2022 Qixi Festival: 33 Unique Gift Ideas for Someone Special【七夕禮物指南】

Qixi Festival is known as the original Chinese Valentine’s Day (sometimes referred to as the Double Seventh Festival). This year, the festival falls on Thursday, August 4th (you're welcome for the timely reminder!). This romantic tale has anchored Chinese lovers for generations. With Qixi upon us, it’s a precious occasion and an opportunity to show your partner how much you care and appreciate them. We have shortlisted some of the most unique gift ideas that are sure to win their hearts, while having some fun with both classics and new arrivals to the scene. Enjoy four categories: for her, for him, the sweet home and the perfect pairs.

Objects of DesireGuest UserAugust 2, 2022Gifting, gifts, gift guide, Qixi, 2022Comment

Love Matters with Grace: A New Hong Kong Television Talk Show Produced in English

Wherever you live, if you’re Chinese, you have likely come across TVB in some way, somehow. For 55 years and several generations of Chinese immigrants spread across the globe, TVB provided a sense of home and familiarity to all. This iconic brand still resonates among young audiences today but has also had its fair share of missteps in connecting and engaging with them. With this in mind, TVB put forth a massive effort in reinvigorating its brand to appeal more to today’s audience tastes and preferences, with none more pleasantly surprising than creating original content in English through their TVB Pearl channel under the banner Pearl Originals.

Mark Your Calendar, Film & BooksFête ChinoiseAugust 2, 2022Asian Representation, tvb, drama, shows, grace, grace chanComment

Artistry in Motion : Emily Gao 高婧瑤：用耳飾捕捉生活中「動」的瞬間

Born in Harbin, China, and raised in Toronto, Emily had a traditional Asian upbringing. This included parents who, naturally, encouraged her to pursue a livelihood that would be financially sound. She dutifully fulfilled her parents’ expectations, studying business and starting a stable career. They were pleased.

Personal Stories, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseJuly 18, 2022Asian Representation, Personal Stories, ArtComment

A Year in the Life: Hong Kong 在獅子山下相遇上 Part Two

We asked a few of our favourite HK urban photographers to share some magical moments from the last twelve months. The city might have been a little quieter and the streets significantly emptier, but the sounds, the smells, the spirit and the beauty of this great place still bounce off every page. We thank them for sharing their art with us and encourage you to check out their individual pages to see more of the city we all adore…

Design DialogueFête ChinoiseJuly 15, 2022photography, street photography, hong kong, hong kong weekComment

The Second CCYAA Celebrity Classic Featuring Simu Liu, Jeremy Lin & Friends

Two icons we write about often at Fête Chinoise come together again in the name of basketball and a great cause for sports. Simu Liu and Jeremy Lin and their friends were in town for the CCYAA Celebrity Classic on July 9th. Benefitting the Chinese Canadian Youth Athletics Association and the Jeremy Lin Foundation for underprivileged AAPI youth in sports. ⁠

Current AffairsFête ChinoiseJuly 11, 2022basketball, Celebrity, CCYAA, simu liu, Jeremy LinComment

A Year in the Life: Hong Kong 在獅子山下相遇上 Part One

We asked a few of our favourite HK urban photographers to share some magical moments from the last twelve months. The city might have been a little quieter and the streets significantly emptier, but the sounds, the smells, the spirit and the beauty of this great place still bounce off every page. We thank them for sharing their art with us and encourage you to check out their individual pages to see more of the city we all adore…

Design DialogueFête ChinoiseJuly 7, 2022photography, street photography, hong kong, hong kong weekComment

The Creative Mess that is Emma FYi Khoo: Photographer, Creator and Academic

Artistic soul Emma or “FYi” Khoo has straddled many mediums, including modelling, makeup and photography. She also is an accomplished singer, is pursuing a PhD and has an architecture background. Proudly showcasing her culture, Emma’s content includes stories that she grew up with, including anime, Ancient Egypt, Greek myths to Chinese legends and novels Journey to the West and the Three Kingdoms.

Personal StoriesGuest UserJune 29, 2022Asian Representation, Personal Stories, ArtComment

A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DESIGNER: JULIUS HUI 許瀚文: 建築更美的文字風景

Typeface or font designers are a rare breed. And Chinese typeface designers are even more scarce, which one can understand given this context: The average Western/Latin typeface is comprised of about 200 glyphs (the symbols that make up a writing system, including letters, numerals, punctuation, accents, etc. ) to create a functional set, whereas the average font used for Traditional Chinese in Hong Kong or Taiwan requires over 13,000 glyphs for basic usage. That number jumps up to a staggering 20,000 glyphs for when you add other Chinese dialects and regions, such as the characters in Simplified Chinese!

Personal Stories, Design DialogueGuest UserJune 17, 2022Asian Representation, Personal Stories, Art, typographyComment

Simu Liu & Jeremy Lin Headline 2022 Celebrity Basketball Game in Toronto

Asian Canadian Actor / Advocate Simu Liu in partnership with the Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association (www.ccyaa.org) will host the 2022 CCYAA Celebrity Classic Powered by Virgin Plus on Saturday, July 9 2022 at the University of Toronto’s Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport.

Current Affairs, Mark Your CalendarRuizhou LiJune 10, 2022Comment

Alexander McQueen: PROCESS‌ + Pre-AW22 Womenswear Collection

To illustrate the fact that creativity emerges from countless perspectives, Alexander McQueen invites a group of twelve artists to express their individual working practices inspired by the Autumn/Winter 2022 women’s pre-collection.

Current Affairs, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseJune 9, 2022Asian Representation, Art, fashionComment

Beyond Borders: an exhibition in toronto on Reshaping the Ordinaries of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Arts Exhibition aim to showcase how Hong Kong artists adopt traditional craft to create culturally-rich contemporary artworks including mini cheongsam dummies, lion head crafts, galvanized iron coffee sets and letter boxes for home deco or use in daily life. The making of these artworks are considered an intangible part of Hong Kong’s cultural heritage and craftsmanship.

Mark Your CalendarFête ChinoiseJune 9, 2022Asian Representation, Personal Stories, ArtComment

Ishie Wang: The name behind the face 改寫海外華裔模特兒歷史的王旖溪

You may recognize Ishie Wang’s face immediately: she is one of the prominent Asian models in Canadian advertisements for Roots, Hudson’s Bay, Sporting Life, and The Shopping Channel. From an early age, her family clearly envisioned a cultivated life of aesthetics and artistic appreciation for her. Ishie began learning piano at the age of 3 1/2, studied calligraphy and Chinese painting at the age of 4, and learned erhu at 6 and percussion instruments at 8. By the age of 11, she had completed her Grade 9 Piano certification and was recognized in numerous musical competitions.

Personal Stories, Art and FashionFête ChinoiseJune 7, 2022Asian Representation, Personal Stories, ArtComment