The China Daily Office

In 1899, Dr Sun Yat-sen instructed Chan Siu-pak to set up a newspaper in Hong Kong to provide propaganda against the Qing government, and China Daily was first published in January 1900. The newspaper’s office served not only to publish the revolutionary newspaper, but also as a contact point for members of the Xingzhonghui and revolutionaries from different places. The Huizhou uprising in 1900 was planned and organised on the second floor of the office.

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China Daily was established in 1900 by Chan Siu-pak on the order of Dr Sun Yat-sen. The newspaper played an important role in spreading the revolutionary ideology in that period. The work aims to recreate the content of China Daily by imitating traditional letterpress type mixed with modern visual elements. Through the work to ponder over the effect of nowadays newspaper in the society.

Wong Chiu Tat, Justin

Justin Wong, born in 1974, is a comic writer and media artist. After receiving his BA(Fine Arts) and MA(Interactive Digital Media) in Hong Kong and London respectively, he started to develop works that aims to explore the possibility of traditional art form in the digital era. His works includes comics, illustration, graphic design, animation and interactive installation. Apart from his major interest in political and social issues shown in his political comic column Gei Gei Gaak Gaak published in Ming Pao Daily, digital modern life is another topic commonly found in his other works. He is currently the artistic director of a new media art group, Writing Machine and lecturer in the Academy of Visual Arts in Hong Kong Baptist University.