- Lantau Island and Bus Route 21
by Lou Lin (Lou Hsienhua)
Beneath the ropeway cabin my friend Chen and I were riding were thin waterfalls winding through the valleys. Above us were cloudless blue sky allowing sunshine’s uninterrupted brace to the ground. Mindful of the mountains of around 507 meters high above sea level, I recognized how environments shape our way …
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- Letter From the South: Quiet Days in Qianjiang, Hubei
by Lou Lin (Lou Hsienhua)
Immersed in the southern sunshine that provides not only warmth but also a sense of life in control, one couldn’t help but think that all seasons that naturally comes and goes are simply like a relative that comes along just for a while and would never stay longer than necessary. …
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- Film as Poetry: the Poetic Sensibilities of Paolo Sorrentino
by Lou Lin (Lou Hsienhua)
Since when have filmgoers started to expect something truly artistic rather than adopted for popular interests to watch? Perhaps not long after the ongoing artistic revolution that merits personal sensibilities rather than serving a bigger goal in today’s cinematic world around the early 2000s.
- Filling Emptiness: On Reading Peter Hessler
by Lou Lin (Lou Hsienhua)
Overall, one may conclude, from the popularity in China of Peter Hessler's books even in the translated versions—mostly sold in the category of travel writing—that there is such a thing universally existed as a desire for critical reflections of oneself from the other side.
- Letter from Wuhan: Life After Twenty-five, New Reflections
by Lou Lin (Lou Hsienhua)
If, also, I say I started to care even less about news headlines, outraging geopolitical comments, editorials, apparent misinformation of almost everything crucial for our social stability, a lot of disbelief may come around because, as a man, no one would appear able to resist the attraction of politics, perhaps the source of all powers. But, indeed, seeing news outlets propagating that some country or group of people exposes a serious threat to the security of this and that isn’t really helpful to anyone sitting before that screen.
- Goodbye Wuhan
by Lou Lin (Lou Hsienhua)
Leafing through the pages of certain geography magazines full of picturesque attractions, I saw, in pictures, Tianshan mountain, Qilian mountains, and the Taklamakan Desert in the northwestern part of China.