News Analysis: Will HK’s property price go down?
BY CINDY XU XIN 30 March 2013, Hong Kong – Hong Kong’s housing prices may fall by a minor percentage in the next two or three months in response to the government’s cooling policies, but the impact of the extra taxes will be short-lived, analysts said. As the housing supply remains constrained and the demand … Continue reading
Film Journal: The riot of maverick pigs
In my youth, I got to know “a maverick pig”, the late Chinese writer and critic Wang Xiaobo who mocked himself as the protagonist of his namesake short story. The story depicts a rebellious hog’s escape from his preset destiny of growing meat for human consumption to become a free wild boar. “I have never … Continue reading
Film Journal: Don’t be a self-torturing Don Quixote
The film No Impact Man reminds me of what Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Collin Beavan’s one year experiment of zero-impact lifestyle, however, has gone far beyond his own house in mid-Manhattan. But how far can he go? After checking his blog and the No Impact Man campaign … Continue reading
Film Journal: The danger of living the world’s savior fantasy
(Photo Courtesy of ABC) We all want to give our children the best we can offer. This is a shared dream and responsibility. No single country can act as the world’s savior. But the narrative angles of this documentary, Earth 2100, reminds me of some Hollywood movies in which Americans are always the heroes who … Continue reading
Film Journal: We are all in this conspiracy
The documentary of The Light Bulb Conspiracy reveals that the world’s economy is basically powered by the intentionally shorted life span of products and our insatiate appetite for newer things. This has led to overexploitation of natural resources and e-waste problems that the world has just waked up to. A couple of people as shown … Continue reading
Film Journal: The End of the Line
A good film, but far from greatness The documentary, The End of the Line, reveals one of the saddest stories about our uncontrolled desires and exploitations of the nature, overfishing, in particular. I appreciate the efforts of the film crew and the devoted scientists who work against many adverts to stop the crisis from getting … Continue reading
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