Commentary
This July has been an unusual month in Hong Kong. First, Xi Jinping, China’s leader, came to inaugurate Hong Kong’s new cabinet members. Chief Executive John Lee, a former policeman, was cherry-picked by Beijing to take up the top job.
It was shocking at first, but Hongkongers just got used to the city’s absurdity, while the so-called “one country, two systems” literally turned into a police state.
Then, on July 3, renowned novelist Ni Kuang (倪匡) passed away at the age of 87. At the annual Hong Kong book fair, author Chua Lam (蔡瀾) paid tribute to his longtime friend Ni Kuang; he shared with the audience how we should approach death: instead of feeling sorrow, how we should live is more important….