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Gao Xingjian, the Nobel Laureate in Literature 2000, is a writer of many talents, being a novelist, playwright, stage director, painter, translator and critic at the same time. The Swedish Academy sum

Gao Xingjian, the Nobel Laureate in Literature 2000, is a writer of many talents, being a novelist, playwright, stage director, painter, translator and critic at the same time. The Swedish Academy sum

The essays in this volume grew from a series of talks delivered in late 2010 as the Liang Qichao Memorial Lectures at the Academy of National Learning (Guoxue yuan) of Tsinghua University, Beijing.Off

Collected and Curated introduces Chinese art and material culture through the items from the permanent collection of The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG), The University of Hong Kong. As the oldest continuously operating museum in Hong Kong, UMAG serves as a significant venue for contemporary art exhibitions, and excels at collecting, documenting and teaching about local and regional artists and art forms, while fostering ongoing and new relationships. Regarded as an essential teaching resource, UMAG has expanded its collection and programming through generous donations from patrons and artists, along with support from the University of Hong Kong and the HKU Museum Society. Since 1953, curators and educators have leveraged this assistance to expand, display and teach with a collection that highlights artefacts ranging from Neolithic cultures (ca. 6500 BCE–ca. 1900 BCE) to the early kingdoms and dynasties of imperial China (ca. 1500 BCE–1911). UMAG has also gained a reputation f

This collection of essays by Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee comes at an important juncture in Hong Kong’s continuing constitutional and economic evolution. Over the past year, in the pages of Hong Kong’s leading newspapers, Regina has engaged with many of the most difficult questions confronting our city: The contours of our new economic model, the demands of fiscal discipline, the imperatives of security and national strategy, and the perennial challenge of aligning Hong Kong’s unique institutions with the broader national project. Taken together, these writings offer not only a commentary on the issues of the day but also a considered reflection on how Hong Kong can and should navigate an era of profound change in the common enterprise of “One Country, Two Systems”. Anthony Neoh SC, JP, Chairman, Asian Academy of International LawI’m sure that Regina’s English does indeed work for you. Her columns discuss issues that are relevant and important. For those who find writing or learning English