Hong Kong

Pump up the volumes

What's black-and-white and draws nearly a million people annually? The Hong Kong Book Fair, of course. At the biggest event of its kind in Asia, bookworms snake around the Convention Center patiently in line to stock up on nearly 600 international exhibitors' latest editions at discounted prices. Going green is the year's theme, with more e-books available than ever before.

10 am-10 pm, July 17, 18, 21 and 22; 10 am-midnight, July 19-20; 9 am-5 pm, July 23. Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai. 852-3128-8288

Express yourself

Asia Society will present a screening of director Han Guang's documentary Outside the Great Wall, sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and supported by Asia Art Archive. Twelve interviews with people including Nobel Prize-winning writer Gao Xingjian, novelist Zheng Yi, poet Huang Xiang and journalist Hu Ping together make up a collective voice that explores the desire for expression, the loneliness of exile and the courage to question authority.

6:30 pm, July 19. Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty. 852-2103-9566