Posted in Entertainment Interview

Interview with TakeOut Comedy Founder and OG Stand-up Comic Jami Gong

Born and raised in New York City’s Chinatown, Chinese American Jameson (“Jami”) Gong moved to Hong Kong in 2006 to care for his aging mother. The very next year, he founded TakeOut Comedy, Asia’s first full-time stand-up comedy club. As TakeOut Comedy celebrates its milestone 19th anniversary in Hong Kong, CHOPSO sits down with Gong to discuss his enduring comedic legacy bridging America and China.

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Posted in Entertainment Review

Karma’s Meth Nightmare by Donna Ong

Reminding me the early brilliance of Wong Kar Wai, Donna Ong’s fresh cinematic debut “Karma’s Meth Nightmare” is an imaginative experimental short dramatic film about a Nepalese teen experiencing a meth induced nightmarish and entertaining hallucination.

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Posted in Culture Hong Kong

Hong Kong, a Tragedy: From Pearl of the Orient to a City that Dare Not Speak Its Name

Hong Kong descends from Pearl of the Orient to a city that dare not speak its name as filmmaker Quentin Lee watches with sadness.

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Posted in China Culture US

The Ideological War Hidden Behind the Novel Coronavrius

Behind the global discourse of the Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19 hides the ideological war between democratic nations and authoritarian governments. In this ideological war played…

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Posted in Culture Entertainment Hong Kong

Snake Eaters

“On Snake Eaters” By Gina Marchetti Jericho Li, an MA Communications student at Baptist University, escorts us through Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po in this…

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Posted in Culture

Secret Lives of Hong Kong Protesters

WARNING: SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND THE FOOTAGE CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE TO BE DISTURBING OR OFFENSIVE. When I was in Hong Kong during the first…

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Posted in Entertainment Interview

Raymond Ma on “I Don’t Have a Phone”

Raymond Ma is a veteran actor who has appeared in more than 130+ films and television shows. I was fortunate enough to work with him…

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Posted in Culture Hong Kong

Hong Kong Mon Amour (or the Twice Cooked Immigrant)

The most heartbreaking moment in my life was when I was eleven my parents came home in Hong Kong and said that we had to…

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Worst Business Class Experience: Hong Kong Airlines

Beware of those alluring and deceptive upgrade offer signs at the check in counters of Hong Kong Airlines. When I decided to pay for a…

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Posted in Culture

Kiss and Make Up: From Choreography to Video

As an amateur dancer from Los Angeles, I take hip hop classes everywhere I travel. I feel it’s a good way to learn about local…

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