Dear community of PolyU readers, It is with great pleasure that I announce the pilot publication of Inscribe: A journal of undergraduate student...
Pilot Issue
City of the Queen, an Epic Tale of Colonial Hong Kong
This article reviews the historical novel, City of the Queen: A Novel of Colonial Hong Kong, by Taiwanese writer Shih Shu-ching, and holds a positive view towards the book…
On Free Will
The question of the existence of free will has a profound impact on the study of philosophy, science, arts and society in general. Historically a number of theories have been formulated to explain free will and its relationship to the concept of freedom…
The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts and Identity Hong Kong Cinema and Its Interaction with Global Culture
The cinema of Hong Kong is a major thread of Chinese cinema along with that from Taiwan and Mainland China. In ‘The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity’, the Hong Kong cinema industry is examined…
Scientific Method
Scientific method refers to the “principles and empirical processes of discovery and demonstration considered characteristic of scientific investigation” (Scientific Method, 2012)…
Hong Kong Film, Hollywood and the New Global Cinema: No Film is an Island
Movies play a significant role in people’s leisure life even with the rapid development of Internet. No industry could succeed without a long period of development…
The Strengthening of the Guanyin Cult through Divination in Hong Kong
This article looks at the Chinese goddess Guanyin in Hong Kong and how her cult is strengthened through the practice of divination…
Reflecting on Managing Organisations
Management can be defined as “a set of activities (including planning and decision making, organising, leading and controlling) directed at an organisation’s resources (human, financial, physical and information)…
Critical Book Report on The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China, and the Japanese Occupation
This book report first begins with a brief introduction of the author, Philip Snow, who usually writes books about China…
The Different Forms and Functions of the Goddess Kwan Yin
This article explores the phenomenon of the Buddhist Goddess Kwan Yin with particular emphasis on how gender, roles, and meaning bestowed upon her have changed throughout time…
Is a Fair Outcome of Globalization Attainable Both for Developed and Developing Countries?
This article will discuss whether an equitable outcome of the benefits of globalization is attainable for both developed and developing countries…
The Meaning of Life
This article is presented as a discussion in two totally different and unrelated scenarios. They are processes of thinking, there may not be a conclusion. The first one is the main part of the article which is about God and meaning of life…
Time Traveling to the Past
Time travelling is often one of the elements in countless science fiction novels and films around the world. The dialogue in this article starts with two speakers who want to patronize the already closed café by using a time machine…