[Death of a Pro-Beijing HK Bishop (Chapman Chen reports) -- Local Press] Summary : Hong Kong Catholic Bis...
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An Attempt to Deprive Hongkongers of their Linguistic Rights (Chapman Chen from Local Press)
Summary: Education Secretary Kevin Yeung's questioning of Cantonese's suitability as the teaching languag...
Chairman Mao is Greater than Jesus Christ??? (Chapman Chen reports)
Today is the birthday of Chair Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), who, according to Hall...
曾焯文:聖誕預示特朗普消滅赤龍?
撮要:根據聖經啟示錄,耶穌基督出世時,一條大赤龍,即撒旦,想吞噬其但失敗了,結果被逐。兩千年後,撒旦赤龍獲釋,出去欺騙世上諸國,人數有如恒河沙數(十三億中國人?)。但啟示錄話,赤龍會被上帝之火吞噬。赤龍可能代表...
Didn’t Jesus’ Birth Foretell Trump’s Destroying the Eastern Red Dragon? ( Chapman Chen)
Summary: According to Revelations, a great red dragon, i.e., Satan, tried in vain to devour Jesus Christ ...
Christmas in Fallen Hong Kong — A Critique of “Christmas at the Royal Hotel” (Text: Chapman Chen) — Local Press
Christmas at the Royal Hotel, directed by the American director, Craig McCourry, describes the 17 days be...
[Chapman Chen: Preface to a New HK Translation of US Declaration of Independence — Local Press]
Summary: The United States Declaration of Independence is the most important American official doc...
Louis Cha (1924-2018) as Trinket, the Anti-hero of the Deer and the Cauldron (Text: Chapman Chen)
Abstract: Universally acknowledged as the most influential Chinese chivalry novelist of the 20th Century,...
Chapman Chen: A Hong Kong Cantonese Classic (The Shanghai Bund) in Maastricht 曾焯文:香港上海灘揚威荷蘭
Summary: On 7 July 2017, Johan Strauss Orchestra performed "The Shanghai Bund", a prestigious Hong Kong C...
威權上升?評估香港政經發展Rising Authoritarianism? Evaluating political and economic development in Hong Kong
倫敦大學亞非學院周二凌晨一點到兩點舉行威權上升?評估香港政經發展研討會,講者包括練乙錚教授、羅冠聰、李柱銘、戴耀廷教授,主持為Steve Tsang 教授,探討港中關係及香港民主進程。本土新聞曾焯文報導。 &n...
曾焯文:衝開黑暗保香江– 《一九四一的聖誕》影評(內含劇透)Chapman Chen: HK Survives Dark Times — A Critique of Christmas at the Royal Hotel
(Eng. summary below) 《一九四一的聖誕》(Christmas at the Royal Hotel )美藉麥嘉利Craig McCourry導演,講一九四一年十二月,香港淪陷前的十七日,主題...
Be a Plucky Hongkonger-In commemoration of the 73rd HK Liberation Day 〈做個勇敢香港人〉
(紀念當年今日,香港重光,中文版在英文版下方) By Chapman Chen(曾焯文) Be a plucky Hongkonger, hot-blood'd against colonizers We ar...
曾焯文: 英外相中國妻變東洋女?Chapman Chen: UK Foreign Minister’s Japanese Wife Slip of Tongue Made in China
(Eng. summary below) 英外相侯俊偉訪華,昨日見中國外交部長王毅,竟稱其來自中共西安的妻房Lucia郭為日本人,隨即認自己錯得離譜。侯偉敬所犯或為佛洛依德式口誤。從精神分析角度而言,人講錯說話...
免費講座:香江粵語,本土靈魂(新書《粵辭正典》人情篇發布)Free Talk: Elegant Cantonese as HK Soul (Launching Ceremony of Dr. Chapman Chen’s Elegant Cantonese Dictionary)
(Eng. summary below) 曾焯文:香港粵語乃係本土靈魂。語言不單表達身份, 而且建構身份 (David Evans 2014)。香港人母語係漢語而非香港粵語??香港粵語係語言定方言?關於香港語文...
曾焯文:芬香兩地緣(Farewell Finland; Hyvästi Suomi)
(Eng. version below) 五年前今日(六月十九)別了千湖之國,別了藍天白雲,別了金髮美女 (例子見附圖),別了茉莉花香,別了高聳青松。五年來經歷雨傘革命、魚蛋革命,同時創辦本土新聞,粵辭正典都出...
曾焯文:香港淪亡始於小學胡語教學 Chapman Chen: China’s Linguistic Colonization of HK Starts from Primary School Education
(Eng. summary below) 《開罐Opener》近日訪問了約三十名小學生, (https://www.facebook.com/OpenerHK/videos/10216292218007677/...
曾焯文:國際學校教殘體字,割裂香港文化Chapman Chen: International Schools in HK Teaching in Simplified Chinese Disrespect HK Culture
(Eng. summary below) 國際文憑組織最近向提供IB國際文憑課程的學校發備忘,指基於修讀繁體中文的學生少,考慮在二零二零年停止評估相關課程(香港部分國際學校和直資學校都有開辦IB課程)。香港國際...
Chapman Chen: Reincarnation of Chung Ying St. 輪迴中英街(文:曾焯文)
Hong Kong movie, Chung Ying Street No.1, directed by Derek Chiu, compares the 1967 HK Riots with a HK loc...
曾焯文:匪類扮動保代表強撕愛護動物標語 Chapman Chen: Animal Protection Fb Group Leader Chapman Chen: Animal Protection Fb Group Leader Had Animal Lover’s Banner Violently Torn
(Eng. summary below) 面書組群《愛動物 零虐畜》今日五月六日舉行動保遊行,下午二時由灣仔盧押道出發,三時半到達中環遮打花園。約有千五人參與。沿途高叫口號,如「改革漁護署,停止撲殺動物」; 「...
曾焯文:五四得失話香江 Chapman Chen: May Fourth Movement’s Merits and Demerits as Inspiration for HK
(Eng. summary below) 今日係五四運動九十九週年。五四優點係青年的勇武反建制精神;弊端係全盤否定傳統華夏文化及文言文。正如西諺所云:將嬰兒連同沖涼水倒掉。香港要自治自立,就切勿重蹈覆轍。文化宜...