{"id":243,"date":"2018-01-10T09:22:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/?p=243"},"modified":"2018-01-10T09:22:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T14:22:31","slug":"jan-10-2018-getting-to-know-more-about-the-hk-political-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/journals_by_asst25\/jan-10-2018-getting-to-know-more-about-the-hk-political-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 10, 2018: Getting to Know More about the HK Political System"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Through a lucid presentation, Professor YUEN Wai Hei Samson gave us a thorough introduction to Hong Kong&#8217;s complicated political system, revealing, in his word, &#8220;the dark side&#8221; of Hong Kong culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-250\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Prof.-Yuens-lecture-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Prof.-Yuens-lecture-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Prof.-Yuens-lecture-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Prof.-Yuens-lecture-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the afternoon, our group explored a little bit more of the New Territories \u65b0\u754c where Lingnan University is located. Lingnan is situated near a New Town called Tuen Mun \u5c6f\u9580 which is on the edge of the New Territories. In the eyes of many Hong Kongers, this is really a &#8220;remote&#8221; place. But it is actually a good thing that our travel course is based here, because the students get to see not only the bustling and prosperous aspect of Hong Kong, but also its mundane, suburban\/rural side. New Territories is also a place that has preserved many traditional and historical aspects of Hong Kong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In front of the gate of the 500-year-old Walled Village Kat Hing Wei \u5409\u6176\u570d near Yuen Long \u5143\u6717 (only four MTR stops away from Lingnan University)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Kat-Hing-Wei-Walled-Village-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Kat-Hing-Wei-Walled-Village-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Kat-Hing-Wei-Walled-Village-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Kat-Hing-Wei-Walled-Village-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Kat-Hing-Wei-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Kat-Hing-Wei-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Kat-Hing-Wei-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Kat-Hing-Wei-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Too bad we missed the ticket selling time by 7 minutes and couldn&#8217;t enter the Hong Kong Wetland Park. A look from outside affirms that this is a must-visit site in the New Territories. The park is actually quite close to the Lingnan campus with easy access from MTR and the light rail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/HK-Wetland-Park-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/HK-Wetland-Park-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/HK-Wetland-Park-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/HK-Wetland-Park-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-253\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Wetland-Park-light-rail-stop-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Wetland-Park-light-rail-stop-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Wetland-Park-light-rail-stop-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Wetland-Park-light-rail-stop-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A happy ending for the day with some Shanghai cuisine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-252\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Shanghai-restaurant-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Shanghai-restaurant-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Shanghai-restaurant-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/asst25-hongkong\/files\/2018\/01\/Shanghai-restaurant-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through a lucid presentation, Professor YUEN Wai Hei Samson gave us a thorough introduction to Hong Kong&#8217;s complicated political system, revealing, in his word, &#8220;the dark side&#8221; of Hong Kong culture. 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