Meg Hart
Meg Hart is an organisational psychologist and writer. She spent over 30 years in Hong Kong and China and is a graduate and post-graduate of Hong Kong and Sydney Universities. Currently a Fellow and Guest Lecturer at Nan Tien Institute for Buddhist Studies in Wollongong, she is writing a book about her lived experience of the two different but potentially complementary cultures of China and Australia.
Recent articles by Meg Hart
19 July 2024
Not what you might expect – close encounters in China
I recently visited Wu Tai Shan, a Buddhist mountain in Shanxi Province, China, with an old nun-friend and a film crew of thirty young Beijing production people. It was Dragon Boat Festival and Wu Tai’s many temples were thronged with pilgrims from all over China paying their respects to the deities. I met worshippers, discussed Buddhist psychology and ate with the lively crew.
8 October 2023
Battle at Lake Changjin: Will we choose pride, prejudice, propaganda or peace?
The second highest grossing film in the world in 2021 barely got a mention in the Australian press. It was co-directed by three acclaimed filmmakers, cost close to US$200 million to produce, made $1 billion, and was nearly three hours long with a sequel of equal length. It ran briefly at the Event Cinema in Sydney. But few in Australia saw or heard of it.