Summary of Louisa Lim's Indelible City

By IRB Media

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#1 The protests in Hong Kong were not just about the extradition law, but also about the city’s independence and its rule of law. The British had not given their subjects full citizenship or universal suffrage, but they had instilled in them civic values including respect for freedom, democracy, and human rights.

#2 I was in Hong Kong during the Umbrella Movement, and I was amazed by the way the city was being transformed into an open-air gallery of populist ideas. These displays were called Lennon Walls, after a wall in Prague that had been painted with countercultural, anti-establishment graffiti beginning in the 1980s.

#3 In China, the history of the written word dates back some 3,700 years. The first instances were pictographs known as jiaguwen, or oracle bone inscriptions, carved with a sharp instrument on tortoise shells or the shoulder blades of oxen, dating to the Shang dynasty.

#4 Tsang Chau-sang was a Chinese man who was born in Guangdong province in Liantang village in Zhaoqing prefecture. He began writing in public around 1956, and was initially viewed as a crank and a vandal. But in his mind, he was an emperor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822509764

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#1

The protests in Hong Kong were not just about the extradition law, but also about the city’s independence and its rule of law. The British had not given their subjects full citizenship or universal suffrage, but they had instilled in them civic values including respect for freedom, democracy, and human rights.

#2

I was in Hong Kong during the Umbrella Movement, and I was amazed by the way the city was being transformed into an open-air gallery of populist ideas. These displays were called Lennon Walls, after a wall in Prague that had been painted with countercultural, anti-establishment graffiti beginning in the 1980s.

#3

In China, the history of the written word dates back some 3,700 years. The first instances were pictographs known as jiaguwen, or oracle bone inscriptions, carved with a sharp instrument on tortoise shells or the shoulder blades of oxen, dating to the Shang dynasty.

#4

Tsang Chau-sang was a Chinese man who was born in Guangdong province in Liantang village in Zhaoqing prefecture. He began writing in public around 1956, and was initially viewed as a crank and a vandal. But in his mind, he was an emperor.

#5

The King was a vandal who wrote the names of his sons on the walls of the post office. He was eventually arrested and sent to prison, but his family did not welcome outside attention.

#6

The King of Kowloon was a totemic self-made icon, but he was also a mentally challenged pensioner who wrote love letters to both the land and the family that he had lost. His screeds were love letters to both the land and the family that he had lost.

#7

Calligraphy is a form of Chinese writing that is about control. It is a meditation on control, and it requires intense mental focus, muscular control, and artistic ability.

#8

Calligraphy is a form of art that is extremely challenging for beginners. It is a meditation that reflects every aspect of the