Inspiration for the new names include the Cantonese encouragement ‘add oil’ and the Chinese notions of success and virtue.

Sun Yitian was featured in a collab with Louis Vuitton and is currently having a solo show with Esther Schipper in Berlin.

Hong Kong’s nine-month-old twin panda cubs, previously known only as “Elder Sister” and “Younger Brother”, have been named Jia Jia and De De, respectively, conveying the Cantonese slang term for ...