Hong Kong Free Press » Humour & Satire

In cosplay, irrespective of gender, height, or body shape, anyone can embody the character they desire. Sometimes, they do not even need to be a specific character, simply dressing up for fun and...

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/08/05/lens-inside-the-inclusive-world-of-cosplay-at-hong-kongs-annual-anime-comics-and-games-event/

Hong Kong police have expressed “strong concerns” over a satirical cartoon published in Ming Pao that contained what they called “misleading content,” according to local media reports. Th...

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/10/12/hong-kong-police-express-strong-concerns-over-misleading-ming-pao-cartoon/

Hongkongers have been sharing memes and metaphors, as well as conspiracy theories, in reaction to the untimely demise of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant. On Tuesday, the Marine Department requested...

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/06/22/memes-mourning-and-metaphors-as-hong-kong-reacts-to-demise-of-iconig-jumbo-floating-restaurant/

Stand-up comedian Jordan Leung is serious about being funny. The up-and-coming artist, who returned to Hong Kong from the US in 2020, has been learning Cantonese slang and catchphrases to tune in...

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/09/interview-hong-kong-stand-up-jordan-leung-takes-his-comedy-seriously/

Britain’s spy chief on Thursday thanked China’s state news agency for “free publicity” after it posted a spoof of James Bond that mocked the Western intelligence community’s growing fo...

https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/06/video-china-state-medias-spy-spoof-draws-rare-response-from-uk-spy-chief/

Australian singer Kimberley Chen has been reading a book her producer gave her: Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. “I think it’s a great book for everybody,” she said. It�...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/14/interview-proud-to-be-on-the-right-side-of-history-says-australian-singer-kimberley-chen-after-china-parody-censored/

When Taiwanese maths teacher Chang Hsu started a YouTube channel to teach calculus in March last year, he needed a strategy to attract students. So he began uploading his educational videos to th...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/08/go-figure-taiwanese-teacher-posts-hardcore-calculus-on-pornhub-and-onlyfans-to-recruit-students/

As Chinese state media ramps up its support for leader Xi Jinping ahead of a pivotal plenary of Communist Party figures next week, Twitter users have satirised the gushing praise. Around 400 part...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/11/07/state-run-press-praise-for-president-prompts-parade-of-parodies-ahead-of-pivotal-party-plenary/

“You Only Live Once” (YOLO) has become the Hong Kong Police Force’s latest attempt to get youngsters not to take drugs. As part of their Anti-Drugs Month campaign, the force sent a virtual ...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/16/you-only-live-once-latest-hong-kong-police-anti-drug-campaign-prompts-confusion/

Some time back in around 2015, five researchers from, respectively, Harvard, the London School of Economics, the University of New South Wales (disclosure: my alma mater), the University of Chica...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/13/damp-squib-not-a-smoking-gun-how-hong-kong-conspiracy-theorists-distorted-a-research-project/

An online art project has been launched to let people create “poems” using the novelty car licence plates which are ubiquitous in Hong Kong. Visitors to the site “HKVANIT1ES” can choose f...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/05/02/poetry-in-motion-new-site-allows-people-to-create-poems-using-hong-kong-novelty-car-plates/

The Economist‘s cover story this week labelling Taiwan as “the most dangerous place on Earth” has received pushback from Taiwanese Twitter users, who criticised the article as being alarmis...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/04/30/most-dangerous-place-on-earth-taiwan-twitter-derides-the-economists-latest-cover-story/

About one fifth of the sexual harassment complaints received by the Hong Kong’s Equal Opportunities Commission last year resulted in successful conciliation between the parties, government data...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/04/12/conciliation-talks-successful-in-20-of-sexual-harassment-cases-says-hong-kong-watchdog/

By Mart van de Ven Three weeks of percolating in a hotel room is now the price of admission or re-admission to the city. So how can you keep yourself from going steaming mad? We’ve compiled tip...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/01/31/hkfp-guide-how-to-survive-and-even-thrive-in-hong-kong-hotel-quarantine/

By John Glenis Following a ban on yellow masks during a court hearing, certain people were quick to criticise the move. However, it may just be a fantastic opportunity to build on it, and take th...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/01/20/hong-kong-must-ban-bananas/

YouTuber Mike Chen has urged fellow comic Nigel Ng to do “his own research” on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after the comedian behind the “Uncle Roger” persona apologised to Chinese ...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/01/13/snubbed-youtuber-urges-uncle-roger-comic-nigel-ng-to-research-communist-party-after-joint-vid-deleted-over-china-criticism/

The comedian behind “Uncle Roger” has apologised to Chinese fans and deleted a video featuring a fellow YouTube star who has voiced criticism of Beijing. Update: YouTuber urges ‘Uncle Roger...

https://hongkongfp.com/2021/01/13/uncle-roger-apologises-and-deletes-video-featuring-fellow-youtube-star-who-criticised-china/

I am still worrying about the implications of a story the other week, which recorded that a shop selling face masks had closed because of fears that its wares might contravene the new national ...

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/12/27/wtf-hong-kong-is-cracking-down-on-subversive-abbreviations-now/

This is a tale of two cities over two dates. Fred Frankfurter lives in New York, where he works as a stock chooser, or securities analyst as they call it in the industry. Being an outspoken perso...

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/08/hong-kong-security-law-a-cautionary-tale-of-two-cities-where-nothing-has-changed/

America’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo assails China nearly daily, but he says his dog isn’t part of his campaign. Pompeo raised eyebrows among students of social media tea leaves when he posted ...

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/16/bearing-no-malice-top-us-diplomat-pompeo-denies-pooh-poohing-xi-jinping/

I can’t really explain this entirely new and transcendent feeling.  Here it is, 23 years after the 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule and just days after the promulgation of Hong Kong�...

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/07/05/at-last-i-see-the-light-cue-the-anthem-all-praise-to-the-chinese-communist-party/

by Su Xinqi Hong Kong satirists, cartoonists and journalists say self-censorship has already begun blunting critical voices as fears crescendo over China’s plan to impose a sweeping anti-subver...

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/25/satirists-cartoonists-and-journalists-say-self-censorship-is-already-sweeping-hong-kong/

When the Japanese Government announced a historic package of 220 billion yen (HK$17 billion) as an incentive for firms to shift production back to Japan in early April, the US followed by promisi...

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/05/02/milk-is-thicker-than-blood-an-unlikely-digital-alliance-between-thailand-hong-kong-taiwan/

Netizens on Reddit have showcased their skills in a “Photoshop battle” based on an image of a police officer pointing his Glock pistol at the press and protesters during Saturday’s standoff...

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/03/03/pictures-gun-wielding-hong-kong-cop-triggers-photoshop-battle/

Chinese-Australian satirist Badiucao shares his cartoons on the extradition law debacle with HKFP, in light of the July 1 storming of the legislature, the ubiquitous “Lennon Walls” in Hong Ko...

https://hongkongfp.com/2019/07/28/badiucao-cartoon-chinese-artist-satirises-hong-kongs-extradition-bill-debacle-part-ii/

Chinese satirist Badiucao shares his cartoons with HKFP following the extradition law debacle. Read more about the recently unmasked “dissident artist” and click here for part two. Kong Tsun...

https://hongkongfp.com/2019/06/16/badiucao-cartoon-chinese-artist-satirises-hong-kongs-extradition-bill-debacle/

David Price offers some humorous prophecies for Hong Kong’s year ahead. January The opening of a road tunnel to ease downtown traffic – the Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Island Eastern Corridor...

https://hongkongfp.com/2019/01/01/2019-fake-news-chronology-predictions-hong-kongs-year-ahead/

What’s pink and fluffy? The toy pigs enlisted to help with a Hong Kong government’s training initiative designed to offset the spread of African swine flu. An epidemic of Asfarviridae – co...

https://hongkongfp.com/2018/12/06/toy-pigs-used-hong-kong-govt-anti-swine-flu-exercise/

The finer points of journalistic ethics are rarely discussed in Hong Kong media, so it was nice to see one surface the other week. The spark was provided by a piece by Steve Vines in the Hong Kon...

https://hongkongfp.com/2018/12/02/pissed-off-post/

Comedian John Oliver has taken aim at Chinese President Xi Jinping in the latest instalment of his late night HBO show Last Week Tonight. “Under Xi Jinping, China is becoming more authoritarian...

https://hongkongfp.com/2018/06/18/video-comedian-jon-oliver-writes-cuddly-propaganda-song-chinas-xi-jinping/