "I know you're out and about. be safe." Hours later, he learned Steven was one of 154 people crushed to death in the disaster in Seoul's nightclub district.

Revellers who survived a deadly Halloween stampede in Seoul on October 29, 2022, described the moments leading up to the crush that killed at least 153 people. The tragedy unfolded after about 100,000 people surged into a narrow alley in Itaewon, a popular nightlife spot in the South Korean capital.

Residents in the northwestern Chinese city of Lanzhou have blamed authorities over the recent death of a toddler during a Covid lockdown. The incident happened in the Qilihe district in Gansu province on November 1, 2022, when the father of a three-year-old boy was unable to get emergency help for his unconscious son. The case sparked outrage among residents, who came out to vent their anger. It’s the latest case of China’s strict enforcement of Covid rules that have kept the seriously ill from getting urgent help.

Indonesia has seen a rise in the number of acute kidney injury cases, with the fatal illness killing over 150 children since August 2022. Health authorities have found a link between acute kidney injury with ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol, which are commonly found in medicinal syrups. Authorities have since temporarily banned their use in the country.

"I'm going out", were the last words from 30-year-old Jung Joo-hee to her father before setting off for South Korea’s Itaewon district on October 29, 2022. She was among the 156 people who died in the Itaewon disaster. Remembered by her family as a delight who loved animals, Joo-hee was laid to rest in the city of Namyangju five days after the tragedy.

Shanghai residents queued up to receive a dose of the world’s first inhalable vaccine on October 25, 2022. The aerosol vaccine is currently being administered in select areas as a booster for those over 18 who are already fully vaccinated.