About the TalkProfessor David Zweig was a young foreign student at Peking University in the mid-1970s. At this talk, he will share and discuss photos he took from November 1975 until April 1976, providing both historical context and personal observations. In particular, he will highlight four key points of the political drama:The initial establishment of the Big Character Poster compound at Peking University which attacked Deng Xiaoping’s summer 1975 reform programEmotional outpouring and mourning for Zhou Enlai following his death in January 1976Intensified assault on Deng via the Big Character Posters at Beida in February 1976The mass demonstration of support for ending Maoist policies in Tiananmen in April 3-4, 1976The photo essay is available online in China Perspectives, 2016 (1), p.5-28.About the AuthorDavid Zweig is Chair Professor of Social Science, and Director of the Center on China’s Transnational Relations (CCTR) here at HKUST, where he has worked for the past 20 years, and is a past recipient of the SHSS Outstanding Teaching Award and the RGC’s Prestigious Fellowship (2013-14).His research interests include China’s ‘resource diplomacy’, China’s human resources, Chinese politics and political economy, and Mainland-Hong Kong relations. In addition to many articles and several co-edited books and special journal issues. He has also published 4 books with topics ranging from the Cultural Revolution in the Chinese countryside, rural reform, China’s brain-drain and reverse migration, China’s internationalization, and its relations with oil rich states in the context of the continued global dominance of the US.For enquiries, please contact Victoria Caplan at 2358-6756.

座談會簡介陳曉蕾女士2009年離開報館, 開始全職採訪，並在不同媒體以不同方式發表專題報導。她近年探討的議題包括香港農業、低碳、剩食、環保、教育改革、衰老死亡和善終，同時也擅長以人物專訪和描寫，帶出相關的議題。陳女士在讀書會中會和大家分享她採訪背後的動力和故事。其著作亦會在讀書會即場發售，歡迎向作者索取親筆簽名。陳曉蕾女士簡介香港記者，長期關注城市可持續發展議題，報導《死在香港 : 流眼淚》取得2014年香港書獎、《剩食》取得2012年香港書獎、台灣開卷好書2011年十大最佳中文創作；《有米》取得2013年十大好書龍虎榜最高票選。 其他作品包括《阿媽》, 《好味》, 《死在香港 : 見棺材》等。名額有限，請報名留座。如有查詢，請聯絡黄小姐 (2358-6751)。

About the TalkDr. Susanna Ho of the Center for Language Education at HKUST will discuss and compare her two novels: Mother’s Tongue: A Story of Forgiving and Forgetting and her very recent, Who’s that Ant? Whose Dead End?. She will explore how she sees the world through the eyes of the main characters: a Nameless Woman, addressed as "Mum" in the first and an Ant in the other.In this book talk, she will share how she makes sense of her world through writing. Upon reading a section from the book, she will illustrate the source of inspiration, be it from a personal or world event, or a book that she was reading at the time of writing. We hope the presentation will illuminate both Dr. Hos work and the writing process itself.Copies of the books will be available for sale and signing.About the AuthorDr. Susanna Ho received her B.A. from University of Manitoba (majoring in English literature), her M.A. (Teaching English as a Second Language) from City University of Hong Kong, a PG Certificate of Education from the University of Hong Kong, and her PhD from Macquarie University, Sydney. At HKUST she teaches English for Academic Purposes and English for Specific Purposes at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels.Through her research in second language writing, interdisciplinary discourse, and autonomy in language learning, she explored her subjects’ writing practices and writing experiences and found each had a story to tell. It was through recounting their stories that her own childhood passion for writing was rekindled. Her first novel, Mothers Tongue: A Story of Forgiving and Forgetting was published in the USA in 2013 and her latest Who’s that Ant? Whose Dead End? is due out in early 2016.For enquiries, please contact Victoria Caplan at 2358-6756.