Tag: HK Art & Culture

I-Ching: China’s Ancient Fortune-Telling Tradition Could Be Relevant to the Modern Age

Commentary During the 1920s, there was a debate in China between science and the school of metaphysics. “Metaphysics,” in this context, has a different meaning: it refers to traditional Chinese mysticism, of which one salient example is, of course, I-Ching (易經). Shen Yuting (沈有鼎 1908–1989), a pioneer mathematical logician, was also a leading exponent of I-Ching….


More Hong Kong Universities Take Down Tiananmen Memorials

Two more universities in Hong Kong erased public artwork commemorating Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, mainly students, known as the Tiananmen Massacre. Just before dawn on Dec. 24, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) took down  a statue depicting a woman holding a flame. The 21-foot tall bronze sculpture, named “Goddess of Democracy,”…


Hong Kong’s New Film Law Threatens Independent Auteurs Most of All, Observers Say

The film censorship law passed by Hong Kong’s legislature last week is ostensibly aimed at promoting national security, but observers of the deteriorating state of intellectual and creative freedom in the city are calling it one of the more blatant attempts to yoke Hong Kong more closely to the machinery of authoritarian rule in Beijing….


Public University in Hong Kong Orders Removal of Statue to Commemorate Tiananmen Massacre Victims

The oldest public university in Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has ordered the removal of a statue from its campus that have for many years commemorated the victims of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Tiananmen massacre in 1989. The statue dubbed the “Pillar of Shame” was created by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiøt…


Hong Kong Award-Winning Protest Documentaries Sold Out in New York

New York’s third Chinese Film Festival CineCina ended on Sept. 12 after three days and six screenings, including the famous Hong Kong documentaries “Taking Back the Legislature” and “Inside the Red Brick Wall.” The documentaries, about the Hong Kong protests that occurred in July and November 2019, were shown at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan on…


Award-Winning Hong Kong Protest Documentaries Sold Out in New York

New York’s third CineCina Film Festival ended on Sept. 12 after three days and six screenings, including the pro-democracy Hong Kong documentaries “Taking Back the Legislature” and “Inside the Red Brick Wall.” The documentaries, about the Hong Kong protests that occurred in July and November 2019, were shown at the SVA Theatre in Manhattan on the…