Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Hong Kong: Lung Ying-tai 龍 應 台

Essayist, cultural critic and professor of literature in Taiwan, Lung Ying-tai has emerged as one of the most influential writers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Since 2003 she has been a visiting professor at Hong Kong University's Journalism and Media Studies Centre. And she has made quite an impact here, too.

Lung Ying-tai has a lovely laugh, speaks Chinese, English and German, and currently lives in Hong Kong: bio

So what does she think about Hong Kong? Why the destruction of Wedding Card Street? Star Ferry? Queen's Pier? And what about the West Kowloon Cultural Development Project? And Tamar Development Project? Central Police Station?

First broadcast on 13 September 2007. Now video streaming (Windows Media seems to work better than Real Player), 22 minutes: RTHK (via ESWN)

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